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Teacher Librarianship

Providing More with Less: Collection Management for School Libraries (second edition)

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Edited by Ken Dillon, James Henri and Joy McGregor (2002)
Topics in Australian Teacher Librarianship No. 4. 436pp. soft cover
ISBN 978 0949060 99 0

The first edition of this book received widespread acclaim for its comprehensive treatment of collection management issues in school libraries. The second edition extends the approach adopted by its predecessor by widening its coverage of issues even further. In particular, the changes wrought on traditional collection management practices by the advent of a range of information and communications technologies are addressed. In addition to a full revision, the second edition contains two new chapters by Ross Todd and Daniel Callison that relate knowledge management to managing information collections. A third new chapter by Donna Shannon discusses some of the dilemmas that affect collection management practice in a digital age.

Published in an American edition by Scarecrow Press as Collection Management for School Libraries.

"This is a gem of a resource of which every school library should have a copy. It is an extremely detailed and comprehensive exploration of collection management and its broad demands. I read it twice through straight away, and came back to sections that I’m sure I will use again and again.”
Marie Green - Ocean Reef Senior High School

 

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Table of Contents

Chapter 1 The information landscape - James Henri and Joy McGregor
Chapter 2 Introduction to collection management - James Henri
Chapter 3 The historical context: An evolution toward knowledge management - Daniel Callison
Chapter 4 Knowledge management: The human dimension of collection management - Ross Todd
Chapter 5 Analyzing the environment - Lyn Linning
Chapter 6 Policies for collection management - Shelda Debowski
Chapter 7 Selection and acquisition - Lyn Linning
Chapter 8 Information and communication technologies meet collection management - Julie Dow
Chapter 9 Collection management dilemmas in the digital age - Donna Shannon
Chapter 10 Maintaining collection viability - Ken Dillon
Chapter 11 Collection evaluation - Ken Dillon
Chapter 12 Collection program funding management - Shelda Debowski
Chapter 13 Issues in collection management - Julie Dow
Appendices
Bibliography
Index

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