Collection Building: Volume 13 Issue 2/3

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Theoretical Value Of Conspectus‐based (Cooperative) Collection Management

Barbara McFadden Allen

While approaching the theoretical value of conspectus‐based cooperative collection management, I'll address the issues as they relate to resource sharing in general. I'll repeat a…

RLG And NCIP: A Brief Overview And Selected Bibliography

Barbara McFadden Allen

The RLG (Research Libraries Group) conspectus was developed in 1980 by the Collection Management and Development Committee of the Research Libraries Group. The committee was…

The Krueger Method: An Introduction

Georgine Olson

The Krueger Method, one of the first conspectus geared to use by smaller, non‐automated libraries, is examined in the following three articles. Together, they show both the…

Illinois Valley Library System And The Development Of The Krueger Method

Bill Erbes

The Illinois Valley Library System (IVLS) has long been committed to coordinated cooperative collection development as an efficient, effective resource sharing mechanism. IVLS is…

The Krueger Manuals: A Case Study

Kimberly Bunner

When asked to reflect upon being one of the original test sites for what has become known as the Krueger Manuals, I thought back to all the excitement we shared being a test site…

Krueger Lives: An Unscientific Exploration

Georgine Olson

With the evolution of the WLN‐based Illinois Conspectus over the last decade, it is not unusual for some of us Illinois librarians to consider that earlier Illinois product, The

WLN Conspectus: An Introduction

Georgine Olson

The WLN Conspectus is examined in three articles that, together, give an explanation of the conspectus and an examination of how it has been used in two different venues.

The WLN Conspectus

Sally Loken

Conspectus can mean, in some instances, either a survey, overview, or outline of the subjects in a collection. However, conspectus is also a method—the method of using the outline…

Using The WLN Conspectus In A Non‐Automated Environment

Nancy Powell

Librarians nationwide agree that collection assessment is a valuable tool for managing the collection and allocating the materials budget. Libraries invariably list a variety of…

Shared Futures: Cooperative Collection Development And Management In Alaska

June Pinnell‐Stephens

Since its inception in 1982, the tasks of the Alaska Collection Development project have changed as technology and our understanding of the process evolved and grew, but the goal…

Fiction Assessment: An Introduction

Georgine Olson

The development and use of a fiction assessment conspectus is explored in three article.

Quality And Demand: The Basis For Fiction Collection Assessment

Sharon L. Baker

Over the past half century, librarians have been increasingly interested in carefully and systematically examining their collections—making changes to strengthen and develop these…

Designing A Fiction Assessment Tool: The Customer Service Approach

Burns Davis

Why create another collection assessment tool? One reason is the highly personal nature of the assessment process. Each local library describes and evaluates its own collection in…

Effects Of Fiction Assessment On A Rural Public Library

Marietta Weber

The Chatsworth Township Library is located in the small Central Illinois village of Chatsworth. It has a total yearly budget under $20,000 and a population of 1,444 (1993). The…

The Conspectus As A Tool For (Cooperative) Collection Management

Georgine Olson

We, in Illinois, have devoted much time and energy in the last several years to promoting the theories and methods of collection analysis, collection management, and cooperative…

Employing Collection Management As An Institutional Change Agent

Thomas J. Dorst

In its most basic aspects, the process of identifying and selecting materials for a library's collection has not seen substantial change in a century. Fundamentally, selection…

Cooperative Collection Management Among Four Rural Libraries

Ruth Shasteen

Four libraries in East‐Central Illinois established a model cooperative collection development project funded by a Library Services and Construction Act (LSCA) Grant for the…

Process To Promise: The CCM Plan

Brenda J. Foote

Some libraries have the resources to provide all the services necessary for entertainment, cultural, and educational development in their communities, while others are struggling…

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0160-4953

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1978 – 2017

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Emerald Publishing Limited