Collection Management for the 21st Century: A Handbook for Librarians / Edition 1

by Gary E. Gorman, Ruth H. Miller

Overview

Collection management is becoming increasingly complex due to electronic access to information, the growth of the Internet, greater reliance on document delivery and resource sharing, and changes in scholarly communication. This professional reference shows how changes in all aspects of collection management will affect future activities in this area and examines the likely value of these changes in the next century. Chapters are written by leading practitioners and academics from around the world, and the volume concludes with a bibliographical essay.

Collection management has always been more difficult to define and more varied in organization and procedures than other library operations, such as acquisitions or automation. Current shifts in emphasis only make this more apparent. The electronic access to catalogs, databases, and full text materials, the increasing importance of the Internet, greater reliance on interlibrary loan and document delivery, and the changing world of scholarly communication all influence how library collections are acquired and managed. Faculty research and academic disciplines are not easily contained within clearly defined boundaries, acquisitions on-demand is on the increase, and document delivery has made patrons less dependent on local collections.

These changes influence policies, but not in any clear or uniform manner, and sometimes against organizational constraints. If local collections are being emphasized less, and access and connectivity more, then selection, evaluation, and preservation are greatly affected. And while cooperative efforts may relieve a library from collecting exhaustively in all areas, needed materials must still be collected and stored somewhere. This professional reference shows how changes in all aspects of collection management will affect future activities in this area and examines the likely value of these changes in the next century. Chapters are written by leading practitioners and academics from around the world, and the volume concludes with a bibliographical essay.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780313299537
Publisher:	Bloomsbury Academic
Publication date:	01/28/1997
Series:	Libraries Unlimited Library Management Collection
Pages:	360
Product dimensions:	6.14(w) x 9.21(h) x 0.81(d)
Lexile:	1530L (what's this?)

About the Author

G.E. GORMAN is Director of the Centre for Information Studies at Charles Sturt University-Riverina. His special interest is in the areas of collection development, collection management, and research methods. He is the author of several textbooks in these areas, and of more than 70 articles in such jourbanals as Library Acquisitions: Practice and Theory, Libri, Serials Librarian, Asian Libraries, Australian Library Review, and Australian Academic and Research Libraries. He is also the author of Theological and Religious Reference Materials: General Resources and Biblical Studies (1984), Theological and Religious Reference Materials: Systematic Theology and Church History (1985), and Theological and Religious Reference Materials: Practical Theology (1986), all published by Greenwood Press.

RUTH H. MILLER is Coordinator for Collection Development and Access in the Library at Hong Kong University of Science and Technology. She was previously Head of the Department of Collection Development and Preservation at Cunningham Memorial Library, Indiana State University. Her articles have appeared in Library Acquisitions: Practice and Theory, College and Research Libraries, Library Resources and Technical Services, and other professional jourbanals.

Table of Contents

Introduction by G.E. Gorman
The Future for Collection Management
Collection Development and Scholarly Communication in the 21st Century: From Collection Management to Content Management by John M. Budd and Bart M. Harloe
The Technological Contribution to Collection Management
The Internet and Collection Management in Academic Libraries: Opportunities and Challenges by Thomas E. Nisonger
Collection Management and Integrated Library Systems by Mary F. Cassery and Anne C. Ciliberti
Selection of Materials in an Electronic Environment
Collection Development Policies and Electronic Information Resources by Peggy Johnson
The Role of Selection in Collection Development: Past, Present and Future by William S. Monroe
Future Practices in Collection Evaluation
Collection Development and Performance Measurement by Philip Calvert
Integrating the Activities of Librarians and Paraprofessional Workers in Evaluating Academic Library Collections by Sheila S. Intner
Electronic Document Delivery and Resource Preservation
Electronic Document Delivery Services and Their Impact on Collection Management by Graham P. Cornish
The Preservation of Electronic Records: What Do We Do Next? by Ross Harvey
Organization and Budgeting for Collection Management
Staffing and Organization for Collection Development in a New Century by Bonita Bryant
Budgeting for Information Resources: Current Trends and Future Directions by William Fisher and Barbara G. Leonard
Cooperative Collection Development and Management
The Axioms, Barriers and Components of Cooperative Collection Development by Richard J. Wood
Cooperation is the Future of Collection Management and Development: OhioLINK and CIC by Gay N. Dannelly
Cooperative Collection Development: Compelling Theory, Inconseqential Results? by Dan C. Hazen
The Recent Literature
Selected Review of the Literature on Collection Development and Collection Management, 1990-1995 by Ruth H. Miller
Index

Editorial Reviews

Do you say collection development or collection management? Semantics aside, "within this changing environment [collection management] there are emerging issues that...are likely to remain significant as we cross from one century to the next." This handbook identifies seven such issues: the future of collection management; technological contribution to collection management; selection of materials in an electronic environment; future practices in collection evaluation; electronic document delivery and resource preservation; organization and budgeting for collection management; and cooperative collection development and management. Two chapters are devoted to each issue; written by a well-known cadre of librarians, library administrators, and library science professors, these essays are thorough, thoughtful, and well researched. A convenient resource for practicing librarians, this handbook has a wonderful potential as a textbook; however, its cost may be prohibitive. The lengthy chapter footnotes as well as the concluding bibliographic essay indicate the issues are well covered in the periodical literature. Recommended for purchase, if monies allow.-Janet Brewer, Murray State Univ. Lib., Ky.

Library Journal

Practitioners and academics from around the world speculate on what the increasingly complex management of collections will look like after even more impact by electronic access to information, the growth of the Internet, greater reliance on document delivery and resource sharing, and changes in scholarly communication. The 15 essays discuss technological contributions, the selection of materials in an electronic environment, collection evaluation, electronic document delivery and resource preservation, organization and budgeting, and cooperative development and management. A bibliographic essay discusses the recent literature. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.

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