Wasted words: The written collection development policy and the academic library

Journal of Academic Librarianship

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 191-194

  Snow, Richard ^a  

^a LOYOLA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0030507558     PISSN: 00991333     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0099-1333(96)90057-9     Document Type: Article

References (35)

1. 1. Bonita Bryant, "Collection Development Policies in Medium-Sized Academic Libraries," Collection Building 2 (1980-1981): 25.
2. 2. Linda McNair Cohen, "Collection Development in Alabama's Academic Libraries," Collection Management 10 (1988): 45.
3. 3. Theresa Taborsky & Patricia Lenkowski, compilers, Collection Development Policies for College Libraries: Clip Note #11 (Chicago: American Library Association, 1989), pp. 1-2, 6, 12.
4. 4. Richard Snow, "Collection Development Policies, Collection Manuals, and Louisiana's Academic Libraries," LLA Bulletin 56 (Summer, 1993): 23-25.
5. 5. William A. Wortman, Collection Management: Background and Principles (Chicago: American Library Association, 1989), p. 124.
6. 6. Ross Atkinson, "The Language of the Levels: Reflections on the Communication of the Collection Development Policy," College & Research Libraries 47 (March, 1986): 141, 144.
7. 7. Jennifer Cargill, "Collection Development Policies: An Alternative Viewpoint." Library Acquisitions: Practice and Theory 8 (1984): 47-49.
8. 8. Dan C. Hazen, "Collection Development Policies in the Information Age," College & Research Libraries 56 (January, 1995): 29-31.
9. 9. Bryant, "Collection Development Policies," 15.
10. 10. Mary J. Bostic, "A Written Collection Development Policy: To Have or Have Not," Collection Management 10 (1988): 90.
11. 11. G.E. Gorman & B.R. Howes, Collection Development for Libraries (London: Bowker-Saur, 1989), p. 6.
12. 12. American Library Association, Resources and Technical Services Division, Collection Management and Development Committee, Guide for Written Collection Policy Statements (Chicago: American Library Association, 1989), pp. 2-3.
13. 13. Bostic, "Written Collection Development," p. 90.
14. 14. Rose Mary Magrill & John Corbin, Acquisitions Management and Collection Development in Libraries, 2d ed., (Chicago: American Library Association, 1989), pp. 31-32.
15. 15. Gorman & Howes, Collection Development, pp. 5-6.
16. 16. Wortman, Collection Management, p. 126.
17. 17. American Library Association, Guide, pp. 2-3.
18. 18. Eric J. Carpenter, "Collection Development Policies: The Case For," Library Acquisitions: Practice and Theory 8 (1984): 43.
19. 19. Scott R. Bullard, "Read My Lips: The Politics of Collection Development," Library Acquisitions: Practice and Theory 13 (1989): 252.
20. 20. Linda K. Ward, "Collection Policy in College and University Libraries," in Background Readings in Building Library Collections, 2d ed., ed. by Phyllis Van Orden and Edith B. Phillips, (Metuchen, New Jersey: Scarecrow Press, 1979), p. 95.
21. 21. Charles B. Osburn, "Some Practical Observations on the Writing, Implementation, and Revision of Collection Development Policy," Library Resources and Technical Services 23 (Winter, 1979):12; Magrill & Corbin, Acquisitions Management, pp. 34-35; Wortman, Collection Management, pp. 126-129; Atkinson, "Language of the Levels," pp. 140-149.
22. 21. Charles B. Osburn, "Some Practical Observations on the Writing, Implementation, and Revision of Collection Development Policy," Library Resources and Technical Services 23 (Winter, 1979):12; Magrill & Corbin, Acquisitions Management, pp. 34-35; Wortman, Collection Management, pp. 126-129; Atkinson, "Language of the Levels," pp. 140-149.
23. 21. Charles B. Osburn, "Some Practical Observations on the Writing, Implementation, and Revision of Collection Development Policy," Library Resources and Technical Services 23 (Winter, 1979):12; Magrill & Corbin, Acquisitions Management, pp. 34-35; Wortman, Collection Management, pp. 126-129; Atkinson, "Language of the Levels," pp. 140-149.
24. 21. Charles B. Osburn, "Some Practical Observations on the Writing, Implementation, and Revision of Collection Development Policy," Library Resources and Technical Services 23 (Winter, 1979):12; Magrill & Corbin, Acquisitions Management, pp. 34-35; Wortman, Collection Management, pp. 126-129; Atkinson, "Language of the Levels," pp. 140-149.
25. 22. David Henige, "Epistomological Dead End and Ergonomic Disaster? The North American Collections Inventory Project," Journal of Academic Librarianship 13 (September, 1987): 209-213.
26. 23. Ibid., p. 213.
27. 24. Michael P. Olson, "The Trip to Venus: New Methods for Evaluating and Comparing Scandinavian Literature Collections," Journal of Academic Librarianship 18 (September, 1992): 206.
28. 25. Gorman & Howes, Collection Development, p. 7.
29. 26. Bryant, "Collection Development Policies," 9-11, 18, 23; Magrill & Corbin, Acquisitions Management, p. 32; Bostic, "Written Collection Development," pp. 93-94.
30. 26. Bryant, "Collection Development Policies," 9-11, 18, 23; Magrill & Corbin, Acquisitions Management, p. 32; Bostic, "Written Collection Development," pp. 93-94.
31. 26. Bryant, "Collection Development Policies," 9-11, 18, 23; Magrill & Corbin, Acquisitions Management, p. 32; Bostic, "Written Collection Development," pp. 93-94.
32. 27. Henige, "Dead End," p. 212.
33. 28. Carpenter, "Collection Development Policies," p. 45.
34. 29. Bullard, "Read My Lips," p. 252.
35. 30. Carpenter, "Collection Development Policies," pp. 39, 40-42.