Rethinking Collection Development and Management

by Becky Albitz (Editor), Christine Avery (Editor), Diane Zabel (Editor)

This collection of thought-provoking essays by visionary and innovative library practitioners covers theory, research, and best practices in collection development, examining how it has evolved, identifying how some librarians are creatively responding to these changes, and predicting what is coming next.

Rethinking Collection Development and Management adds a new and important perspective to the literature on collection development and management for 21st-century library professionals. The work reveals how dramatically collection development is changing, and has already changed; supplies practical suggestions on how librarians might respond to these advancements; and reflects on what librarians can expect in the future. This volume is a perfect complement for textbooks that take a more traditional approach, offering a broad, forward-thinking perspective that will benefit students in graduate LIS programs and guide practitioners, collection development officers, and directors in public and academic libraries. A chapter on collection development and management in the MLIS curriculum makes this volume especially pertinent to library and information science educators.

Genres: Nonfiction, Library Science, Textbooks, Professional Development

408 pages, Paperback

First published December 24, 2013

Reviews

[Kayla · Rating 3 out of 5]

For the most part, I enjoyed this book and feel as though I got a lot out of it. The chapter were a good length, and were generally well organized and easy to read and understand. There were several chapters, however, that need proofreading and editing, and the spelling and grammatical mistakes make it difficult to read. There were also several chapters that were very difficult to comprehend as the language used was very cumbersome, as though the author had used a thesaurus to find the largest, most pompous sounding synonym for each word they wrote. Overall, I do recommend this book for those who are studying collection development, you just may need to skip a few chapters.

[Sara · Rating 4 out of 5]

With approachable and well-researched chapters covering a wide-range of subjects within collection development and management, this text is a an excellent introduction to the subject matter for novice librarians or LIS students.

[Grace · Rating 3 out of 5]

while anthologies are great - diverse topics, diverse authors; i have yet to meet someone who says "yippeee a RIVETING TEXTBOOK."
Overall...yawn..