Collection Building: Volume 22 Issue 2

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Table of contents

International vital statistics: a resource guide

Chengzhi Wang

While the concept of vital statistics is rich in meaning, standardization of these valuable data has eluded governments, intergovernmental organizations (IGOs), non‐governmental…

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The creation of a German Language Children’s Literature Collection

William W. Armstrong

This article concerns the development of a German Language Children’s Literature Collection at Louisiana State University (LSU) that is used in conjunction with the German…

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Invisible business information: the selection of invisible Web sites in constructing subject pages for business

Glenn McGuigan

Addressing the selection of invisible Web sites for business subject pages as part of collection development, this discussion begins with defining the invisible Web and examining…

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Contemporary German literature: 20 authors you might want to collect

Barbara F.H. Allen

Discusses collection building of contemporary German belles‐lettres and introduces 20 contemporary German‐language writers of the younger generation, presenting their…

A new flavor of spam: solicitation received as a patron book request

Karl Suhr

An exploration as to whether marketing by publishing companies by anonymously recommending titles for purchase actually influences library acquisitions.

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ISSN:

0160-4953

Online date, start – end:

1978 – 2017

Copyright Holder:

Emerald Publishing Limited