Collection Management Basics

by G. Edward Evans, Margaret Zarnosky Saponaro

Managing collections in today's libraries is more complicated and challenging than ever. Electronic formats, new options for collaboration and sharing, and the drive to use data for evaluation purposes are just a few of the changes now driving collection management.



This updated edition of a classic text addresses changes in the field and provides a thorough overview of what collection development specialists now need to know to effectively and efficiently manage processes that range from selection and assessment to sharing resources, handling challenges, weeding, and preservation. Readers will find increased coverage of technical services, intellectual freedom and censorship, and collection policy development, as well as budget development and tracking and joint purchasing and negotiating with vendors. Updates on e-resources, user needs assessment (including data visualization), and disaster management, along with suggestions for further reading, are also included.



Engagingly written and easy-to-understand, this is a valuable text for students preparing for careers in public, academic, school, and special libraries. It will additionally serve as a training resource and professional refresher for practitioners.

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

392 pages, Paperback

First published May 4, 2012

Reviews

[Tessa · Rating 3 out of 5]

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) · Rating 3 out of 5]

Informative but very dry.

[Lauren · Rating 3 out of 5]

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

[Nate Mathewson · Rating 4 out of 5]

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

[Sam · Rating 4 out of 5]

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 · Rating 3 out of 5]

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 · Rating 3 out of 5]

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

[Diana Pettis · Rating 3 out of 5]

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 · Rating 3 out of 5]

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 · Rating 4 out of 5]

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

[Greg · Rating 4 out of 5]

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 · Rating 2 out of 5]

LIS 659

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

Course total: 623 pages

[Sharon · Rating 4 out of 5]

course text

[Kim · Rating 1 out of 5]

Very dry. Only read it for my class.