Recruiting, Educating, and Training Librarians for Collection Development

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At a time of shrinking budgets and increasing demands, libraries are facing problems in meeting their needs for new collection development specialists. This volume proposes creative solutions to the three significant problems experienced by library administrators: attracting new collection development librarians, educating them in appropriate library school programs, and training them to perform their jobs. The chapters in this book, written by leading collection development officers, practitioners, and educators, cover innovative ways of looking at the entire range of collection development activities, from goals and objectives in staff development for collection work to scenarios from the next millennium.

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.,."this collection of papers was assembled for "interested library administrators, collection development librarians, library educators, and students....,."the editors have succeeded in bringing together a series of well written papers that this audience will find both interesting and informative....library administrators, library/information science educators, collection development librarians and students have papers that will serve as the catalyst for lively discussions for some time."-Collection Management
...this collection of papers was assembled for "interested library administrators, collection development librarians, library educators, and students....,."the editors have succeeded in bringing together a series of well written papers that this audience will find both interesting and informative....library administrators, library/information science educators, collection development librarians and students have papers that will serve as the catalyst for lively discussions for some time.-Collection Management
This collection of essays is a nice addition to the professional reading collection.-Journal of Academic Librarianship
This is a thoughtful, well-edited collection that deserves the attentio of curriculum planners. It may give pause to those who do not believe collections are the heart of any information service and that collection development does not deserve a place in the curriculum, let alone be required. I hope all curriculum committees will take the time to read this sound volume.-The Library Quarterly
This is clearly an important work that will serve administators and practitioners, as well as library school students and faculty, in good stead for some time to come.-Wilson Library Bulletin
"This collection of essays is a nice addition to the professional reading collection."-Journal of Academic Librarianship
"This is a thoughtful, well-edited collection that deserves the attentio of curriculum planners. It may give pause to those who do not believe collections are the heart of any information service and that collection development does not deserve a place in the curriculum, let alone be required. I hope all curriculum committees will take the time to read this sound volume."-The Library Quarterly
"This is clearly an important work that will serve administators and practitioners, as well as library school students and faculty, in good stead for some time to come."-Wilson Library Bulletin
..."this collection of papers was assembled for "interested library administrators, collection development librarians, library educators, and students......"the editors have succeeded in bringing together a series of well written papers that this audience will find both interesting and informative....library administrators, library/information science educators, collection development librarians and students have papers that will serve as the catalyst for lively discussions for some time."-Collection Management

Author Bio

PEGGY JOHNSON is Assistant Director, St. Paul Campus Libraries, University of Minnesota. She was previously Collection Development Officer, University of Minnesota Libraries, which has a collection of over 5 million volumes. She has consulted on library development in Uganda, Rwanda, and Morocco, and she has published several journal articles and books, including Guide to Technical Services Resources (1994). SHEILA S. INTNER is a Professor in the Graduate School of Library and Information Science at Simmons College. Her books include Circulation Policy in Academic, Public, and School Libraries (1987) and Cataloging: The Professional Development Cycle (1991), both published by Greenwood Press.