Collection Building: Volume 17 Issue 1
Table of contents
Native American literature: expanding the canon
Mona Kratzert, Debora RicheyOver the past 30 years there has been a growing interest in fiction by Native American authors. An increasingly diverse crop of Indian writers have produced innovative and…
Revisiting library mission statements in the era of technology
Karen Svenningsen, Lois ChereponCollection building in today’s technologically rich library environment should include library mission statements that embody all types of formats. It has become the role of the…
Citation analysis as an unobtrusive method for journal collection evaluation using psychology student research bibliographies
Margaret J. SylviaBibliographic citation analysis of student research papers is one method of evaluating the use of a journal collection. Journal selection and cancellation may be done on the basis…
The collection development literature of 1996: a bibliographic essay
Thomas E. NisongerThis bibliographic essay, which reviews the collection development literature published during 1996, is organized into sections covering: bibliographic work; general and…
Interview with Anthony Ferguson, Columbia University Libraries
Kay Ann CassellOutlines the interviewee’s role in the libraries, how collection development is organized, the collection development policy, how materials are acquired, cooperative arrangements…