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Casserly, Mary – 1984
This collection development policy serves as a planning tool for William Paterson College library decision-makers by providing information necessary for the allocation of funds for library materials. As a communications tool it provides guidelines for establishing priorities for the selection of library materials and criteria for the withdrawal of…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Guidelines, Higher Education, Library Acquisition

Norman, O. Gene – Library Hi Tech, 1997
Investigates the effects of electronic information sources on collection development in 15 academic libraries. Areas studied included: the materials budget, collection development policies, and licenses; identifying, evaluating, selecting, and developing the electronic sources collection; training subject specialists to use electronic resource…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Classification, Information Sources, Information Technology
Association of Research Libraries, Washington, DC. Office of Management Studies. – 1977
Responses from 54 libraries to a 1977 survey of Association of Research Libraries (ARL) member institutions and interviews by Office of Management Studies staff members who visited another 15 indicated that 20 of the 69 libraries had and made use of a written collection development policy. Eight others reported that such a policy was being…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Higher Education, Library Acquisition, Library Material Selection
Avallone, Susan; Fox, Bette-Lee – Library Journal, 1986
Reports on the third "Library Journal" survey of public and academic audiovisual specialists and media librarians, which focused on the long-term outlook for audiocassette and videocassette collections. The survey covered present and planned budgets, circulation growth, selection criteria, theft, damage, competition from local stores,…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Audiotape Cassettes, Budgets, Censorship
Lagana, Gretchen – 1986
In the past quarter of a century, subtle and important changes in both the subject matter and format of collections organized for special collections departments have taken place, and many special collections now contain significant printed "papers" and manuscript collections of research quality in addition to the printed book. Such…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Conference Papers, Higher Education, Library Collection Development
Banks, Jennifer – 1993
This resource guide focuses on handling library materials that are too deteriorated to benefit from other preservation treatments. Hopeless case items, that would require an unreasonable amount of conservation work to fix, can be resolved through a process of reselecting items by replacing them or reformatting them. The reselection integrates…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Books, Cataloging, Decision Making
Association of Research Libraries, Washington, DC. Office of Management Studies. – 1977
This Association of Research Libraries (ARL) kit contains source documents providing information on the general background, statistics/criteria, formulas, and decision-making processes used in the allocation of materials funds in academic libraries. The kit comprises: (1) a working paper on "Guidelines for the Allocation of Library Materials…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Budgeting, Guidelines, Higher Education
Association of Research Libraries, Washington, DC. Office of Management Studies. – 1980
In a March 1980 Systems and Procedures Exchange Center (SPEC) survey on preservation activities in Association of Research Libraries (ARL) member institutions, 40 libraries reported having conducted a formal preservation study or needs assessment, 28 had adopted planning or policy documents, and 58 reported operating an active preservation program…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Higher Education, Library Materials, Library Planning
Stewart, Linda – American Libraries, 1987
Presents guidelines developed at Cornell University for selection of compact-disc databases for public use in libraries. Criteria are suggested for the following areas: (1) collection development; (2) administrative considerations; (3) vendor considerations; (4) search capabilities; and (5) ease of use. One reference is listed. (MES)
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Databases, Evaluation Criteria, Library Material Selection

Broadus, Robert N. – College and Research Libraries, 1985
Discusses general findings reported in the literature of use and citation studies on the use of citation counts as found in "Journal Citation Reports" for identification of periodical titles for cancellation in a university library. Principal reasons for retention of little-cited journals are noted. Twenty-one references are cited. (EJS)
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Citations (References), Higher Education, Library Collections
Gough, Cal; Greenblatt, Ellen – Library Journal, 1992
Discusses library services to gay and lesbian patrons. Topics addressed include heterosexist prejudices; information needs of gay and lesbian patrons; censorship; inadequate indexing of lesbian and gay materials; inappropriate subject headings; reviews of pertinent materials; interlibrary loan; and services to children and young adults. (LRW)
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Access to Information, Adolescents, Bias
Commission on Preservation and Access Newsletter, 1993
This document consists of all 11 issues of this newsletter published in 1993 (November-December was a combined issue). The newsletter reports on cooperative national and international preservation activities and is written primarily for university administrators and faculty, library and archives administrators, preservation specialists and…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Administrators, Conferences, Donors

Meredith, Joseph C. – College and Research Libraries, 1985
Results of a 1969 survey by Carol Nemeyer of scholarly reprint activity in United States are reviewed in light of subsequent trends. Although replication of survey is not recommended, certain aspects that merit continued study are discussed with emphasis on the role of academic librarians in scholarly reprint selection. (36 references) (EJS)
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Higher Education, Library Collections, Library Material Selection

Werking, Richard Hume; Getchell, Charles M., Jr. – College and Research Libraries, 1981
Reiterates the need for a "literature size" approach to book fund allocations and presents a case for using reviews from "Choice" magazine as a useful means for determining literature size. References are listed. (Author/RAA)
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Bibliographies, Budgeting, Library Acquisition
Kranich, Nancy, Comp. – 1984
This collection of copyright policies from member libraries of the Association of Research Libraries (ARL) contains: (1) ARL briefing papers on reproduction of copyrighted materials for classroom use and current issues in library photocopying; (2) university copyright policies from New York University, Rutgers University, University of…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Archives, Copyrights, Interlibrary Loans