Collection Building: Volume 4 Issue 2
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Vocational Technical Collection Building Does It Exist?
Victoria Cheponis Lessard, Jack HallSince the passage of the Smith‐Hughes Act of 1917, which established vocational‐technical education, more than 17,000,000 students annually are served by some type of vocational…
The Reviewing of Children's Science Books
Virginia WituckeThe selection of materials for library collections serving children remains heavily dependent on reviews for the identification and evaluation of appropriate items. It is…
Developing Collections On Puerto Rican Heritage
Bruni VergesPuerto Rican ethnic literature dates back to hundreds of years before the European explorers set foot on the island that was then named Boriquen. The Archaic, Igneri, and Taino…
Analysis of Non‐Depository Documents in the Government Publications Collection
Steven ZinkIn the past few years, as budgets have tightened and available shelving space has diminished, U.S. government documents librarians have for the first time given serious…
Building Library Collections in University Libraries in Nigeria
G.T. Onadiran, R.W. OnadiranThe Federal Republic of Nigeria is the most populous state in Africa. At the time of the 1963 census, the population stood at 56,654,000. The present population is not known…
Issues in Collection Development Wanted: Collection Development Officer
Elizabeth FutasLarger libraries of both the academic and public varieties have in the last few years increasingly been creating the position of Collection Development Officer in their…
Free and Inexpensive Materials on Aids and Devices for the Physically Handicapped
Ilse B. MoonIn recent years it has become recognized that people with a wide variety of physical handicaps—visual or hearing impairment, limb loss, or other impaired bodily functioning—can…
Notes on Contributors and Editorial Board
SHERRIE S. BERGMAN is College Librarian of Wheaton College in Norton, Massachusetts. She served previously as director of the Roger Williams College Library and on the library…