Collection Development in the Digital Age
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- ISBN 9781856047463
- Weight: 177g
- Dimensions: 156 x 235mm
- Publication Date: 20 Dec 2011
- Publisher: Facet Publishing
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Paperback
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This topical edited collection is cross-sectoral and international in scope, drawing together the perspectives of practitioners and academics at the forefront of modern collection development. They explore how practitioners can take an active role influencing strategy in this new environment, draw on case studies that illustrate the key changes in context, and consider how collection development might evolve in the future.
The collection is divided into four sections looking at the key themes:
- The conceptual framework including a review of the literature
- Trends in library supply such as outsourcing and managing suppliers
- Trends in electronic resources including the open access movement and e-books
- Making and keeping your collection effectively including engaging with the user-community and developing commercial skills.
Readership: LIS students and all practitioners involved in collection development and management in academic, school, public, commercial and other special libraries.
Maggie Fieldhouse is a Lecturer at the Department of Information Studies at University College London. She is module tutor for the Collection Management and Management modules on the MA Library and Information Studies Programme.
Audrey Marshall is a Senior Lecturer in the School of Computing, Mathematical and Information Sciences at the University of Brighton and course Leader for the MA in Information Studies.
