Centre for Information Studies
Library and Information Science
Collection Management: A Concise Introduction (revised edition)
John
Kennedy (2006)
Topics in Australasian Library and Information Studies
No. 26. 192pp. soft cover
ISBN 978 1876938 13 0
The rapidly increasing reliance on digital rather than print-based
resources has not diminished the importance of library collection
management,
but it has required significant modification in the thinking and the
practice of collection managers, who today usually have to consider
their clients' need for both print-based and digital materials.
This updated edition aims to provide a concise overview of the major
elements of contemporary
collection management of print and digital resources - including
policy formulation, selection, acquisition, evaluation, preservation,
deselection,
and
cooperative
collecting - in a way which aims to be of interest to the student
and to any other reader seeking an understanding of a particularly
dynamic area of
librarianship.
Much that has been previously published on collection management focuses
on academic libraries, particularly those in North America. This book
places greater emphasis on the experiences of smaller public and special
libraries, and attempts to view its subject from the perspective of
libraries in Australia and other countries geographically remote from
North America and Western Europe. Dr John Kennedy has taught collection
management at Charles Sturt University for over a decade and has produced
several previous publications on the subject.
Review Comments for the First Edition
“...will be valued both as a textbook and as a work of ready reference."
David Wells - Australian Academic and Research Libraries
“The book provides a useful and comprehensive introduction to collection management, and should prove a worthwhile read for those beyond Australia too…. Overall this is a well-written and readable overview of collection management that will inform those new to the subject."
Dr G. Matthews - Education for Information
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Table Of Contents
Acknowledgements
About the author
Note on the revised edition
Introduction
Chapter 1 The changing collection management environment
Chapter 2 Formulating policy - the written collection development policy
and alternative approaches
Chapter 3 Selection of hardcopy and digital materials
Chapter 4 Acquisitions and licensing
Chapter 5 Evaluating the hardcopy and digital collection
Chapter 6 Preservation and deselection
Chapter 7 Cooperation in collection management
Chapter 8 The future of collection management
Glossary
Index