Johnson, a librarian at the U. of Minnesota and editor of Technicalities; Information Forum for the Library Services Practitioner , has written a lucid text on the basic concepts of this broad subject. Theoretical concepts are included but not stressed as heavily as information and skills. An initial chapter provides the history of collection management and development and gives a succinct overview of the field. Subsequent chapters describe topics that include organization and staffing, budgets and planning, marketing, electronic resources, and cooperative collection development and management. A case study and exercise, as well as list of selected readings conclude each chapter. Annotation (c) Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
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Introduction to Collection Management and Development |
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Organization and Staffing |
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Policy, Planning, and Budgets |
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Marketing, Liaison, and Outreach Activities |
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Cooperative Collection Development and Management |
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Collection Analysis: Evaluation and Assessment |
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| Glossary |
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Peggy Johnson, began her library career as a music cataloger and has been a children's librarian in a public library, and serials cataloger, technical services head, and a senior collection development officer in academic libraries. In 2002, she served as interim university librarian at the University of Minnesota. Johnson has consulted on library development in Uganda, Rwanda, Morocco, and China. She is a frequent speaker and consultant on collection development and management and on change in libraries, two areas of particular interest. She edits the journal, Technicalities: Information Forum for the Library Services Practitioner, has published numerous papers, and written and edited several books.
