Library Collection Development Policies A Reference and Writers' Handbook,9780810845565

Library Collection Development Policies A Reference and Writers' Handbook

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Pub. Date: 1995-01-01
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Summary

An essential tool to assist collection managers with the creation of a collection development policy. Examples provide advice about the writing process, who should be involved, components of the policy, its scope, criteria for selection, weeding, censorship, and many other issues that policy statements need to address.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements xxi
Preface xxiii
Libraries Whose Policies Are Represented xxvii
PART ONE: RATIONALE, IMPLEMENTING A POLICY, AND POLICY COMPONENTS OF COLLECTION DEVELOPMENT POLICIES
Policy Rationale
1(12)
Definitions
1(1)
Importance of the policies
2(4)
Policy variance by type of library
6(2)
Barriers to policy development
8(3)
References
11(2)
Implementing a Policy
13(13)
Preliminary steps
13(3)
Policy development and approval
16(8)
References
24(2)
Policy Components
26(53)
Library functions impacting policy
26(2)
Basic policy components
28(5)
Description of the components
33(40)
Policy layout and style
73(1)
References
74(5)
PART TWO: COLLECTION DEVELOPMENT POLICIES OF ACADEMIC, PUBLIC, SCHOOL, STATE, SPECIAL AND OTHER LIBRARIES
[Academic Library Policies]
California State University (Sacramento)
79(64)
Contents
79(2)
Community Profile
81(2)
Relationship of Library Collection Development to the Mission of the University
83(3)
Library Selection/Deselection Policies
86(6)
Responsibility for Collection Development
85(1)
Methods of Acquiring Materials
86(1)
Collection Levels
87(1)
Selection Criteria
87(1)
Cultural Diversity
88(1)
Criteria for Selection of Materials
89(1)
Selection Aids for Library Materials
90(1)
Deselection of Materials
90(1)
Materials Budget Allocation for Subscriptions
91(1)
Library Collection Development Policies
92(10)
Periodicals
92(1)
Newspapers
92(1)
Newsletters and Current Awareness Publications
93(1)
Textbooks
93(1)
House Organs
93(1)
Theses and Projects
93(1)
Duplicate Copies and Replacements
94(1)
Gifts
94(1)
Endowments
95(1)
Rare Books and Manuscripts
95(1)
Books with Software
96(1)
Electronic Information Services
96(2)
Electronic Information Goals
98(1)
Network-Based Materials
99(1)
Recreational Reading Materials
100(1)
Sharing of Resources
101(1)
Special and Form Collection Policies
102(3)
Reference Collections
102(2)
Archives
104(1)
The University Archives Collection Categories
105(32)
Special Collections--University Archives
106(1)
Reserve Book Room Materials
106(1)
California State and Local Documents
107(2)
U.S. Government Documents
109(3)
International and Canadian Documents
112(2)
Media (Audiovisual) Materials
114(3)
Microform Materials
117(2)
Slide Collection
119(1)
Statement on Slide Quality Standards
120(1)
Curriculum Collection
121(5)
Juvenile Literature Collection
126(4)
Supplement I: Courses/Programs Supported by the Juvenile Literature Collection
130(1)
Supplement II: Especially Useful Review/Evaluation Sources
131(1)
Supplement III: Periodicals; Documents
132(1)
Map Collection
133(2)
Software Collection
135(1)
Pamphlet File
135(2)
Library of Congress Classification Profiles
137(2)
Guidelines for Faculty-Library Coordinators
139(2)
A Mission and Goals Statement for the University Library
141(2)
Hillsborough Community College (Tampa, FL)
143(8)
Mission and Goals Statement
143(1)
Programs Offered
143(1)
Subject Areas to Support Programs
143(1)
Variety of Formats for Learning
143(1)
Collection Development Policy
143(8)
Intellectual Freedom Statement
143(1)
Professional Library Standards
144(1)
Statements on the Copyright Law
145(1)
Interlibrary and Intralibrary Cooperation
145(1)
Library/LRC Clientele
145(1)
Selection
146(2)
Weeding Process
148(1)
Challenged Materials
149(1)
Annual Review of Collection Development Policy by Library Cluster
150(1)
New Mexico State University Library (Las Cruces)
151(5)
Location and Dissemination of Policy
151(1)
Definition
151(1)
Selection
151(1)
Selectors' Responsibility
151(1)
Selection Criteria
152(1)
Budget, Purchase Negotiations and Licensing
152(1)
Other Policy Considerations
153(1)
Checklist for Electronic Information Resources
153(3)
The Human Ecology Library, Ohio State University
156(10)
Introduction
156(2)
Nature of Subject Literature
158(1)
Nature of the Collection
159(1)
Scope of Historical and Current Collecting Activity
160(4)
Related Sources Pertaining Specifically to Collection
164(1)
General Future Collection Plans
164(2)
St. Petersburg (FL) Junior College
166(26)
Mission/Service Philosophy
166(1)
Levels of Collection Development
167(3)
Support of Curriculum
170(1)
Purchase Limitations and Budget Constraints
170(1)
Cooperative Collection Building--Area Libraries
171(1)
Scope of Involvement
172(1)
Materials Selection
173(3)
Procedure--General Guidelines
174(1)
Book Selection
174(1)
Audiovisual Materials
175(1)
Periodicals
175(1)
Archives
176(1)
Withdrawal of Materials from the Library
176(4)
Secondary Storage of Library Materials
180(1)
Reconsideration of Materials
180(2)
Gift Acceptance
182(1)
Procedure--Donations
182(1)
Replacement of ``Lost'' Items
183(1)
Complimentary Textbook Copies
183(1)
Library Bill of Rights
183(1)
Freedom to Read
184(1)
Weeding
185(1)
ALA Statement on Professional Ethics
186(1)
Copyright Guidelines
186(1)
Collection Development Policy for Persons with Disabilities
186(6)
[Public Library Policies]
Fairbanks North Star Borough (AK) Public Library
192(11)
Table of Contents
192(1)
Introduction
193(1)
Collection Purpose
193(1)
User Needs
194(1)
Collection Assessment and Profiles
195(1)
Intellectual Freedom
195(1)
Selection
196(1)
User Suggestions
197(1)
Collection Management
198(5)
Haltom City (Texas) Public Library
203(10)
Criteria for Selection of Books--General
203(1)
Media for Book Selection
203(1)
Book Selection Criteria--Adult Books
204(2)
Book Selection Criteria--Young Adult
206(1)
Selection Criteria--Children's Books, Puzzles, Puppets, Toys, etc.
206(1)
Basis for Exclusion
207(1)
Controversial Tasks
207(1)
Selection Criteria--Periodicals and Newspapers
207(1)
Selection Criteria--Video Cassettes
208(1)
Weeding
209(1)
Adult Collection Development Guidelines
209(4)
Houston (Texas) Public Library
213(8)
Purpose, Goals, and Responsibility
213(2)
Central and Branch Collections
215(1)
Selection Criteria
216(2)
Collection Management
218(1)
Selection by Levels
219(1)
Reconsideration of Library Materials
220(1)
Review [of policy]
220(1)
Mickey Reily (Corrigan, Texas) Public Library
221(4)
Mission Statement
221(1)
Description of Community and Service Area
221(1)
The Library Bill of Rights
221(1)
General Subject Boundaries
222(1)
Gift Policy
223(1)
Weeding
223(1)
Conclusion
224(1)
Sources Used
224(1)
Petersburg (Alaska) Public Library
225(7)
Mission and Clientele
225(1)
Collection Responsibility
225(1)
Selection Guidelines
226(1)
General Criteria
226(1)
Special Criteria
226(2)
Intellectual Freedom
228(1)
Discarding
229(1)
Gifts
230(1)
Copyright
230(1)
Format of Materials
230(1)
Reconsideration of Materials
230(2)
[School Library Policies]
Brazosport Independent School District (Freeport, Texas)
232(10)
Instructional Materials Selection Policy
232(3)
Selection of Learning Resources
232(1)
Objectives [Learning Resources]
232(1)
Criteria
233(1)
Challenged Materials
234(1)
Request for Informal Reconsideration
234(1)
Request for Formal Reconsideration
234(1)
Library System
235(1)
Library Media Center Materials Selection Policy
235(5)
Introduction
235(1)
Philosophy and Objectives
236(2)
Responsibility for Selection
238(1)
Principles of Evaluation and Selection
238(2)
Censorship Policy
240(1)
Library Materials Challenged and Resolved
240(2)
Cypress-Fairbanks (Texas) Independent School District
242(5)
Selection of Learning Resources
242(1)
Objectives [Learning Resources]
242(1)
Criteria
242(2)
Challenged Materials
244(1)
Request for Informal Reconsideration
244(1)
Request for Formal Reconsideration
245(1)
Guiding Principles
245(2)
Jennings County (Indiana) Schools
247(6)
Instructional Materials and Services
247(1)
Instructional Media Center
247(1)
Complaints Regarding Instructional Materials
248(1)
Instructional Equipment
248(1)
Media Center--Criteria and Procedures for Selection
248(1)
Responsibility for Selection
249(1)
Policy Relation to Special Considerations
250(1)
Weeding Materials
251(1)
Draft Equipment Selection Policy
252(1)
[State Library Policies]
Illinois State Library (Springfield)
253(27)
Introduction
253(1)
Mission of the Illinois State Library
254(1)
Service Roles of the Illinois State Library
254(1)
Intent and Goals of Collection Management
255(1)
General Policies
255(6)
Monographs
256(1)
Monographic Series
257(1)
Serials--Periodicals
257(1)
Serials--Continuations
257(1)
Newspapers
258(1)
Sound Recordings
258(1)
Video Recordings
258(1)
Instructional Materials
258(1)
Braille & Other Media for the Visually Impaired
259(1)
Dissertations & Theses
259(1)
Manuscripts
259(1)
Rare Books
259(1)
Translations
260(1)
Machine Readable Files and/or Their Printed Output
260(1)
Reprints
260(1)
Pamphlets
260(1)
Art Work
260(1)
Posters
260(1)
Musical Scores
261(1)
Gifts of Library Materials
261(1)
Special Collections
261(6)
Patent & Trademark Depository
261(3)
Map Collection
264(2)
Illinois Authors Collection
266(1)
Specific Subject Policies
267(9)
Organization of the Specific Subject Policies
267(1)
Definition
267(1)
Scope
268(1)
Depth
268(2)
Format
270(1)
Areas of Strength
270(1)
Conspectus Evaluations
270(1)
Comments
270(5)
Potential Audience
275(1)
Suggested Referrals
275(1)
Agriculture & Related Technologies
276(2)
Definition
276(1)
Selection Guidelines
276(1)
Areas of Strength
Conspectus Analysis
277(1)
Comments
277(1)
Potential Audience
278(1)
Suggested Referrals
278(1)
Illinois Collections Analysis Matrix
278(2)
New Mexico State Library (Santa Fe)
280(12)
Introduction
280(1)
Vision
280(1)
Mission
280(1)
Goals
280(1)
Purpose
280(1)
Clientele Served
281(1)
Funding Considerations
281(1)
Responsibility for Selection
281(1)
Coordination with Other Libraries
281(1)
Standards for Selecting Library Material
281(1)
Types of Material Acquired
282(2)
Collections
284(6)
Level of Selection
284(1)
Circulating Collections
285(1)
General Reference Collection
286(1)
Special Collections within General Reference
286(1)
Other Special Collections
287(1)
Collection Maintenance
288(2)
Scope Statements
290(1)
The Crew Guidelines for Weeding Your Collection
290(2)
[Special and Other Library Policies]
Library of Congress (Washington, D.C.)
292(22)
Photography
294(2)
Documentary Photographs
294(1)
Artistic Photographs
294(1)
History of the Medium
294(1)
Collection of Photographs
294(1)
Slides and Transparencies
294(1)
Technical Considerations
295(1)
Books and Periodicals
295(1)
Fine and Applied Arts--Non-Book Materials
296(5)
Fine Prints
296(1)
Posters
297(1)
Reproductions of Works of Art
297(1)
Artists' Drawings
297(1)
Architectural Drawings and Documentation
298(1)
Engineering Drawing and Documentation
299(1)
Popular and Applied Graphic Art
300(1)
Manuscripts
301(6)
Scope
301(1)
General Policy
301(1)
Personal Papers--United States
301(1)
Fragmentary Groups of Personal Papers
302(1)
Single Items
303(1)
Personal Papers--Foreign Countries
303(1)
Manuscripts of Published Works
303(1)
Records of Organizations--United States
304(1)
Records of Organizations--Foreign Countries
305(1)
Reproductions of Manuscripts
305(1)
Manuscripts: Microform Copies--United States
305(1)
Manuscripts: Microform Copies--Foreign Countries
305(1)
Legal Documents
306(1)
Codices and Individual Manuscripts: Facsimile Editions
307(1)
Motion Pictures
307(4)
Definition
308(1)
Means of Acquisition
308(1)
Selection
308(1)
Forms of Copies
308(1)
Sources--Copyright
309(1)
Sources--Other Than Copyright
310(1)
Sound Recordings
311(3)
Musical Recordings
311(1)
Non-Musical Recordings
312(1)
Recordings Generated by the Library of Congress
312(1)
Definition
312(1)
Form of Copies
313(1)
Mixed Media
313(1)
National Library of Medicine (Bethesda, MD)
314(39)
Preface
314(2)
Purpose
316(1)
Collection Development Policy
316(2)
Definitions
318(1)
Scope of the Collection
318(1)
Coverage of the Collection
319(1)
Preservation Policy
320(1)
Preservation of the Biomedical Literature
320(1)
NLM as a National Library
321(1)
NLM and Other Biomedical Libraries
322(1)
History of the Collection
322(3)
Overview of the Collection
325(1)
Post-1913 Materials
326(1)
Historical and Special Materials
326(3)
Selection Guidelines by Subject
329(4)
Special Considerations in Selection: Formats and Literature Types
333(1)
Abstracts, Indexes and Bibliographies
334(1)
Academic Dissertations
335(1)
Alumni and Student Publications
335(1)
Annual Reports
336(1)
Association Publications
336(1)
Audiovisual Materials
336(1)
Biographical Works
337(1)
Catalogs
338(1)
Collected Works
338(1)
Conference Publications
338(1)
Dictionaries
338(1)
Directories
339(1)
Electronic Formats
339(1)
Encyclopedias
340(1)
Ephemera
340(1)
Examination Review Guides
341(1)
Fact Sheets
341(1)
Government Publications
342(1)
Health Education and Patient Instruction Materials
342(1)
Humorous and Satirical Works
343(1)
Instructional Materials for the Health Professions
344
Interim Reports
343(1)
Laboratory Manuals
344(1)
Limited Distribution Materials
344(1)
Looseleaf Service Publications
344(1)
Manuscripts
344(1)
Market Surveys
345(1)
Newsletters and Newspapers
345(1)
Pamphlets
346(1)
Pharmacopoeias and Formularies
346(1)
Posters
347(1)
Practice Management Materials
347(1)
Prints and Photographs
348(1)
Reprints and Facsimiles
348(1)
Standards and Guidelines
348(1)
Statistical Works
349(1)
Technical Reports
349(1)
Tests
350(1)
Textbooks
350(1)
Translations
350(1)
Endnotes
351(2)
Hirsch Library, Museum of Fine Arts (Houston, Texas)
353(3)
Mission
353(1)
Scope of Collection
353(1)
General Guidelines for Selection
353(1)
Types of Materials
353(1)
Subject Areas
354(1)
Coordination with Other Libraries
355(1)
Gifts
355(1)
First Baptist Church (Huntsville, Texas)
356(1)
Huntsman Chemical Corporation (Chesapeake, Virginia)
357(8)
History
357(1)
Primary Goals
357(1)
Selection Responsibility
358(1)
Cooperative Programs
358(1)
General Collection Guidelines
358(1)
Standards and Patents
359(1)
Reference
360(1)
Technical Reports
360(1)
Journals
360(1)
Other Types of Materials
361(1)
Government Publications
361(1)
Monographs
361(1)
Online Services
362(1)
Gifts
363(1)
Replacements
363(1)
Evaluation and Deselection
363(1)
Revisions
363(1)
Appendix I: Standard Book Lists
363(1)
Appendix II: Crucial Reference Works
364(1)
Marine Science Library, University of Texas (Port Aransas)
365(2)
Purpose
365(1)
General Collection Guidelines
365(1)
Qualifications by Subject and LC Classification
366(1)
Shell Oil Company, Central Library, Information and Library Services
367(36)
Table of Contents
367(36)
Introduction
368(1)
Objective of ILS-Central Library Collection
368(1)
Purpose of Policy
369(1)
Types of Materials Included and Purchased
369(1)
Relation of the ILS-Central Library Collection to Other Shell Libraries
370(1)
Interlibrary Loan
371(1)
Gifts
371(1)
Company Information
371(1)
Company Activities
371(1)
User Groups
372(4)
Review of Reference/Search Requests
376(1)
Requests Common to All Groups
376(1)
Subject Aspects by Groups
376(2)
Subject Emphasis of Collection
378(1)
Introduction and Definitions of Levels of Emphasis
378(1)
New Interest Areas
379(1)
Selected Library of Congress Classification Schedules
379(2)
Selection Tools
381(1)
Periodicals
381(6)
Publishers' Catalogs and Flyers
387(1)
Recommendations by Users
387(1)
Selection Process
388(1)
Budget
388(1)
Selection Procedure--Overview
388(1)
Assignment Blocks
388(5)
Deacquisitions
393(2)
Quantitative Measurement
395(1)
Number of New Items by Call Number
395(1)
Cost of New Items by Call Number
396(1)
Procedures for Revision of the Collection Development Policy
396(1)
Periodicals Review
396(1)
Requests Review
397(1)
Policy Review
397(1)
Appendix B. Gift Policy
398(1)
Appendix D. Review of New Acquisition List Library Requests
399(4)
Tarlton Law Library, School of Law, University of Texas at Austin
403(22)
Introduction
403(1)
General Policies
403(5)
Materials Selection
403(1)
Selection Guidelines
404(1)
Formats and Special Collections
404(1)
Microforms and Audio-Visual Materials
404(1)
Electronic Format
405(1)
Rare Books
406(1)
Litigated Literature
406(1)
Fiction
406(1)
Duplication
407(1)
Retention Guidelines
407(1)
Acquisitions Arrangements
407(1)
Gifts and Exchanges
408(1)
Detailed Collection Development Policy
408(17)
Introduction
408(2)
United States
410(1)
Primary Sources
410(2)
Secondary Materials
412(3)
Other Common Law Jurisdictions
415(1)
General Policy
415(1)
United Kingdom, Ireland, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, and South Africa
415(1)
Foreign Law
416(1)
Western Europe: Germany, France, Belgium, Spain, Italy, Switzerland
416(1)
Other Countries in Western Europe
417(1)
Eastern Europe and the Soviet Union
417(1)
Mexico, Central and South America
417(1)
Asia, Africa, and the Middle East
417(1)
Other Areas of Foreign or Comparative Law
418(1)
Ancient Law
418(1)
Religious Law
418(1)
Public International Law
418(1)
General Public International Law
418(1)
International Organizations
419(1)
International Business Transactions
419(1)
Appendix A: Acquisitions Arrangements
420(1)
Memberships
420(2)
Standing Orders, Package Plans
422(1)
Depository Arrangements
423(1)
Exchange Agreements
423(2)
Appendix A--Materials Selection and Accessibility Policy, Montgomery County Library System, Conroe, Texas 425(7)
Appendix B--American Library Association Policies 432(7)
Appendix C--Survey of Collection Development Policy Components 439(5)
Bibliography 444(15)
Index 459(8)
About the Authors 467

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