Crash Course in Collection Development

Suitable for formal library and information science training and working in small, rural libraries; this guide helps librarians learn community analysis and developing collection policies. It teaches them how to use reviews to acquire materials as well as those tools to help weed the collection, and how to market the collection to the patrons.

This new entry in the "Crash Course" series explaining collection development was created for those with little formal library and information science training and working in small, rural libraries; this guide will also be useful for librarians who are new to this area of service or need to brush up on their skills. From community analysis to developing collection policies, librarians will learn how to use reviews to acquire materials as well as those tools to help weed the collection, how to market the collection to the patrons, and handle censorship issues when collections are challenged.