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Direct linkHoffert, Barbara – Library Journal, 2011
Respondents to "Library Journal's" ("LJ") annual book buying survey of public libraries nationwide reported that adult book budgets were down eight percent overall, the largest plunge recorded since the survey began in 1998. What's more, for the first time ever, cuts were reported for every region of the country and every size of population…
Descriptors: Public Libraries, Library Services, Library Administration, Library Materials
Rogers, Michael – Library Journal, 2004
How Do You Manage, is a column in Library Journal where librarians send in stories based upon actual events happening in libraries across the United States. This story recounts a public relations situation where a reporter from a local paper interviews by phone, a librarian in charge of audio and video services in a small town library. The…
Descriptors: Purchasing, Public Libraries, Librarians, Library Materials
Williams, Wilda W. – Library Journal, 1991
Discusses books that are out of print (OP) and out of stock indefinitely (OSI) from the perspectives of librarians, vendors, and publishers. Highlights include reprints; paperbacks versus hardcovers; differences between publishers' marketing practices and libraries' selection, acquisition, and ordering procedures; and education for librarians to…
Descriptors: Library Acquisition, Library Education, Library Material Selection, Marketing
Poppel, Norman; Ashley, Edwin M. – Library Journal, 1986
Identifies two types of censors--individuals and representatives of organized groups or crusades--and examines factors that motivate their attempts at library censorship. Factors influencing librarians dealing with censorship are also discussed. Librarians are advised to prepare themselves to live with censorship by learning to understand…
Descriptors: Censorship, Community Attitudes, Intellectual Freedom, Librarians
Curtis, Robert – Library Journal, 1986
Discusses the change of library music collections from long-playing (LP) recordings to compact discs (CD). Highlights include the drawbacks of LPs, disc prices and players, sound quality, logistics, selection of recordings, and a renewed commitment to sound recording facilities and collections. Ten sources are given. (EJS)
Descriptors: Audiovisual Aids, Classical Music, Costs, Library Collection Development
Avallone, Susan; Fox, Bette-Lee – Library Journal, 1986
This article presents results of a survey of 100 U.S. libraries focusing on their audio and video collections. Discussion covers genre or type of video collected, popular feature video titles, nonfeature films, nationwide jobbers and wholesalers and local distributors of audios and videos, and popular audiocassettes (how-to, motivational tapes).…
Descriptors: Audiotape Cassettes, Audiovisual Aids, Library Collection Development, Library Collections
