Collection Building: Volume 15 Issue 4

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On the road to a better travel collection: a guide through the maze of travel literature

Carl Pracht

Outlines briefly why travel books are so popular and states that libraries need to stock books from a number of series to meet the needs of their clientele. Provides brief…

A survey of faculty use of a reserve collection for class readings

Julie Banks

The automation of the reserve system at Southeast Missouri State University prompted a call for determining usage patterns of the reserve collection and services by the faculty…

The Southern Media Resources Website (the University of Alabama)

Ann Power, Leigh Caskey, Jason Clabaugh

Describes a project at the University of Alabama conceived by the bibliographer for the College of Communication as a virtual center for Southern media in which scholars from…

Digital libraries: new initiatives with worldwide implications

John W. Berry

We are witnessing an explosion of digital information, some of it in unstructured repositories, some in still primitive digital libraries. This trend is certain to accelerate as…

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Collection development of Hispanic American materials

Patrick J. Dawson

Highlights the lack of comprehensive collections of Hispanic materials in the USA. Discusses how and why this situation should be remedied. Suggests suitable bibliographies as a…

ISSN:

0160-4953

Online date, start – end:

1978 – 2017

Copyright Holder:

Emerald Publishing Limited