Accompanied by compat disc : CP 7985

Information age -- information society -- Information needs assessment -- Collection development policies -- Selection process in practice -- Producers of information materials -- Serials -- print and electronic -- Other electronic materials -- Government information -- Audiovisual materials -- Acquisitions -- Distributors and vendors -- Fiscal management -- Deselection -- Evaluation -- Resource sharing -- Protecting the collection -- Legal issues -- Censorship, intellectual freedom, and collection development

This latest edition continues to cover all phases of collection development--from needs assessment, policies, and the selection process (theory and practice) to publishers, serials, protection, legal issues, censorship, and intellectual freedom. Each chapter has been extensively revised to reflect changing practices, policies, and technologies and, in some cases, completely rewritten. A new addition is a CD containing supplementary material; a companion Web site () will also be maintained to ensure URLs referenced throughout the text are kept up to date

Includes bibliographical references and index

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