Library Collection Development Policies

Frank W. Hoffmann is professor of library science at Sam Houston State University. He has worked in libraries in Indiana, Tennessee, and Pennsylvania and has written over thirty books relating to librarianship and popular music, including more than a dozen titles for Scarecrow Press.Richard J. Wood is director of university libraries at the University of South Alabama and was formerly the director of university libraries at the Citadel and Sam Houston State University.

...examines the typical elements in collection policies (such as evaluative criteria, resource sharing statements, and acquisition methods) and offers many examples of each from academic and special libraries. A section on virtual collections (electronic resources and resource sharing) discusses the issues involved with nontraditional acquisitions.

• Part 1 AcknowledgmentsPart 2 PrefacePart 3 IntroductionPart 4 PART 1: COMPONENTS OF COLLECTION DEVELOPMENT POLICIESChapter 5 1. Introduction to Collection Development Policy ComponentsChapter 6 2. Purpose Statements in PoliciesChapter 7 3. Background Statements in PoliciesChapter 8 4. Responsibility Statements in PoliciesChapter 9 5. Mission, Goal, and Objective Statements in PoliciesChapter 10 6. Target Audience Identification in PoliciesChapter 11 7. Budget Allocation and Funding Statements in PoliciesChapter 12 8. Evaluative Criteria Identified in PoliciesChapter 13 9. Format Statements in PoliciesChapter 14 10. Government Publication Sections in PoliciesChapter 15 11. Treatment of Specific Resources Identified in PoliciesChapter 16 12. Special Collection Statements in PoliciesChapter 17 13. Resource Sharing Statements in PoliciesChapter 18 14. Services Identified in PoliciesChapter 19 15. Selection Aids Identified in PoliciesChapter 20 16. Copyright Statements in PoliciesChapter 21 17. Intellectual Freedom Statements in PoliciesChapter 22 18. Acquisition Methods Identified in PoliciesChapter 23 19. Gift and Exchange Statements in PoliciesChapter 24 20. Collection Maintenance Identified in PoliciesChapter 25 21. Weeding Statements in PoliciesChapter 26 22. Collection Evaluation Sections in PoliciesChapter 27 23. Policy Revision Statements in PoliciesChapter 28 24. Definition of Terms and Glossaries in PoliciesChapter 29 25. Bibliographies in PoliciesChapter 30 26. Appendixes in PoliciesPart 31 PART 2: VIRTUAL COLLECTION DEVELOPMENTChapter 32 27. Introduction to Virtual Collection DevelopmentChapter 33 28. Policy Components for Online Electronic ResourcesChapter 34 29. Discussion of Recent IssuesChapter 35 30. Sample PoliciesChapter 36 31. Resource Sharing in the Digital Age: An Integrative PerspectivePart 37 Appendix A: Inventory of Excerpted Library PoliciesPart 38 Appendix B: Intellectual Freedom Statements and FormsPart 39 BibliographyPart 40 IndexPart 41 About the Authors