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Collection Development and Management

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Finding The Middle Ground In Collection Development: How Academic Law Librarians Can Shape Their Collections In Response To The Call For More Practice-Oriented Legal Education, Leslie A. Street, Amanda M. Runyon Sep 2019

Finding The Middle Ground In Collection Development: How Academic Law Librarians Can Shape Their Collections In Response To The Call For More Practice-Oriented Legal Education, Leslie A. Street, Amanda M. Runyon

Leslie A. Street

To examine how academic law libraries can respond to the call for more practice-oriented legal education, the authors compared trends in collection management decisions regarding secondary sources at academic and law firm libraries. The results of their survey are followed by recommendations about how academic and firm librarians can work together to best provide law students with materials they will need in practice.


The Hitchhiker’S Guide To Collection Development In Academic Libraries, Rachel Wen-Paloutzian Dec 2015

The Hitchhiker’S Guide To Collection Development In Academic Libraries, Rachel Wen-Paloutzian

Rachel Wen-Paloutzian

This 2016 guest lecture for the UCLA Information Studies Graduate Course "Collection Development" offered an overview of collection development in academic libraries and illustrated the most essential aspects of building library collections in the 21th century. Focusing on the William H. Hannon Library at LMU as an example, the lecture elaborated on the variety of subject collection, library liaison program, selection criteria, collecting for Archives and Special Collections, and building digital collections. 


The Value Of The Curriculum Center's Mission Statement: Meeting The Needs Of Evolving Teacher Education, Julie L. Miller, Nadean Meyer Mar 2015

The Value Of The Curriculum Center's Mission Statement: Meeting The Needs Of Evolving Teacher Education, Julie L. Miller, Nadean Meyer

Julie L. Miller

This chapter explores the value of creating a mission statement to help redefine the academic library's curriculum center in the context of the current dynamic teacher education environment. The mission statement and related texts, such as vision, values, and guiding principle statements, define the purpose of the center for its constituents. It acts as a bridge between communities of practice and organizations, demonstrating the relationship of the center to the teacher education program, the academic library, and the college or university. Most importantly, the mission statement provides guidance for making policy and procedure decisions that are proactive. In an evolving …