Collection Management Basics

by G. Edward Evans, Margaret Zarnosky Saponaro

The well-established gold standard for teaching collection development, this text provides current and thorough coverage to all of the processes and issues surrounding managing library collections.

This latest edition continues to cover all aspects of collection development and management, including subjects such as needs assessment, policies, selection process theory and practice, protection, legal issues, censorship, and intellectual freedom. The book represents a total restructuring of the previous work, and reflects changes brought on by new technology and the up-and-down economy. Students and practitioners alike will benefit greatly from this up-to-date and essential text.

Genres: Nonfiction, Library Science, School, Reference, Textbooks, Librarianship, Grad School

360 pages, Paperback

First published May 4, 2012

Reviews

[Tessa]

It was interesting, but only because I really like libraries.

[Rhiannon]

i turned in a paper for this class about taylor swift

[Evelyn (S'more Books Please)]

Informative but very dry.

[Lauren]

Dull, dull, dull, dull, dull. And I still feel like I don't know much about collection development.

[Nate Mathewson]

It was interesting but felt very dry. Good textbook, badly done course

[Sam]

Evans & Saponaro provide a fantastic overview of Collection Management, and the text is both clear and smooth, creating a painless textbook reading experience. The Library and Information Science Text Series is fantastic, as far as I have experienced, and I will definitely be keeping this in my collection for future reference.

[Christopher]

For the most part, the readings in this text were assigned in chronological order, so my professor did not feel that the issues present in the Gregory text were founded in this book. Still,...

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[Michele Beacham]

Excellent overview of collection management, with a good selection of resources for further reading.

[Diana Pettis]

I have read this book for an online class. It has a lot of good information about how to organize a library (which would include public, academic or school).

[Emily]

Decent text for one of my courses. It's a bit dry but a good and useful resource. I bought a copy to refer to as a continue on.

[Benjamin Fasching-Gray]

Of the Library and Information Science Text Series books that I have had to read, this one was the best.

[Greg]

Definitely one of the most helpful textbooks I read in my MLIS program; this is important enough that it should probably be required reading in most degrees.

[Tayler K.M.]

LIS 659

This book: 295 pages (without notes)
Other book: 173 pages (without notes)
Other material: 155 pages

Course total: 623 pages

[Sharon]

course text

[Kim]

Very dry. Only read it for my class.