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Paterson, Katherine – School Library Journal, 1998
Anne Carroll Moore, who introduced children's services at the New York Public Library, a Newbery-winning author discusses libraries, collection development, book costs, the publishing industry, fear of change, oral and print tradition, writing for children, the impact and shortcomings of technology, books going out of print, and the need for…
Descriptors: Authors, Change, Childrens Libraries, Childrens Literature
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Metz, Paul; Stemmer, John – College & Research Libraries, 1996
Analysis of a survey, completed by 128 collection development librarians at 72 liberal arts colleges, ranked six university presses and 58 publishers associated with science and technology, humanities, and social sciences by their perceptions of familiarity, quality and academic relevance. Found that university presses are well respected:…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Comparative Analysis, Familiarity, Foreign Countries