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Record Nr.

UNINA9910829094703321

Autore

Ward Suzanne M.

Titolo

Rightsizing the academic library collection / / Suzanne M. Ward

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Chicago, [Illinois] : , : ALA Editions, , 2015

©2015

ISBN

0-8389-1302-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (169 p.)

Disciplina

025.2/18770973

Soggetti

Academic libraries - Collection development - United States

Collection management (Libraries) - United States

Discarding of books, periodicals, etc

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Rightsizing the Academic Library Collection; Contents; Introduction; Chapter 1. Background; Chapter 2. Traditional Deselection Solutions ; Chapter 3. Rightsizing Solutions; Chapter 4. Project Management; Chapter 5. The Future of Physical Collections in Academic Libraries; References; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Ward identifies the challenges and proposes solutions to shaping physical collections for today's academic library.