Developing library and information center collections / G. Edward Evans
Imprint
Englewood, Colo. : Libraries Unlimited, c1995
Edition
3rd ed
Descript
xvii, 556 p. : ill., maps ; 25 cm
CONTENT
Information age-information society -- Information needs assessment -- Collection development policies -- Selection process -- Producers of information materials -- Serials -- Government information -- Audiovisual materials -- Electronic materials -- Acquisitions -- Distributors and vendors -- Fiscal management -- Deselection -- Evaluation -- Cooperative collection development and resource sharing -- Protecting the collection -- Legal issues -- Censorship, intellectual freedom, and collection development -- Collection development and the future