Collection Building: Volume 7 Issue 1

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Book Selection in the College Library: The Faculty Perspective

Mary Sellen

It has been acknowledged in the literature of library administration and book selection that in a college library, the faculty play an important role in the development of the…

The Literature of Conservatism

Bill Bailey

The second article of the “Library Bill of Rights” proclaims: “Libraries should provide materials and information presenting all points of view on current and historical issues…

Approval Program Timing Study: Baker & Taylor vs Blackwell North America

Mary D. Walters

A study of two approval program dealers was conducted by the Collection Development Department at California State University, Los Angeles. The purpose of the study was to compare…

The Hospice Movement: A Bibliographic Essay

Julie Tryon

Since the mid‐1960s, people have begun to change their attitudes towards death and the role it plays in our society. Many find problems with the fact that an increasing number of…

Can Bibliotherapy Go Public?

Clara Richardson Lack

In times past, the public library has aptly been called “the university of the people,” an educational institution dedicated to furthering the democratic way of life. An…

Who Is the Reviewer?

Have you any idea who the person was who recommended that book you just purchased for the library? And who told you not to buy a title?

Data Center; A Very Special Library

Zoia Horn, Karen O'Neill

The name Data Center evokes images of computers and disks, of cubicles with people scanning computer screens, of sudden surges of mechanical typing by printers. It's ironical that…

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State Documents: Basic Selection Sources

There are very few state document selection tools. Most states publish some type of state document checklist, but the quality of checklists varies widely. Some are little more…

Compiling Your Own Bibliography

Where do you find the books?“ is the question I am most frequently asked about the developmental task (or lifetask) approach to reading guidance. It is a good question, and not…

ISSN:

0160-4953

Online date, start – end:

1978 – 2017

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Emerald Publishing Limited