The basics -- Shelf by shelf: 000, 100, 200 -- Shelf by shelf: 300s -- Shelf by shelf: 400s and 500s -- Shelf by shelf: 600s -- Shelf by shelf: 700s -- Shelf by shelf: 800s and fiction -- Shelf by shelf: 900s and biography -- Other areas of the collection -- Special considerations for youth collections -- Weeding gone wrong -- Diversity and inclusion -- The importance of a collection development plan -- Suggested reading -- Appendix: Annotated sample collection development plans.
Summary:
"Filled with field-tested strategies and adaptable collection development policies, this updated handbook will enable libraries to bloom by maintaining a collection that users actually use"-- Provided by publisher.
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