Collection Development and Assessment in Health Sciences Libraries

Part 1 Preface Part 2 Expert Reviewers Part 3 Advisory Committee Members Part 4 Acknowledgments Part 5 Introduction Chapter 6 1 The Context for Collection Development in Health Sciences Libraries Chapter 7 2 Roles and Relationships in Collection Development Chapter 8 3 Education and Training for Collection Development Chapter 9 4 Policies and Criteria Chapter 10 5 Selection: Journals and Books Chapter 11 6 Selection: Electronic Resources Chapter 12 7 Selections in Special Settings Reference Collections Audiovisual Collections Consumer Health Collections Rare Book and History of Medicine Collections Chapter 13 8 Budgeting for Collection Development Chapter 14 9 Collection Assessment Chapter 15 10 Cooperative Collection Development Chapter 16 11 Preservation Chapter 17 12 Research Questions and Future Issues in Collection Development Part 18 Appendix A-Examples from Collection Development Policies Part 19 Appendix B-Representative Special Setting Collection Development Policies Part 20 Bibliography Part 21 Glossary Part 22 Author Biographies