Collection Building: Volume 27 Issue 2

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Alternative literature in libraries: the unseen zine

Rowena Koh

This article aims to show both the importance of collecting zines, particularly in public libraries, and the issues and challenges associated with the management of such a unique…

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Government goldmine: American Indian materials in government documents

Jennie M. Burroughs, Colleen Major

The purpose of this article is to investigate government document collections to identify subject‐related materials and offer suggestions for making those materials more evident…

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Advanced Collection Development project in partnership with a vendor

Suzanne Gyeszly

The purpose of this article is to discuss a project to enhance Texas A&M University at Qatar Library's (TAMUQL's) engineering curriculum, graduate, and research programs with…

Dragons in the stacks: an introduction to role‐playing games and their value to libraries

Cason Snow

The purpose of this paper is to introduce the genre of tabletop fantasy role‐playing games and provide guidance in building an initial collection.

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Circulation statistics in the evaluation of collection development

Brian Adams, Bob Noel

This article aims to describe how circulation statistics may be used to evaluate collection development policies.

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Tracing their roots: genealogical sources for Chinese immigrants to the United States

Sheau‐yueh J. Chao

This paper seeks to discuss the genealogical sources for Chinese immigrants as well as the settlement of Chinese in the USA and the historical evolution of Chinese names, their…

ISSN:

0160-4953

Online date, start – end:

1978 – 2017

Copyright Holder:

Emerald Publishing Limited