Table of Contents

1. Introduction to collection management and development 2. Organizational models, staffing, and responsibilities 3. Planning, policy, and budgets 4. Developing collections 5. Managing collections 6. Marketing, liaison activities, and outreach 7. Collection analysis: evaluation and assessment 8. Cooperative collection development and management 9. Scholarly communication Appendix A. Professional resources for collection development and management Appendix B. Selection aids Appendix C. Sample collection development policy statements Appendix D. Contract and license terms

About the Author

Peggy Johnson began her library career as a music cataloguer and has been a children's librarian in a public library, and serials cataloguer, technical services head, and a senior collection development officer in academic libraries. In 2002, she served as interim university librarian at the University of Minnesota. Johnson has consulted on library development in Uganda, Rwanda, Morocco, and China. She is a frequent speaker and consultant on collection development and management and on change in libraries, two areas of particular interest. She edits the journal Technicalities: Information Forum for the Library Services Practitioner, has published numerous papers, and written and edited several books.

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