Making a Collection Count, A Holistic Approach to Library Collection Management, Third Edition is unique in its focus on collection quality, including topics on making the most of a library collection budget, performing physical inventory, and gathering/using data and statistics about collection use. Beyond collection development, this title looks at the entire lifecycle of the collection and those with responsibilities at each step.
1. Title of Book - p. iii 2. Cover - p. iii 3. Title page - p. iii 4. Copyright - p. iv 5. Table of Contents - p. iv 6. List of figures - p. ix 7. About the authors - p. xi 8. Acknowledgments - p. xiii 9. Chapter 1 Collection statements and policies - p. 1 10. Chapter 2 Life cycle of a collection - p. 21 11. Chapter 3 Collection metrics - p. 37 12. Chapter 4 Physical inventory - p. 51 13. Chapter 5 Statistics - p. 67 14. Chapter 6 Weeding - p. 83 15. Chapter 7 Collection organization - p. 99 16. Chapter 8 Collection budgets - p. 115 17. Chapter 9 Everything is connected - p. 133 18. Appendix A Public Library Collection Management Policy - p. 147 19. Appendix B Academic Library Collection Management Policy - p. 153 20. Index - p. 157
Making a Collection Count, A Holistic Approach to Library Collection Management, Third Edition is unique in its focus on collection quality, including topics on making the most of a library collection budget, performing physical inventory, and gathering/using data and statistics about collection use. Beyond collection development, this title looks at the entire lifecycle of the collection and those with responsibilities at each step.
1. Title of Book - p. iii 2. Cover - p. iii 3. Title page - p. iii 4. Copyright - p. iv 5. Table of Contents - p. iv 6. List of figures - p. ix 7. About the authors - p. xi 8. Acknowledgments - p. xiii 9. Chapter 1 Collection statements and policies - p. 1 10. Chapter 2 Life cycle of a collection - p. 21 11. Chapter 3 Collection metrics - p. 37 12. Chapter 4 Physical inventory - p. 51 13. Chapter 5 Statistics - p. 67 14. Chapter 6 Weeding - p. 83 15. Chapter 7 Collection organization - p. 99 16. Chapter 8 Collection budgets - p. 115 17. Chapter 9 Everything is connected - p. 133 18. Appendix A Public Library Collection Management Policy - p. 147 19. Appendix B Academic Library Collection Management Policy - p. 153 20. Index - p. 157