In this fully updated revision, expert instructor and librarian Peggy Johnson addresses the art in controlling and updating your library's collection. Each chapter offers complete coverage of one aspect of collection development, including suggestions for further reading and a narrative case study exploring the issue. Johnson also integrates electronic resources throughout the topics of organization and staffing; policymaking and budgeting; and, purchasing and wedding.Johnson offers a comprehensive tour of this essential discipline and situates the fundamental ideas of collection development and management in historical and theoretical perspective, bringing this modern classic fully up to date.
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In recent years, books about electronic resources have greatly outnumbered those covering collection development. Fortunately, Johnson has answered this shortcoming. In nine chapters, she covers the entire field of collection development, from its history to collection analysis to marketing. She succinctly discusses ways to organize and staff for selection, how to write collection plans and budgets, how to manage collections, and how to set up cooperative collection plans with other libraries. The book closes with an appendix listing selection aids, a glossary, and an index of names and subjects. Invaluable to library students and beginning librarians, this book also has helpful ideas and information for even seasoned collections librarians. RBB
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Johnson offers a comprehensive tour of this essential discipline and situates the fundamental ideas of collection development and management in historical and theoretical perspective. --Adolescence
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I wanted to give it a good star rating because the content is great, well organized and clear. I like the case studies, too. However, this is the first and last time I'll ever buy a textbook on the Kindle. The whole bookmarking/highlighting thing is time-consuming, and there's no way to correspond with my classmates when they open up to a page number. I have to go rifiling through my chapter bookmarks because there's no clickable index. I have a take-home exam in this class, and I'm dreading the prospect of searching for content via the Kindle. I plan to keep the book (not sell it used after the class ends) so I figured I'd be able to save some money by getting the e-version, however searching through it for content after reading it is so tough that I'm not sure how usable this version is in my career. Wish I'd bought the paper version.
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Essential tool for all collections librarians!,
This review is from: Fundamentals of Collection Development and Management, 2/e (Paperback)
I depend on Peggy Johnson's Fundamentals of Collection Development in my own work and recommend it to all new and experienced selectors. I refer to it often using it in the preparation of presentations and in my work. The new edition is the most current and best written tool available in the field.
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Johnson's textbook provides a good introduction to the basic concepts and trends in collection development. Highly recommended for library students.
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