Publisher's Synopsis
Collection development, one of the most important aspets of a librarian's job, requires ingenuity, openness and experience. Cassell and Greene aim to get yoy started with this practical guide, written exclusively for the small library, that reviews all aspects of collection development and its evolutionary process.;They touch on policymaking and planning as the context for collection development, selecting books and other media, weeding, and using statistics, and they also include a list of adult and juvenile non-fiction titles libraries could consider stocking. General collection principles are reviewed and then applied to specific collecting activities.
