Coordinating Cooperative Collection Development


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This book, first published in 1986, is a comprehensive review of American library cooperative development programs at the regional, state-wide, interstate, and national levels. The distinguished contributors offer thoughtful assessments of the challenges of effectively implementing programs and analyse the successes and limitations of these programs.



















The Collection Building Reader


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A selection of 30 articles from the quarterly journal Collection Building. The articles are organised into four sections - management issues, selection/deselection, evaluation, and resource sharing - and include such topics as information policies for collection development librarians.




Cooperative Collection Management


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This manual offers guidance on co-operative collection management (CCM). The first section describes the philosophical basis for CCM; the second focuses on selected assessment methods (RGL, WLN); and the third offers case studies illustrating the entire CCM project.




Cooperative Collection Development


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