Houston Cole Library Collection Management and Development Policy. Second Edition.
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| author | McAbee, Sonja L., Comp. Bevis, Mary D., Ed. Poe, Jodi W., Ed. Whitesel, George, Ed. |
| author_facet | McAbee, Sonja L., Comp. Bevis, Mary D., Ed. Poe, Jodi W., Ed. Whitesel, George, Ed. McAbee, Sonja L., Comp. Bevis, Mary D., Ed. Poe, Jodi W., Ed. Whitesel, George, Ed. |
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| contents | Houston Cole Library Collection Management and Development Policy. Second Edition. McAbee, Sonja L., Comp. Bevis, Mary D., Ed. Poe, Jodi W., Ed. Whitesel, George, Ed. Academic Libraries Higher Education Information Management Library Administration Library Collection Development Library Collections Library Policy Mission Statements Organizational Development Policy Formation In 1991, the staff of the Houston Cole Library (Jacksonville State University, Alabama) published its first formal "Collection Management and Development Policy." This was used as a guide in conducting a complete assessment of the Library's collections. This second edition is a revision of the 1991 publication. The first section is an introduction that includes the following information: purpose of the policy statement and audience; general description of the institution and clientele served; mission statement and goals of the collection management and development program; Library's official stance on intellectual freedom, censorship, and copyright issues; brief overview of the collection; organization of the collection management and development program; budget structure; relationship to policies and programs for management of collections; cooperative collection development agreements; and policies related to equipment purchase and technical support for on-site and remote electronic files and texts. The second section reports the general collection management and development policy, discussing policies on all categories of acquisitions/materials and all related library functions, and including selection criteria and criteria for de-selection/replacement. The next section, and larger part of the document, consists of a series of narrative statements describing the Library's collections for the following subject areas: Agriculture; the Alabama Gallery; American Literature; Art; Audio-Visual; Auxiliary Sciences of History; Biology; Chemistry; Commerce and Business Administration; Communication; Criminal Justice; Drama; Education; Emergency Management; English Literature; Environmental Sciences; Family and Consumer Sciences; General Works; Geography and Anthropology; Geology; Government Documents; Health, Physical Education, and Recreation; History; Languages and Related Literatures; Law; Library Science and Bibliography; Mathematical, Computing, and Information Sciences; Military Science; Music; Nursing; Philosophy, Ethics and Religion; Physics and Engineering; Political Science and Public Administration; Psychology; Sociology and Social Work; Technology; and Western European Literatures. Included in appendices are a list of definitions of collection level indicators, collection assessment tools, standing orders, and electronic databases. Includes an index. (AEF) |
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| publishDate | 2001 |
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| spellingShingle | Houston Cole Library Collection Management and Development Policy. Second Edition. McAbee, Sonja L., Comp. Bevis, Mary D., Ed. Poe, Jodi W., Ed. Whitesel, George, Ed. Academic Libraries Higher Education Information Management Library Administration Library Collection Development Library Collections Library Policy Mission Statements Organizational Development Policy Formation Houston Cole Library Collection Management and Development Policy. Second Edition. McAbee, Sonja L., Comp. Bevis, Mary D., Ed. Poe, Jodi W., Ed. Whitesel, George, Ed. Academic Libraries Higher Education Information Management Library Administration Library Collection Development Library Collections Library Policy Mission Statements Organizational Development Policy Formation In 1991, the staff of the Houston Cole Library (Jacksonville State University, Alabama) published its first formal "Collection Management and Development Policy." This was used as a guide in conducting a complete assessment of the Library's collections. This second edition is a revision of the 1991 publication. The first section is an introduction that includes the following information: purpose of the policy statement and audience; general description of the institution and clientele served; mission statement and goals of the collection management and development program; Library's official stance on intellectual freedom, censorship, and copyright issues; brief overview of the collection; organization of the collection management and development program; budget structure; relationship to policies and programs for management of collections; cooperative collection development agreements; and policies related to equipment purchase and technical support for on-site and remote electronic files and texts. The second section reports the general collection management and development policy, discussing policies on all categories of acquisitions/materials and all related library functions, and including selection criteria and criteria for de-selection/replacement. The next section, and larger part of the document, consists of a series of narrative statements describing the Library's collections for the following subject areas: Agriculture; the Alabama Gallery; American Literature; Art; Audio-Visual; Auxiliary Sciences of History; Biology; Chemistry; Commerce and Business Administration; Communication; Criminal Justice; Drama; Education; Emergency Management; English Literature; Environmental Sciences; Family and Consumer Sciences; General Works; Geography and Anthropology; Geology; Government Documents; Health, Physical Education, and Recreation; History; Languages and Related Literatures; Law; Library Science and Bibliography; Mathematical, Computing, and Information Sciences; Military Science; Music; Nursing; Philosophy, Ethics and Religion; Physics and Engineering; Political Science and Public Administration; Psychology; Sociology and Social Work; Technology; and Western European Literatures. Included in appendices are a list of definitions of collection level indicators, collection assessment tools, standing orders, and electronic databases. Includes an index. (AEF) |
| title | Houston Cole Library Collection Management and Development Policy. Second Edition. |
| topic | Academic Libraries Higher Education Information Management Library Administration Library Collection Development Library Collections Library Policy Mission Statements Organizational Development Policy Formation |
| url | https://eric.ed.gov/?id=ED456843 |