Making a Collection Count a Holistic Approach to Library Collection Management.
Making a Collection Count takes a holistic look at library collection management. It connects the various pieces, such as selection, cataloguing, shelving, circulation, and weeding and teaches readers how to gather and analyze data from each point in a collection's life cycle. Relationships bet...
| Main Author: | Hibner, Holly, |
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| Other Authors: | Kelly, Mary,, ScienceDirect (Online service) |
| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Sawston : New York :
Chandos Publishing [Imprint], Woodhead Publishing Limited Neal-Schuman Publishers, Incorporated [distributor]
Sept. 2010 ;
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| Physical Description: |
1 online resource (190 pages) : illustrations. |
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Chandos information professional series.
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| Summary: |
Making a Collection Count takes a holistic look at library collection management. It connects the various pieces, such as selection, cataloguing, shelving, circulation, and weeding and teaches readers how to gather and analyze data from each point in a collection's life cycle. Relationships between collections and other library services, such as reference, programming, and technology, are explored as well. The result is a quality collection that is clean, current, relevant, and useful, and which connects and highlights various library services. |
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| Item Description: |
Making a Collection Count takes a holistic look at library collection management. It connects the various pieces, such as selection, cataloguing, shelving, circulation, and weeding and teaches readers how to gather and analyze data from each point in a collection's life cycle. Relationships between collections and other library services, such as reference, programming, and technology, are explored as well. The result is a quality collection that is clean, current, relevant, and useful, and which connects and highlights various library services. Scholarly & Professional Woodhead Publishing Limited. Includes bibliographical references and index. Life cycle of a collection -- Understanding your workflow -- Collection audit and using statistics -- Physical inventory -- Creating collection objectives and benchmarks -- Collection organization -- Making the most of a library collection budget -- Everything is connected. Elsevier ScienceDirect All Books. |
| Physical Description: |
1 online resource (190 pages) : illustrations. |
| Audience: |
Scholarly & Professional |
| Bibliography: |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: |
1843346060 9781843346067 9781780630397 1780630395 |