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Peer reviewedPalmer, Joseph W. – Public Libraries, 1990
Discusses the expanding role of public libraries in providing videos to the community and describes existing reference, selection, and current awareness tools to aid in video selection. Materials described include books, mass media magazines, professional journals, videos, review indexes, and directories. (CLB)
Descriptors: Library Material Selection, Public Libraries, Reference Materials, Videotape Cassettes
Download full textHoffman, Preston Jones – 1988
A study gathered information about producers and distributors of unabridged books on cassette tape for the use of librarians engaged in collection development. Questionnaires were distributed to 48 public libraries and 45 producers/distributors. This report includes an introduction covering the history of this medium and a rationale for collecting…
Descriptors: Audiotape Cassettes, Library Collection Development, Library Material Selection, Policy
Annichiarico, Mark; And Others – Library Journal, 1993
Discussion of problems library wholesalers/distributors face trying to fulfill public libraries' needs while adjusting to a changing industry is based on responses by librarians to a survey on library jobbers. Increased services to libraries, electronic ordering, timeliness, stock management, and quality control are addressed; and a chart of…
Descriptors: Automation, Books, Cataloging, Expenditures
Massis, Bruce E. – 1985
This guide provides a listing and description of publishers and distributors of large print books (in 12 point type or larger) available in 15 countries. The listings are arranged alphabetically by country and an abstract for each country includes specific information. Designed to be used by librarians and reference persons in their respective…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, International Cooperation, International Organizations, Large Type Materials
Cuesta, Yolanda J.; Pearson, John C. – Library Journal, 1990
The need to consider length of residency, language facility, and cultural subgroup when selecting library materials for the Hispanic community is discussed in the first article. The second lists 50 vendors of Spanish language books and audiovisual materials, including a contact, an address, and specialty areas for each vendor. (CLB)
Descriptors: Audiovisual Aids, Books, Hispanic American Culture, Hispanic Americans
Katz, Bill, Ed.; Katz, Linda Sternberg, Ed. – 1995
Today, as the needs of libraries change and librarians face shrinking budgets, selecting the best periodicals from over 147,000 possibilities becomes ever more difficult. This guide simplifies the task by offering the guidance of 150 experts who have screened and evaluated the universe of periodicals to produce this annotated list of approximately…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Elementary Secondary Education, Higher Education, Library Collection Development
Peer reviewedRussell, Robert; And Others – North Carolina Libraries, 1989
Topics addressed by seven articles on public library service include: videotape collection development; the effects of a new main library on circulation and other performance indicators; planning for a branch library; staff development; reading achievement by elementary students; development of children's programing guidelines; and the role of the…
Descriptors: Branch Libraries, Elementary Education, Library Collection Development, Library Facilities
