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Peer reviewedCorby, Katherine – portal: Libraries and the Academy, 2003
Via an overview of core journal studies, emphasizing the social sciences and education, this review looks for best practices in both motivation and methodology. Selection decisions receive particular focus. Lack of correlation between methods is indicative of the complexity of the topic and the need for judgment in design and use. (Author)
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Education, Educational Research, Library Collections
Peer reviewedHarmeyer, Dave – College & Research Libraries, 1995
Presents a 1992 study which discovered and investigated collection development bias in academic and public libraries in California. The investigation was carried out in five stages: (1) selected a controversial topic; (2) identified representative works; (3) ranked works by qualified judges; (4) measured holdings via library online computer…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Bias, Case Studies, Censorship
Peer reviewedBrancolini, Kristine R. – Library Trends, 2000
Librarians at Harvard University have written the most comprehensive guide to selecting research collections for digitization. This article applies the Harvard Model to a digitization project at Indiana University in order to evaluate the appropriateness of the model for use at another institution and to adapt the model to local needs. (Contains 7…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Higher Education, Information Technology, Library Automation
Hoffert, Barbara – Library Journal, 1998
Reports on the book-buying trends and predilections of libraries at two-year colleges, four-year colleges, universities, and large research institutions. Four tables and figures show findings for purchasing power of academic libraries; areas academic librarians believe need more titles; most-bought book categories; and sources used to make…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Books, Budgeting, Decision Making
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 reviewedMiller, Ruth H. – Library Trends, 2000
Over the past 20 years, academic collection development specialists have dealt with changes, brought about by decreasing purchasing power and the growing importance of electronic resources. Throughout, collection managers have rethought their efforts and revised criteria for selection of materials in new formats while maintaining traditional…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Change, Electronic Publishing, Electronic Text
