Re: Question on policies -- Dena Luce Stephen D. Clark 12 Jun 2001 20:55 UTC
-------- Original Message -------- Subject: Re: Question on policies -- Kathy Eckenroth Date: Tue, 12 Jun 2001 15:39:00 -0500 From: Dena Luce <dluce@faulkner.edu> Here are a few titles that might come in handy. When we had to start looking at policies to write our own, I simply did an internet search and looked at various library policies which were posted on the web. For collection development/acquisitions policies, you might check out these publications: Collection development policies for college libraries. Compiled by Theresa Taborsky and Patricia Lenkowski with the assistance of Anne Webb and Lisa Lewis. Chicago, IL : College and Research Libraries, c1989. Collection development policies and procedures. Edited by Elizabeth Futas. 3rd ed. Phoenix, Ariz. : Oryx Press, 1995. Budgets for acquisitions : strategies for serials, monographs,and electronic formats. Sul H. Lee, editor. New York : Haworth Press, c1991. Buying serials : a how-to-do-it manual for librarians. N.Bernard Basch, Judy McQueen. New York : Neal-Schuman, 1990. Guidelines for handling library orders for serials and periodicals. Serials Section, Acquisitions Committee of the Association for Library Collections & Technical Services. Rev. ed. Chicago : American Library Association, 1992. For assessment and weeding, check out: Guide to review of library collections : preservation, storage, and withdrawal. Subcommittee on Review of Collections, Collection Management and Development Committee, Resources Section, Association for Library Collections & Technical Services; Lenore Clark, editor. Chicago : American Library Association, 1991. For guidelines on management, vendor assessment, etc., check out: Serials management : a practical guide. Chiou-sen Dora Chen. Chicago : American Library Association, 1995. Guide to performance evaluation of serials vendors. Association for Library Collections & Technical Services, Serials Section Acquisitions Committee. Chicago : American Library Association, 1997. Library Management in the Information Technology Environment : Issues, Policies, and Practice for Administrators by Brice G. Hobrock (Editor). (June 1992) Haworth Pr; ISBN: 1560242310 For document delivery and ILL, check out: Interlibrary Loan Policies Directory by Leslie R. Morris. 6th ed. (April 1999) Neal Schuman Pub; ISBN: 155570347X -------- Original Message -------- Subject: joining Seryalst Date: Tue, 12 Jun 2001 15:41:12 -0400 From: "Eckenroth, Kathy" <Eckenroth@stevenstech.org> I am a librarian at a two-year technical college. I have been instructed to write a serials policy, including document delivery, microform, print, electronic resources. Can anyone recommend any good sites, policies, books, etc.? Thank you Kathy Eckenroth eckenroth@stevenstech.org Kenneth Schuler Learning Resources Center