Making a Collection Count

A Holistic Approach to Library Collection Management

Nonfiction, Reference & Language, Education & Teaching, Educational Theory, Adult & Continuing Education, Language Arts, Library & Information Services, Reference
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Author: Holly Hibner, Mary Kelly ISBN: 9781780630397
Publisher: Elsevier Science Publication: September 1, 2010
Imprint: Chandos Publishing Language: English
Author: Holly Hibner, Mary Kelly
ISBN: 9781780630397
Publisher: Elsevier Science
Publication: September 1, 2010
Imprint: Chandos Publishing
Language: English

Making a Collection Count connects the various pieces of library collection management, such as selection, cataloguing, shelving, circulation and weeding, and teaches readers how to gather and analyze data from each point in a collection’s life cycle. Relationships between collections and other library services, such as reference, programming, and technology, are also explored. The result is a quality collection that is clean, current, relevant, and useful, and which connects and highlights various library services.

  • Offers practical applications for collection librarians and managers who are practitioners in the field. It is more than just a theoretical discussion of collection quality and collection management because useful, realistic advice is offered
  • This is not a book about collection development. It is unique in that the focus is on collection quality: making the most of a library collection budget, performing physical inventory, and gathering/using data and statistics about collections
  • Broad, international appeal to various library types: public, academic, school, and special
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Making a Collection Count connects the various pieces of library collection management, such as selection, cataloguing, shelving, circulation and weeding, and teaches readers how to gather and analyze data from each point in a collection’s life cycle. Relationships between collections and other library services, such as reference, programming, and technology, are also explored. The result is a quality collection that is clean, current, relevant, and useful, and which connects and highlights various library services.

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