Collection Building: Volume 11 Issue 1
Table of contents
Format Citation Patterns and Their Implications for Collection Development in Research Libraries
Michael BowmanIn this time of rapidly increasing journal subscription costs and shrinking (or stable) acquisition budgets, it is imperative to acquire materials as effectively as possible. One…
Best Sellers and Pulitzer Prize Winners: Core or Not?
John M. BuddThe debate over quality versus demand in public libraries has been argued for some time, largely without resolution. In 1981 Nora Rawlinson wrote, “A book of outstanding quality…
HOMELESSNESS: Interdisciplinary Collection Development Challenge
Jennifer J. KuehnEvery few years a “new” social issue comes to the forefront of attention in American society, and homelessness is the most recently profiled issue. Because homeless people are…
The Relationship between Literature Scatter and Journal Accessibility in an Academic Special Library
F.W. Lancaster, Valerie Gondek, Sherry McCowan, herl ReeseAmong several “laws” that have been discussed in the literature of bibliometrics, the one best known is that commonly referred to as Bradford's Law of Scatteing. A substantial…
Needs‐Led Service Not Acquisitions‐Led Service in the Research Library
Deanna L. RobertsExperience has shown that states lose business and stall the ensuing development of their economies because of a lack of quality and foresight in their education systems. Some…
The European Community: Sources of Information for 1992
John GanlyBeginning an article with a chronology stresses the importance of the past to the topic at hand. In the case of the information resources of the European Community, it is intended…
Visibility through Book Publishing: The Story of Clothespin Fever Press
Jenny Wrenn, Carolyn WeathersA book on motorcycle repair that's easy to read and follow and includes a special photo section of the Dykes on Bikes at a San Francisco Gay Pride. An anthology of prose and…
U.S. GOVERNMENT DOCUMENTS, EXECUTIV BRANCH, ON AIDS, 1986–1989
Scott G. BurghIn prior articles in both volume 8 (number 4) and volume 10 (numbers 3/4) of Collection Building, bibliographies of U.S. government publications on AIDS were covered. The first…