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Fundamentals of Collection Development and Management Fourth Edition

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Technical Services Quarterly declared that the third edition "must now be considered the essential textbook for collection development and management … the first place to go for reliable and informative advice." For the fourth edition expert instructor and librarian Johnson has revised and freshened this resource to ensure its timeliness and continued excellence. Each chapter offers complete coverage of one aspect of collection development and management, including numerous suggestions for further reading and narrative case studies exploring the issues. Thorough consideration is given to

  • traditional management topics such as organization of the collection, weeding, staffing, and policymaking;
  • cooperative collection development and management;
  • licenses, negotiation, contracts, maintaining productive relationships with vendors and publishers, and other important purchasing and budgeting topics;
  • important issues such as the ways that changes in information delivery and access technologies continue to reshape the discipline, the evolving needs and expectations of library users, and new roles for subject specialists, all illustrated using updated examples and data; and
  • marketing, liaison activities, and outreach.

As a comprehensive introduction for LIS students, a primer for experienced librarians with new collection development and management responsibilities, and a handy reference resource for practitioners as they go about their day-to-day work, the value and usefulness of this book remain unequaled.

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  1. ISBN-10
    0838916414
  2. ISBN-13
    978-0838916414
  3. Edition
    Fourth
  4. Publisher
    ALA Editions
  5. Publication date
    January 16, 2018
  6. Language
    English
  7. Dimensions
    7 x 1.2 x 10 inches
  8. Print length
    432 pages
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"The information is well researched, logically arranged, and suitable as a guide for beginners and a quick reference tool for seasoned professionals."

― ARBA

"A remarkable achievement ... An excellent resource for all librarians, from those just getting started in collection development to the most experienced practitioner."

― Technical Services Quarterly

About the Author

Peggy Johnson began her library career as a music cataloger and has been a children's librarian in a public library, and serials cataloger, 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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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ ALA Editions; Fourth edition (January 16, 2018)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Paperback ‏ : ‎ 432 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0838916414
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0838916414
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 1.16 pounds
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 7 x 1.2 x 10 inches
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Peggy Johnson is a frequent speaker and trainer on collection development and management. She has published several books, including ALA Edition’s bestselling Fundamentals of Collection Development and Management, and numerous journal articles. She edited the peer-reviewed journal, Library Resources & Technical Services, for more than nine years, ending her term in December 2012, and continues to edit the journal, Technicalities: Information Forum for the Technical Services Professional. Prior to retiring from the University of Minnesota Libraries, she served as Associate University Librarian. Peggy is past president of the Association for Library Collections and Technical Services (ALCTS) and received the ALCTS Ross Atkinson Lifetime Achievement Award in 2009. She has consulted on library development in Morocco, Rwanda, Uganda, Senegal, and China, and on technical services and collection development and management in the U.S. Peggy teaches library management as an adjunct professor in the St. Catherine University MLIS program. She is a graduate of St. Olaf College and has a Masters from the University of Chicago Graduate Library School and a Masters of Management and Administration from Metropolitan State University.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Got it for a college course
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Got this as a required textbook for a college course, and it's formatted well & easy to understand
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5.0 out of 5 stars Great Book
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This is a very good, up to date book for Collection Development classes in Library Science programs. Was impressed with the accuracy.
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4.0 out of 5 stars It is well written and excellent for beginning library science students
Reviewed in the United States on February 26, 2018
This edition has many updated features from the 3rd edition. It is well written and excellent for beginning library science students. As a teacher of collection development I have used the 3rd edition for 4 years and intend to use the 4th edition as soon as it becomes available in electronic format.
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As textbooks go, it wasn't that bad, there were some parts that were difficult to read. It wasn't fascinating by any means, but it's a textbook...
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