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Unsworth, Michael E. – Microform Review, 1988
Discussion of topics relating to microform sets of primary material covers value, users, the lack of reviews, difficulty of examination, institutional focus, and selection. Selection factors suggested include: content; reason for the set; sponsoring institution; past use of the collection; publishers' reputation; guides; editors; advertisements;…
Descriptors: Evaluation Criteria, Library Collection Development, Library Material Selection, Microforms

Weathers, Barbara – Catholic Library World, 1998
Discusses the impact of electronic resources on collection development; selection of CD-ROMs, (platform, speed, video and sound, networking capability, installation and maintenance); selection of laser disks; and Internet evaluation (accuracy of content, authority, objectivity, currency, technical characteristics). Lists Web sites for evaluating…
Descriptors: Evaluation Criteria, Internet, Library Collection Development, Media Selection
Nichols, Margaret Irby – 1986
This guide is designed to assist librarians in the selection, acquisition, and use of a core-reference collection. Section 1, "Sources," is an annotated bibliography which focuses on the selection of those works that should constitute the main reference holdings in a small library or a desk (ready-reference) collection in a larger…
Descriptors: Annotated Bibliographies, Evaluation Criteria, Library Acquisition, Library Collection Development

Gorman, G. E. – International Library Review, 1989
Discusses the theoretical value of national bibliographies as a library material selection tool and evaluates African national bibliographies using four criteria--comprehensiveness, thorough and reliable bibliographic data, currency, and directory of publishers. It is concluded that there is a significant gap between the theoretical and actual…
Descriptors: Bibliographies, Developing Nations, Evaluation Criteria, Foreign Countries

Yerburgh, Mark R. – Microform Review, 1989
Discusses the importance of microform reviews as a tool for library collection development and offers advice to microform reviewers. A formula for microform evaluation is presented which covers intellectual content, institutional need, price, bibliographic control, and technical quality and format. (five references) (CLB)
Descriptors: Evaluation Criteria, Library Collection Development, Microforms, Nonprint Media
Kruse, Ginny Moore – Wilson Library Bulletin, 1992
Discusses the selection and evaluation of children's multicultural literature and gives examples of three types of books: (1) inclusive books that show racial and cultural diversity; (2) multicultural content books that are not written by authors from the racial/ethnic group featured; and (3) multicultural content books by authors who are from the…
Descriptors: Childrens Literature, Cultural Differences, Ethnic Groups, Evaluation Criteria

Leach, Ronald G.; Tribble, Judith E. – Journal of Academic Librarianship, 1993
Examines commercial electronic document delivery services that are available to academic libraries. Highlights include collection development issues; criteria for selection and evaluation; remote access systems, including CARL UnCover 2, Faxon Finder and Faxon Xpress, ContentsFirst and ArticleFirst, and CitaDel; and on-site access systems,…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Evaluation Criteria, Higher Education, Library Automation
Wick, Robert L., Ed.; Mood, Terry Ann, Ed. – 1998
This guide provides a representative selection of biographical dictionaries and related works useful to the reference and collection development processes in all types of libraries. Three criteria were used in selection: (1) each item included was published within the past 12 years; (2) each item has been included in American Reference Books…
Descriptors: Biographies, Criticism, Evaluation Criteria, Library Collection Development
MacLean, Barbara; And Others – 1985
Written to guide librarians and staff in all types of libraries, this manual describes steps in the processes of writing collection development statements and assessing library collections. The first section focuses on the collection development policy--the benefits of a written policy, who should write the statement, and elements to be included.…
Descriptors: Evaluation Criteria, Evaluation Methods, Guidelines, Library Administration

Henige, David – Journal of Academic Librarianship, 1987
This discussion focuses on the problems involved in the interpretation and verification of the data gathered and presented by the North American Collections Inventory Project. It suggests that the National Shelflist Count is a better resource for collection management and shared library resources decisions. (CLB)
Descriptors: Citation Analysis, Data Interpretation, Evaluation Criteria, Evaluation Problems

Dean, John F. – Journal of Library Administration, 1986
Examines changes in emphasis on collection development and conservation in both library and archival materials in recent years, and outlines evaluative criteria and priorities to be used in formulating collection management policy. (CLB)
Descriptors: Archives, Evaluation Criteria, Library Collection Development, Library Planning

Burdick, Amrita J. – Library Resources and Technical Services, 1989
Describes the use of the "Science Citation Index" in deciding whether to keep older basic science books that have failed to meet other criteria for collection retention. It is concluded that manual searching of the indexes proved feasible and reliable, while the lack of book titles on the online version reduced reliability of weeding…
Descriptors: Books, Citation Analysis, Citation Indexes, Decision Making
Henderson, William Abbot, Ed.; McAbee, Sonja L., Ed. – 1991
This report describes the collection management and development policy of, and the diverse collections housed at, Jacksonville State University's Houston Cole Library. The first part of the report consists of a detailed collection management and development policy statement, beginning with the history of the library, the physical disposition of…
Descriptors: College Libraries, Evaluation Criteria, Higher Education, Library Collection Development

Rutledge, John; Swindler, Luke. – College and Research Libraries, 1987
Discusses specific selection criteria used in making collection development decisions and presents both a model for arriving at a selection decision, and a mechanism for assigning a priority to each selection. (CLB)
Descriptors: Evaluation Criteria, Holistic Approach, Library Collection Development, Library Material Selection

Clapp, Verner W.; Jordan, Robert T. – College and Research Libraries, 1989
Reprint of a 1964 article by David Kaser which presented mathematical formulas for estimating the collection sizes (in volumes) required to ensure minimum adequacy of academic library collections at institutions with widely different characteristics. Current article presents new formulas and illustrates their application at specific institutions.…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Evaluation Criteria, Evaluation Methods, Higher Education