"Co-published simultaneously as The acquisitions librarian, number 30, 2003." Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents:
Introduction: Cooperation between collection development and cataloging: a policy for proposing projects to cataloging services / Rebecca L. Mugridge. Pricing and acquisitions policies for electronic resources: is the market stable enough to establish local standards? / Rebecca S. Albitz -- Subject-specific policy statements: a rationale and framework for collection development / Glenn S. McGuigan, Gary W. White -- The end of an American (library) dream: the rise and decline of the collection development policy statement at Berkeley / James H. Spohrer -- Using a collection development curriculum as a model for developing policy documents in practice / Sheila S. Intner -- Collection development at SJU Libraries: compromises, missions, and transitions / Lois Cherepon, Andrew Sankowski -- Collection management statements on the world wide web / Joseph Straw -- Acquisitions policy for contemporary topics in an academic library: managing the ephemeral / Ashley Robinson -- Impact of technical services' policies on access and collection development / Magda El-Sherbini -- Nicholson Baker wasn't all wrong: a collection development policy for remote storage facilities / Elka Tenner Shlomo -- Collection development: curriculum materials center / Justina O. Osa -- Cooperation between collection development and cataloging: a policy for proposing projects to cataloging services / Rebecca L. Mugridge.
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