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Feliciter, 1996
This article focuses on criteria for identifying and selecting rare books, including date and age, book condition, provenance, aesthetic value, market value, availability, format, cultural value, historical value, and market demands. (Author/LRW)
Descriptors: Criteria, Cultural Maintenance, Library Collection Development, Library Material Selection
Stover, Mark – American Libraries, 1994
Discusses libraries and issues relating to censorship, social protest, and First Amendment rights. Topics addressed include materials selection based on objective criteria; removing inappropriate material; intellectual freedom; limited versus absolute censorship; and possible errors in selection decisions. (LRW)
Descriptors: Censorship, Criteria, Dissent, Intellectual Freedom
Handy, Alice Evans – Book Report, 1994
Discusses weeding as part of the school library collection-building process. Topics addressed include criteria for making weeding decisions, including copyright date, last date of use, physical appearance, and timeliness; meeting students' needs; weeding audiovisual materials; and developing a plan for weeding. A sidebar describes special…
Descriptors: Audiovisual Aids, Criteria, Decision Making, Elementary Secondary Education
Peer reviewedD'Amicantonio, John; Campbell, Janet – Education Libraries, 1993
Presents a bibliography of 113 core holdings of materials for teacher education that was developed at California State University, Long Beach, using OCLC to identify titles which were held by at least 100 libraries. Library of Congress call numbers are included. (LRW)
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Criteria, Higher Education, Library Collection Development
Peer reviewedGreggs, Alison – Emergency Librarian, 1996
Discusses the criteria for selection by teacher librarians and the innovative resource evaluation process undertaken by the Aboriginal Studies Project team in Western Australia that was created to ensure access to Aboriginal Studies programs by children in Australian schools. (Author/LRW)
Descriptors: Access to Information, Criteria, Elementary Secondary Education, Foreign Countries
Peer reviewedKoelling, Holly – Community & Junior College Libraries, 1995
Describes a project to develop a recommended core reference collection for a new campus location of a tribally controlled community college in Minnesota. Describes selection methods and provides a list of general selection considerations and criteria for selected works. Citations for five selected titles are appended. (18 citations) (MAB)
Descriptors: American Indian Education, Community Colleges, Criteria, Library Collection Development
Scarborough, Katharine – Library Journal, 1991
Describes an ethnic collection development conference held in California that focused on how librarians can meet the needs of the growing numbers of ethnic and racial minorities. Topics discussed include library management; sources of reviews for ethnic titles; selection criteria; acquisitions procedures; cataloging practices; subject heading…
Descriptors: Book Reviews, Cataloging, Conferences, Criteria
