Cover -- Contents -- Figures -- Preface to the Second Edition -- Preface to the First Edition -- Acknowledgments -- Chapter 1 -- Introduction to Collection Management and Development -- Historical Overview -- Theories of Selection -- Collection Development and Management since 1980 -- Summary -- Notes -- Suggested Readings -- Chapter 2: Organization and Staffing -- Responsibilities and Their Assignment -- Skills and Competencies -- Learning and Mastery -- Organizational Models -- Ethical Issues -- Performance Evaluation -- Summary -- Notes -- Suggested Readings -- Chapter 3: Policy, Planning, and Budgets -- Planning in Libraries -- Collection Development Policy Statements -- Budgeting and Finance -- Summary -- Notes -- Suggested Readings -- Chapter 4: Developing Collections -- Universe of Published Materials -- The Selection Process -- Acquisitions Options -- Diverse Communities and Alternative Literatures -- Censorship and Intellectual Freedom -- Summary -- Notes -- Suggested Readings -- Chapter 5: Managing Collections -- Weeding -- Storage -- Preservation -- Serial Cancellation and the Transitionto Electronic-Only Access -- Collection Protection and Security -- Summary -- Notes -- Suggested Readings -- Chapter 6: Marketing, Liaison, andOutreach Activities -- What Is Marketing? -- Marketing Concepts in a Library Context -- Market Research -- Planning and Implementation -- Liaison and Outreach -- Control -- Benefits and Hazards of Liaison and Outreach Activities -- Summary -- Notes -- Suggested Readings -- Chapter 7: Collection Analysis:Evaluation and Assessment -- Collection Analysis as a Management Tool -- Knowing the Collection -- Techniques of Collection Analysis -- Purposes of Collection Analysis -- Historical Overview of Collection Analysis -- Electronic Resources and Collection Analysis -- Interdisciplinary Fields.

Methods of Collection-Based Analysis -- Methods of Use- and User-Centered Analysis -- Planning and Conducting a Collection Analysis Project -- Summary -- Notes -- Suggested Readings -- Chapter 8: Cooperative Collection Developmentand Management -- Overview -- Types of Cooperative Collection Development -- Mechanisms for Cooperative Collection Development -- Cooperatives and Acquisition of Electronic Resources -- Attributes of Successful Cooperative Collection Development -- Challenges to Cooperative Collection Development -- Evaluating Cooperative Collection Development -- Summary -- Notes -- Suggested Readings -- Chapter 9: Scholarly Communication -- What Is the Scholarly Communication System? -- Scholarly Publishing before the Internet -- Changing the Nature of Scholarly Communication -- Open Access: Putting the Pieces Together -- Issues for Libraries and Roles forCollections Librarians -- Summary -- Notes -- Suggested Readings -- Apendix A: Professional Resources for Collection Development and Management -- Journals -- Electronic Discussion Groups -- Professional Associations -- Apendix B: Selection Aids -- Bibliographical Tools and Directories -- Review Sources and Guides to Reviews -- Apendix C: Sample Collection Development Policy Statements -- Saint Paul Public Library Collection Development Policy -- Dentistry/Dental Hygiene Collection Scope Policy -- Pennsylvania State University Libraries Collection Development Policy History (HIST fund) -- Apendix D: Contracts and Licensing Terms -- Glossary -- Index -- You may also be interested in.