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Tables of Contents for Managing Information Resources in Libraries
Chapter/Section Title
Page #
Page Count
About the authors
ix
Preface
xi
Definitions
xii
Arrangement of this volume
xiii
Acknowledgements
xv
Notes
xvi
Managing information resources in context
1
15
Meeting user needs
4
3
Collection management as part of the larger organization
7
2
Publishers and publishing
9
4
Review
13
1
Where to now?
13
1
Further reading
14
1
Notes
15
1
Collection management and collection development policies
16
21
Collection management, collection development or both?
16
2
Why have these policies?
18
3
Collection development policies or collection management policies?
21
1
Policy content
22
8
Policy formulation
30
2
Into the future
32
1
Review
33
1
Where to now?
33
1
Further reading
34
1
Notes
35
2
Conspectus
37
15
What is Conspectus?
37
3
The role of Conspectus
40
4
Conspectus in an electronic age
44
4
Review
48
1
Where to now?
48
1
Further reading
49
1
Notes
49
3
Resource sharing and co-operative collection development
52
21
Why do we co-operate?
53
1
Major barriers to co-operation
54
2
Factors favouring co-operation
56
1
Resource sharing
56
1
Co-operative collection development
57
1
From ownership to access to co-ordinated collection management
58
1
The attributes of successful resource sharing
59
2
Effective management of co-operative schemes
61
3
Consortia - the future for co-operation
64
4
Review of Chapter 4
68
1
Where to now?
69
1
Further reading
69
1
Notes
70
3
Selection: policies and procedures
73
29
The dilemma of selection - needs and wants
73
3
Basic requirements for effective selection
76
1
Censorship
77
2
The selection environment
79
7
Selection strategies
86
3
Criteria for selection
89
6
Selection procedures
95
3
Review of Chapter 5
98
1
Where to now?
98
1
Further reading
99
1
Notes
100
2
Selection resources
102
16
Classification of selection resources
104
1
Bibliographies, or lists of works
104
6
Reviews
110
3
Advertising material
113
2
Review of Chapter 6
115
1
Where to now?
116
1
Further reading
116
1
Notes
117
1
Acquisitions processes and procedures
118
22
Choice of supplier
118
5
Evaluating suppliers
123
3
Order processes
126
4
Gifts
130
3
Exchange arrangements
133
1
Out-of-print material
134
2
Review of Chapter 7
136
1
Where to now?
136
1
Further reading
137
1
Notes
138
2
Budget management
140
20
Drafting the budget
141
2
The budget cycle
143
5
Budget control
148
1
Internal budget allocation
149
2
Intellectual property and charging issues
151
1
Audit and stocktake
152
3
Review of Chapter 8
155
1
Where to now?
155
1
Further reading
156
1
Notes
157
3
Collection evaluation and review
160
27
The rationale for collection evaluation
161
4
Steps in conducting an evaluation
165
4
Methods of collection evaluation
169
2
User-oriented measures
171
6
Collection-oriented measures
177
3
The next generation
180
1
Review of Chapter 9
181
1
Where to now?
182
1
Further reading
183
1
Notes
183
4
Preservation and weeding
187
28
Preservation
188
6
Disaster planning
194
2
Weeding
196
13
Review of Chapter 10
209
1
Where to now?
210
1
Further reading
211
1
Notes
212
3
The literature of collection management Adela Clayton
215
49
Collection management journal titles
215
1
General
216
9
Access vs ownership
225
2
Acquisitions
227
4
Budget management
231
1
Censorship
232
1
Collection development policies
233
1
Collection evaluation and review
234
4
Conspectus
238
1
Co-operative collection development and resource sharing
239
5
Copyright
244
1
Disaster management
245
1
Electronic reserve collections
246
1
Gifts
246
1
Government publications
247
1
Outsourcing
248
1
Preservation
249
4
Selection and selection resources
253
4
Serials
257
4
Theft prevention
261
1
Weeding
262
2
Index
264
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