[Original posting on this topic appeared in COLLDV-L no. 1821 and is
reproduced below; the Summary of Responses follows it.]
From: Jean Small <jsmall_at_ocean.cc.nj.us>
I would like to hear from other community college acquisitions librarians
regarding what selection tools you use.
Thanks in advance, and I will summarize for the list.
Jean Small
Librarian - Technical Services
Ocean County College
College Drive
Toms River, NJ 08754-2001
732-255-0400 ext.2245
jsmall_at_ocean.cc.nj.us
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From: Jean Small <jsmall_at_ocean.cc.nj.us>
Sorry to be so late in posting this summary. My original questions was
what do community college librarians use as selection tools. Here are the
great answers I got. Thank you to everyone who replied. If anyone would
like to add to the list, please send to me and this time I will summarize
quickly, I promise.
1. publisher's catalogs;
2. publisher's fliers;
3. Choice (both review cards and paper);
4. New York Times Book Review;
5. Library Journal (both cards and paper);
6. BT LINK (Baker & Taylor's electronic book database);
7. Baker & Taylor's Forecast
8. Booklist (especially the reference section);
9. Journal of Academic Librarianship;
10. Rittenhouse book distributors quarterly report for nursing and
allied
health;
11. Publisher's Weekly;
12. subject specific journals (e.g. American Literature and
journals in
criminal justice);
13. mailing list for National Institute of Justice/National
Criminal
Justice Research Center (email newsletter and printed materials);
14. Ingram Advance and subject specific magazines;
15. American Journal of Nursing's annual best books list;
16. Brandon-Hill book list for medicine/nursing;
17. Login Brothers (medical book jobber) - announcements of new
editions
of Brandon list titles, catalog on consumer health, and publication
"Resources for Nursing Students;"
18. Amazon.com;
19. Bookscope on CD-ROM;
20. holdings comparisons with area libraries using WLN LaserCat
21. Baker & Taylor's Academia online (http://www.baker-
taylor.com/Academia/Academia.html);
Jean Small
Librarian - Technical Services
Ocean County College
College Drive
Toms River, NJ 08754-2001
732-255-0400 ext.2245
jsmall_at_ocean.cc.nj.us
Received on Tue Nov 10 1998 - 10:11:42 EST