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"A Social History of Madness"--Or, Who's Buying This Round? Anticipating and Avoiding Gaps in Collection Development.
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Metz, Paul; Foltin, Bela, Jr. – College and Research Libraries, 1990
Argues that the internal organization of collection development and the nature of science and scholarship lead to inevitable gaps in collection development. The structural and intellectual causes of collection development gaps are analyzed, and a number of areas whose literatures are especially vulnerable to being ignored or overlooked by…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Error Patterns, Higher Education, Intellectual Disciplines
Formulating an Integrated Library Government Documents Collection Policy.
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Hodge, Stanley P.; And Others – Government Information Quarterly, 1989
Offers suggestions for developing a collection policy that promotes the integration of government documents into an academic library's overall collection management objectives. Steps described include selecting appropriate agencies, selecting appropriate levels of collection intensity, assigning intensity levels to agency materials, and adjusting…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Government Publications, Higher Education, Intellectual Disciplines
Collection Development in an Interdisciplinary Context.
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Wilson, Myoung Chung; Edelman, Hendrik – Journal of Academic Librarianship, 1996
Examines the growing body of literature dealing with interdisciplinary academic research and discusses challenges that the erosion of subject-area boundaries presents to those selecting library materials. Reports on a case study that ascertained patterns of interdisciplinary research at Rutgers University's School of Communication, Information,…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Case Studies, Higher Education, Intellectual Disciplines
Collection Evaluation for Interdisciplinary Fields: A Comprehensive Approach.
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Dobson, Cynthia; And Others – Journal of Academic Librarianship, 1996
Collection development for interdisciplinary areas is more complex than for traditionally well-defined disciplines, so new evaluation methods are needed. This article identifies variables in interdisciplinary fields and presents a model of their typical information components. Traditional use-centered and materials-centered evaluation methods…
Descriptors: Evaluation Methods, Evaluation Problems, Information Processing, Intellectual Disciplines
Scientific Journal Selection Based on the Study of a Local Journal.
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Aziagba, Philip C. – Information Processing and Management, 1993
Describes a bibliometric study of the "Nigerian Journal of Microbiology" that was conducted to aid librarians in scientific journal selection decisions. Data are presented on authorship; forms of literature; ages of the literature; ranking of titles included in citations; geographic location of authors; and academic disciplines of…
Descriptors: Bibliometrics, Citations (References), Foreign Countries, Intellectual Disciplines
Collection Development Policy: Academic Library, St. Mary's University. Revised.
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Sylvia, Margaret – 1992
This guide spells out the collection development policy of the library of St. Mary's University in San Antonio, Texas. The guide is divided into the following five topic areas: (1) introduction to the community served, parameters of the collection, cooperation in collection development, and priorities of the collection; (2) considerations in…
Descriptors: College Libraries, Evaluation Criteria, Government Publications, Higher Education