Collection Development Training for Arizona Public Libraries Save
Tutorials cover collection development policies, needs assessment, selection criteria, acquisition of materials, weeding, censorship issues, collection assessment, preservation and repair, and donated materials.
http://www.lib.az.us/cdt/   

ALA/ACRL Standards and Guidelines Save
This page is a portal to the various documents of standards available from the ACRL. While the scope of these documents are broad, many fall under the auspices of Collection Management; including Guidelines for Curriculum Materials Centers and Standards for Libraries in Higher Education.
http://www.ala.org/ala/acrl/acrlstand...   

AcqWeb Save
Directory of Web resources for acquisitions, collection development and serials librarians, and other book-buying professionals. Includes resources relating to library vendors and publishers; bibliographic verification tools; associations, journals, conference proceedings relating to acquisitions and collections development; and web reference resources useful in this area. Associated with ACQ-NET.
http://www.acqweb.org/   

Acquiring International Documents Save
Guide to acquiring international government documents. For a number of international bodies, provides contact information for both the official publisher and other vendors. Created and maintained by Chuck Eckman (Stanford University Libraries).
http://library.stanford.edu/depts/jon...   

Acquisitions and Collection Development Policies for Electronic Resources Save
Draft and sample policies on 'collecting' electronic resources. These are drawn from a number of sources, including the ALA, the ARL, and several library consortia. They will prove helpful in designing your own library's collections management statement.
http://www.indiana.edu/~libsalc/polic...   

Acquisitions, Serials, and Collection Development Save
This section of the Internet Public Library provides resources for Acquisitions, Serials, and Collection Development librarians. General resources section contains web sites that provide general information on or links to acquisitions, serials, and collection development resources. Book review services section offers links to book, cd-rom, software, movie and video review resources. Publishers' catalogs, serials management and book and serial exchange services, sources of foreign acquisitions, shipping and labelling tools, and currency conversion sites.
http://www.itcompany.com/inforetrieve...   

BUBL - Acquisitions Save
Links to a variety of resources for acquisition librarians. Compiled as part of BUBL LINK (Libraries of Networked Knowledge). Includes general resources, discussion lists, electronic order forms, journals, services, library suppliers, censorship information, and news. Annotated.
http://bubl.ac.uk/link/a/acquisitions...   

Bellingham Public Schools Library Collection Management Save
This public school system offers an extensively detailed application of the "Follet Library Management System." Last revised in 2004, this is a very comprehensive contemporary plan of a Elementary/Middle/High school system in Washington State.
http://www.bham.wednet.edu/department...   

CHOICE - Selection Policy Save
Guidelines that Choice uses to select books for review in various subject areas. Many libraries rely on Choice without knowing what goes into the reviews. This helps clarify the process.
http://www.ala.org/ala/acrl/acrlpubs/...   

Globe Publication Save
International subscription agency that provides a serial guides listing nearly 20,000 titles.
http://www.globepub.com   

Howard-Tilton Memorial Library: General collections Save
Welcome to the web site for the main library at Tulane University (New Orleans, LA USA), Howard-Tilton Memorial Library.
http://library.tulane.edu/about/colle...   

Kansas State University Libraries Collection Management Save
Library subsection offers links to detailed policies and special projects such as serials reviews and preservation.
http://www.lib.ksu.edu/services/colle...   

LibCopy Exchange Save
Postings for library duplicate items.
http://www.libcopy.com/   

Openly Informatics, Inc. Save
Produces linking software for libraries, including the open-source jake link server and the LinkBaton hyperlink delivery service to allow for the acquisitions of e-documents and e-journals.
http://www.openly.com/   

Rates of Participation by Faculty Book Selectors in a College Library Save
Results of a study that traced how often classroom faculty at small academic institutions assisted in book buying for the library.
http://www.mlaforum.org/volumeI/issue...   

U.S. National Library of Medicine Collection Development Manual Save
Collection Development Manual of the National Library of Medicine
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/tsd/acquisitio...   

Web Feeds for Books and Monographs Save
B-Feeds(sm): Web Feeds for Books and Monographs is a categorized registry of sites that offer RSS/XML, Atom, or other Web feeds, to compilations, directories, lists, reviews, or other relevant sources for/or about academic or scholarly books or monographic works. B-Feeds(sm) is compiled and maintained by Gerry McKiernan, Science and Technology Librarian and Bibliographer, Science and Technology Department, Iowa State University Library, Ames, IA 50011.
http://www.public.iastate.edu/~CYBERS...   

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