Developing an Outstanding Core Collection: A Guide for Libraries, Second Edition - Softcover

Alabaster, Carol

 
9780838910405: Developing an Outstanding Core Collection: A Guide for Libraries, Second Edition
Softcover
ISBN 10: 0838910408 ISBN 13: 9780838910405
Verlag: ALA Editions, 2010

Inhaltsangabe

In this practical handbook, newly updated for 2010, Carol Alabaster focuses on developing a collection with high-quality materials while saving time and money. She addresses key collection development questions, including.. What criteria are used to identify a core title? .. What is the process for making selections? .. How is a collection maintained and improved? .. How are core titles tracked in the library's acquisition and circulation systems? .Packed with selection resources and sample core lists in seven subject areas, this soup-to-nuts manual will be useful whether you are starting from scratch or revitalizing an existing collection.

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Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor

Carol Alabaster has more than 30 years of library experience working for both the New York Public Library and the Phoenix Public Library systems. In the Phoenix system, she worked as Collection Development Coordinator, Branch Manager, and Fiction Librarian. Before that, she served as Young Adult Senior Librarian and Adult Services Librarian for the New York Public Library. In addition to writing a weekly book review for The Arizona Republic, she was a National Book Award judge in 1982. Alabaster earned her master's degree in library science from St. John's University in New York.

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Verlag
ALA Editions
Erscheinungsdatum
2010
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
0838910408
ISBN 13 
9780838910405
Einband
Taschenbuch
Anzahl der Seiten
208
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