Collection Building: Volume 5 Issue 4
Table of contents
El Salvador:: A Bibliography on Its History and Current Civil War
John R. LikinsAgee, Philip. White Paper Whitewash: Interviews with Philip Agee on the CIA and El Salvador. Edited by Werner Poelchau. New York: Deep Cover Books (Box 677, New York 10013), 1981…
Physical Education in the 1980s:: A Guide for Developing Children's and Young Adult Collections
Linda A. CatelliPhysical education, like most areas of education, is changing and taking on a new look for the 1980s. Physical educators, school administrators, and others making decisions about…
Resources in Psychological Anthropology
Deborah KaneThe study of psychological anthropology represents the interworkings of the theories, concepts, empirical findings, and methodologies of psychology and anthropology. This…
The Book That Won't Disappear
An advantage of teaching is that you tend to keep yellowed notes, and the other day I ran across a warning from the July 22, 1965 Times Literary Supplement. Speaking of the wide…
Collection Development in an Urban Setting: A Case Study & Responses
You have recently been selected as the new Director of the Columbia City Public Library and for the past three months you have been carefully listening to staff members, trustees…
The Alternative Press Index
Elizabeth O'LexaThe Alternative Press Index began in 1969 as “wishful thinking” that fought its way into reality via a small group of students and faculty from Carleton College in Northfield…
Spreading the Word: The Billion Dollar Christian Book Industry
An astute and dedicated follower of The New York Times Book Review “Bestsellers” column may have noted an unusual entry in the hardcover bestseller list on September 11, 1983. The…
Victims of Crime
You never know, that's all, there's no way of knowing … Last week our lives were all right … But now I think we're going to be murdered. Just like that.” So begins The Shadow Knows…