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Brown, Linda A. – Against the Grain, 1999
Discusses how collection-development librarians can customize their workstations by building a Web page to cover public service and outreach efforts to constituencies, links to tools to enable selectors to use the Web and work more efficiently, and selection of Web resources. Describes Web sites in the three categories of communication with…
Descriptors: Information Sources, Information Technology, Librarians, Library Acquisition
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Pastine, Maureen – Against the Grain, 1998
Discusses the changing environment of the academic library, highlighting the role of collection development librarians and listing issues for collection development officers: ownership/access, consortia, collections analysis, intellectual property/fair use, public relations, allocation formulas, library research, collection balance, rising costs,…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Access to Information, Cataloging, Consortia
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Schmitt, John P. – Against the Grain, 1998
Discusses selecting for a reference collection, creative budgeting, cutting a deal, collection awareness (strengths/needs), Web site reviews, R-Net (reviews from diverse areas and institutions), and print vs. electronic reference products. Reference librarian adhere to high standards for reference book and Web sites, teach assessment techniques,…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Books, Budgets, Electronic Libraries