This volume will help you acquire and manage a strong collection for your library, even when budgets are being cut. Topics covered include purchasing materials,

For over a decade, some academic libraries have been purchasing, rather than borrowing, recently published books requested by their patrons through interlibrary

This book represents an ongoing effort to fill the void in the library literature relating to collection development policies. The authors, whose experience eac

"The Encyclopedia of Library and Information Science provides an outstanding resource in 33 published volumes with 2 helpful indexes. This thorough reference se