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- Collections, in both their conventional and hi-tech forms,
continue to be a central concern of library and information service
managers. Many factors conspire to make effective collection
management an increasingly difficult task. Reductions in the
real value of budgets, inflation of book and journal prices,
volatile exchange rates, changing profiles in research and teaching
activities and the interests of users, and the sheer growth in
the number of publications available all put more pressure on
the librarian as collection manager. In addition, the increasing
availability of electronic alternatives to paper, the finite
size of library buildings and an increasingly wide range of demands
upon the library make systematic management essential.
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- In this book, arising from a seminar organised by the Library
and Information Research Group, fourteen experts examine the
philosophies of collection management in different sectors, the
particular techniques developed to cope with some of the problems,
and review some national policies and initiatives.
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- ISBN 0 947568 25 5
- 1988
- £18.00/US$34.00
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- 'Can be recommended to all librarians wishing to contemplate
the broader issues of this subject.'
- An Leabharlaan
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- 'This book contributes a unique British perspective to
the subject of collection development and management.'
- Library Review
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