ACQNET: RE: Collection development strategy (another response)

Date: Tue, 03 May 2005 18:59:11 -0400
From: Lauren Corbett (Emory Univ.) <lcorbet_at_emory.edu>
Subject: ACQNET: RE: Collection development strategy

I highly recommend _Fundamentals of Collection Development &
Management_ by Peggy Johnson.  It's new (2004) and well-organized
and thorough. You will be particularly interested in Chap. 9,
Collection Analysis, and there's a lovely table that gives you an
overview of types of assessment methods in just a glance on p.270.
Published by ALA Editions, ISBN 0838908535.

Lauren Corbett
Head of Acquisitions
Robert W. Woodruff Library
Emory University
Atlanta, GA 30322-2870
Ph: 404 712-1818

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Original Message:

Date: Wed, 27 Apr 2005 14:45:02 -0400
From: Maria Vagianos <mvagianoslib_at_gmail.com>
Subject: ACQNET: Collection development strategy
[Editor's Note:  The writer has been directed to COLLDV-L_at_usc.edu,
a discussion list for collection development issues.]

I recently started work in a  non-profit organization that needs
help restructuring its small library.  Almost all of the collection
needs to be organized and managed in a way that will make this
library user-friendly and sustainable.

At the moment, I am making my first forays into the collection,
getting familiar with the material and getting ideas on how to
manage it.

I'm trying to find a basic, helpful (and uncomplicated) collection
development outline to help me assess the collection and get a
better sense of what steps I need to take.

I appreciate your advice on this topic.

Thanks,
Maria Vagianos
Simmons College, GLIS 1998





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