Collection management is not just book selection, acquisition, building the collection, and even collection development. During last few decades the library situations have been affected by social, economic, cultural and academuc changes, the declining financal resources, technological innovations changing needs and requirements of the user groups and access to wider resource base. The concept of collection management has emerged to cope with the new situations. It comprises management policy, principles and techniques, financial planning, evaluation and maintenance, cooperative collection management and electronic mekia. It has became an integal part of library management. This book is an exposition of current collection management principles and practices followed in large library situations. The book can be used as a guide to practising librarians and a text book for library science education.
Collection Management in Libraries
Author:
P.K. Mahapatra
Rs. 425
Additional information
| ISBN | 8170002540 |
|---|---|
| Year of Publication | 1999 |
| Binding | HardBound |
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| Language | English |
Preface
1. Collection Management: A Conspectus
2. Collection Management Policy
3. Collection Techniques and Procedures
4. Finance for Collection Management
5. Evaluation of Library Collection
6.Collection Management of Serials
7. Non- book materials: Collection Management
8. Maintenance: Support to Collection Management
9. Problems of Collection Development
10. Cooperative Collection Management
11. Collection Management: Electronic Media
Bibliography
Index
