Collection Building: Volume 30 Issue 2

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Tracking the use of engineering conference papers: citation influence of the Stapp Car Crash Conference

H. Stephen McMinn, Kathleen Fleming

This paper seeks to investigate the use of engineering conference papers by examining where the papers presented at the Stapp Car Crash Conference from 1980‐2005 were subsequently…

Making engineering standards available at the University of the West Indies: perspectives of a developing country

Jennifer Papin‐Ramcharan, Allison Dolland, Richard A. Dawe

This paper aims to continue the discussion of the difficulties that librarians face in creating a relevant and useful collection of standards. For developing countries the…

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Enhancing gifts‐in‐kind assessment and processing with digital photography

David Bindle, Catherine Boden

This paper sets out to explore the potential benefits of using digital photography in the evaluation of prospective donations of book collections.

A basic multi‐media collection by and about J.R.R. Tolkien

Janet Brennan Croft

This paper seeks to recommend a basic core collection of works by and about J.R.R. Tolkien for libraries by grade level.

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Poets House Show‐case: selected titles 2010

Maggie Balistreri

Poets House, a poetry special collection in New York, hosts an annual exhibit of the preceding year's 2,100+ poetry publications in the USA. This paper aims to offer a selection…

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Serving the whole person: popular materials in academic libraries

Ann W. Hallyburton, Heidi E. Buchanan, Timothy V. Carstens

This paper seeks to provide support and direction for academic libraries collecting popular materials.

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ISSN:

0160-4953

Online date, start – end:

1978 – 2017

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Emerald Publishing Limited