Scarecrow Press Library Collection Development Policies: A Reference and Writers' Handbook

Product Description An essential tool to assist collection managers with the creation of a collection development policy. Examples provide advice about the writing process, who should be involved, components of the policy, its scope, criteria for selection, weeding, censorship, and many other issues that policy statements need to address. Review There is something in this volume for most librarians looking into the nature and content of US collection development policies, and the authors are to be commended for having put together the collection.--Australian Library Journal About the Author Richard J. Wood is Director of Library Services and Professor at Sam Houston State University, Huntsville, Texas. Frank W. Hoffmann is Associate Professor, Department of Library Science, Sam Houston State University, Huntsville, Texas. He is the author of Intellectual Freedom and Censorship (1989).