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| List of Illustrations | |
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| Preface to the Fourth Edition | |
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| Information Age: Information Society | |
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| What Is a Book? | |
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| Libraries, Collections, and the Virtual World Concepts and Terms Collection | |
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| Development and the Community Collection | |
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| Development and Institutional Environments | |
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| Summary | |
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| Notes | |
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| Further Reading | |
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| Information Needs Assessment | |
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| Conceptual Background | |
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| Practical Aspects | |
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| Elements of the Study How and Where Is Data Collected? | |
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| How Is Data to Be Interpreted? | |
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| Type of Library | |
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| Summary | |
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| Notes | |
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| Selected Web Sites | |
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| Further Reading | |
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| Collection Development Policies | |
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| What Are Collection Development Policies? | |
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| Uses of a Collection Develpoment Policy | |
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| Elements of a Collection Development Policy | |
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| Getting the Policy Approved | |
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| Summary | |
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| Notes | |
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| Further Reading | |
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| Selection Process in Practice | |
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| What Happens in Selection Variations in Selection Public Libraries | |
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| Selection Aids | |
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| Summary | |
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| Notes | |
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| Further Reading | |
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| Producers of Information Materials | |
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| What Is Publishing? | |
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| How Publishing Works | |
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| Types of Publishers | |
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| Functional Areas of Publishing Producers'' | |
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| Problems and Collection Development | |
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| Summary | |
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| Notes | |
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| Further Reading | |
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| Serials: Print and Electronic | |
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| What Is a Serial? | |
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| Selection of Serials | |
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| Special E-Serial Selection Issues | |
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| Selection Models | |
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| Identifying Serials | |
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| Acquisitions/Serial Vendors | |
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| Administration/Handling of Serials | |
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| Preserving the Investment | |
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| Deselection Issues and Concerns | |
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| Cooperation in Serials Work | |
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| Summary | |
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| Notes | |
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| Selected Web Site and Discussion Lists | |
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| Further Reading | |
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| Other Electronic Materials | |
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| Background and Needs | |
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| Assessment Issues in Electronic Collection | |
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| Building Types of Electronic Materials | |
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| Selection Issues | |
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| Collection Development and the Web | |
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| Summary | |
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| Notes | |
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| Selected Web Sites | |
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| Further Reading | |
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| Government Information | |
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| Background Handling | |
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| Government Information Resources | |
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| Types of Documents | |
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| The GPO and Sale of Government Publications | |
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| Public Access and the Federal Depository Library Program | |
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| Summary | |
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| Notes | |
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| Selected Web Sites and Discussion Lists | |
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| Further Reading | |
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| Audiovisual Materials | |
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| Why Audiovisual Collections? | |
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| Goals of Media Service | |
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| Media Formats | |
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| General Evaluation Criteria | |
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| Audio Recordings: Discs and Tapes Film and Video | |
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| Micrforms Still Pictures (Filmstrips, Slides, Photographs, and Other Graphic Material) | |
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| Previewing Additional Selection Aids | |
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| Ordering Media | |
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| Summary | |
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| Notes | |
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| Selected Web Sites | |
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| Further Reading | |
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| Acquisitions | |
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| Changing Environment of Acquisitions | |
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| Work Staffing Acquisitions | |
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| Processing Order | |
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| Placement and Receiving Gifts and Deposits | |
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| Future Developments | |
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| Summary | |
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| Notes | |
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| Selected Web Sites and Discussion Lists | |
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| Further Reading | |
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| Distributors and Vendors | |
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| Jobbers and Wholesalers Retail Outlets | |
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| Summary | |
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| Notes | |
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| Selected Web Sites | |
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| Further Reading | |
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| Fiscal Managment | |
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| Problems in Fiscal Management | |
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| Library Fund Accounting | |
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| Estimating Costs | |
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| Allocation of Monies | |
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| Encumbering Audits | |
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| Summary | |
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| Notes | |
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| Selected Web Sites | |
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| Further Reading | |
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| Deselection | |
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| What Is Deselection/Weeding? | |
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| Deselection by Type of Library | |
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| Reasons for Deselecting Barriers to Deselection | |
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| Deselection Criteria | |
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| Criteria for Deselection for Storage | |
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| Summary | |
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| Notes | |
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| Further Reading | |
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| Evaluation | |
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| Background Collection-Centered Methods | |
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| Use-Centered Methods | |
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| What Your ILS May Provide Electronic | |
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| Summary | |
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| Notes | |
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| Selected Web Sites | |
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| Further Reading | |
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| Resource Sharing | |
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| The Something-for-Nothing Syndrome | |
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| What Can Be Gained through Cooperation? | |
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| Resource Sharing Issues | |
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| What to Avoid When Establishing a Resource-Sharing Program | |
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| Shared Purchases | |
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| Local and International Projects | |
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| Summary | |
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| Notes | |
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| Selected Web Sites | |
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| Further Reading | |
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| Protecting the Collection | |
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| Preservation Conservation | |
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| Nonpaper Preservation Issues | |
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| Cooperation Insurance | |
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| Summary | |
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| Notes | |
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| Selected Web Sites and Discussion Lists | |
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| Further Reading | |
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| Legal Issues IRS | |
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| Regulations Copyright | |
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| Digital Millennium Copyright Act and Earlier Copyright Laws | |
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| The TEACH Act And Digital Rights Management Enforcement | |
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| Contractual Compliance | |
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| Licensing Agreements | |
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| Public Lending Right | |
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| Summary | |
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| Notes | |
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| Selected Web Sites | |
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| Further Reading | |
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| Censorship, Intellectual Freedom, and Collection Development | |
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| Background Examples of Censorship | |
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| What to Do Before and After the Censor Arrives | |
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| Filtering | |
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| Summary | |
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| Notes | |
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| Selected Web Sites | |
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| Further Reading | |
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| Index | |