Collection Building: Volume 25 Issue 4
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The scholarly communication movement: highlights and recent developments
Sherrie S. BergmanTo provide an overview of the growing international movement of librarians, faculty members, and researchers who are working together to develop new methods of scholarly…
Inventory: catalyst for collection development
Daniel L. Shouse, Linda TeelThe intent of this article is to show the direct outcomes of an inventory project, which served as the catalyst for collection development improvements.
The SwissInfoDesk experiment: the building of a website subject gateway as a contributive part of a virtual reference desk
Jean‐Philippe AccartVirtual Reference Desks are new online services developed by libraries and this paper aims to give the example of SwissInfoDesk, the VRD of the Swiss National Library set up in…
Collection Development in a digital environment: an imperative for information organizations in the twenty‐first century
Bárbara Susana Sánchez Vignau, Ileana Lourdes Presno QuesadaThis paper discusses the topic of Collection Development in a digital environment. Developing digital collections is a logical consequence of inserting information technologies in…
College students, cookies and collections: using holiday study breaks to encourage undergraduate research in special collections
Susan Summerfield Hammerman, Barbara Kern, Rebecca Starkey, Anne TaylorTo launch the University of Chicago Library's study break program for undergraduate students which introduces them to rare book and manuscript collections.