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Peer reviewedHoubeck, Robert L., Jr. – Journal of Library Administration, 1992
Describes a study of conservative and liberal journals that was conducted to determine whether academic libraries have been developing balanced collections in these areas. Issues of censorship and bias in collection development are discussed; and the influence of abstracting/indexing availability and journal age on selection are considered. (12…
Descriptors: Abstracting, Academic Libraries, Bias, Censorship
Peer reviewedKushkowski, Jeffrey D.; Gerhard, Kristin H.; Dobson, Cynthia – Journal of Documentation, 1998
The Simple Index Method overcomes the difficulties in building a core list for serials in interdisciplinary fields by using multiple indexes which cover various aspects of the subject. Collection-development librarians can develop a core list when standard bibliographies or specific indexing and abstracting tools are lacking and can tailor that…
Descriptors: Abstracting, Abstracts, Bibliographic Databases, Indexes
Musana, A., Ed.; And Others – 1988
These reports and papers from a training course which brought together information services professionals from Uganda, Tanzania, Kenya, the Sudan, Ethiopia, Malawi, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Lesotho, Botswana, and Swaziland address the following topics: (1) information systems analysis; (2) the state of the art in bibliographic control in Eastern and…
Descriptors: Abstracting, Administration, Budgeting, Cataloging
Download full textMusana, Augustes, Ed.; Huttemann, Lutz, Ed. – 1993
From 1989 to 1991, the German Foundation for International Development has organized a series of seminars and training courses for Eastern African countries given in concert with national and regional partner organizations to assist in providing improved information and documentation services. Selected papers and lecture notes from three training…
Descriptors: Abstracting, Cataloging, Computer Networks, Computer Oriented Programs
