Trillium Listed! Close-Up Canada, Second Edition, explores the cultural, political, economic, and social climate of the development of Canada from the 17th century to the early 19th century. Students will learn about the early settlement patterns, lifestyles, and interactions between Aboriginal groups and the English and French.

Close-Up Canada

Education & Teaching

Wilson, Doug

Walker, Robert

Francis, Daniel

Cruxton, J. Bradley

Johnson, Peggy

Harrison, Brian

Schools & Teaching

Oxford University Press

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.

Recruiting, Educating, and Training Librarians for Collection Development (New Directions in Information Management)

Politics & Social Sciences

Intner, Sheila S.

Social Sciences

Praeger

Sheriff Matt Durham knew that if the Calloways found the four lost skiers first, They would never make it off the mountain. He had only one chance to get to them first. The snow storm was getting worse and time was running out. He had no idea that there was one other person who could possibly help. And that person was as lost as the people Matt had to save. Could he get there in time? Or would he be the one who never returned.

The Henry

Literature & Fiction

Contemporary

iUniverse

Automation and Organizational Change in Libraries (Professional Librarian Series)

Reference

G.K. Hall

Automation and Organizational Change in Libraries (Professional Library Series)

Johnson, a librarian at the U. of Minnesota and editor of Technicalities; Information Forum for the Library Services Practitioner, has written a lucid text on the basic concepts of this broad subject. Theoretical concepts are included but not stressed as heavily as information and skills. An initia

Fundamentals of Collection Development

ALA Editions

In this fully updated revision, expert instructor and librarian Peggy Johnson addresses the art in controlling and updating your library's collection. Each chapter offers complete coverage of one aspect of collection development, including suggestions for further reading and a narrative case study exploring the issue. Johnson also integrates electronic resources throughout the book, covering topics onOrganization and staffingPolicymaking and budgetingPurchasing and weedingJohnson offers a comprehensive tour of this essential discipline and situates the fundamental ideas of collection development and management in historical and theoretical perspective, bringing this modern classic fully up to date.

Fundamentals of Collection Development and Management (Fundamentals Series)

The complex issues associated with developing and managing electronic collections deserve special treatment, and library collection authority Peggy Johnson rises to the challenge with a book sure to become a benchmark for excellence. Providing comprehensive coverage of key issues and decision points, she offers advice on best practices for developing and managing these important resources for libraries of all types and sizes. With an emphasis on practical solutions that will provide effective and timely access to online resources for library users, she presents an in-depth look at The fundamentals of electronic resource planning, selection, and evaluationThe evolving world of acquisition options, licenses, and contractsFostering and maintaining positive relationships with vendors and publishersBudgeting and financial considerations, with guidance on how to collaborate across library organizational lines to acquire and manage e-content more efficientlyTips, informational sidebars, and suggested reading lists accompany each chapter, and an extensive glossary defines essential terms and concepts.

Developing and Managing Electronic Collections: The Essentials

Title: Fundamentals of Collection Development and Management Third Edition Binding: Paperback Author: PeggyJohnson Publisher: AmericanLibraryAssociation

Technical Services Quarterly declared that the third edition “must now be considered the essential textbook for collection development and management … the first place to go for reliable and informative advice." For the fourth edition expert instructor and librarian Johnson has revised and freshened this resource to ensure its timeliness and continued excellence. Each chapter offers complete coverage of one aspect of collection development and management, including numerous suggestions for further reading and narrative case studies exploring the issues. Thorough consideration is given to• traditional management topics such as organization of the collection, weeding, staffing, and policymaking;• cooperative collection development and management;• licenses, negotiation, contracts, maintaining productive relationships with vendors and publishers, and other important purchasing and budgeting topics;• important issues such as the ways that changes in information delivery and access technologies continue to reshape the discipline, the evolving needs and expectations of library users, and new roles for subject specialists, all illustrated using updated examples and data; and• marketing, liaison activities, and outreach.As a comprehensive introduction for LIS students, a primer for experienced librarians with new collection development and management responsibilities, and a handy reference resource for practitioners as they go about their day-to-day work, the value and usefulness of this book remain unequalled.

Fundamentals of Collection Development and Management

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Close-Up Canada

Recruiting, Educating, and Training Librarians for Collection Development (New Directions in Information Management)

The Henry

Automation and Organizational Change in Libraries (Professional Librarian Series)

Automation and Organizational Change in Libraries (Professional Library Series)

Fundamentals of Collection Development

Fundamentals of Collection Development and Management (Fundamentals Series)

Developing and Managing Electronic Collections: The Essentials

Fundamentals of Collection Development and Management (Fundamentals Series)

Fundamentals of Collection Development and Management