Title Guide for written collection policy statements / Subcommittee to Revise the Guide for Written Collection Policy Statements, Administration of Collection Development Committee, Collection Management and Development Section, Association for Library Collections & Technical Services ; Joanne S. Anderson, editor.

Edition 2nd ed. Descript 1 online resource (vii, 36 pages) Series Collection management and development guides ; no. 7 Collection management and development guides ; no. 7. Note Updated ed. of: Guide for written collection policy statements / Subcommittee on Guidelines for Collection Development, Collection Management and Development Committee, Resources Section, Resources and Technical Services Division, American Library Association. 2nd ed. 1989. Bibliog. Includes bibliographical references (pages 31-36). Contents Part I. Role of the collection policy statement. 1. Purposes of the guide -- 2. Need for a collection policy -- 3. values -- Part II. Guide for the writing of collection policy statements. 1. principles governing formulation and application of collection policies -- 2. Elements of a collection policy statement -- 3. Introduction to the policy statement -- 4. General collectioon and development policies -- 5. Detailed analysis of subject collections -- 6. Conspectus approach -- 7. Narrative statement approach -- 8. Detailed analysis of special collections -- 9. Collection levels -- 10. Language codes -- 11. Indexes -- Appendixes. Note English. Local Note eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - Worldwide Subject Collection development (Libraries) -- Policy statements -- Standards -- United States. Library Collection Development -- organization & administration Policy Making LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES -- Library & Information Science -- Collection Development. Collection development (Libraries) -- Policy statements -- Standards -- United States. Collection development (Libraries) (OCoLC)fst00867172 Collectievorming. Bibliotheken. Social Sciences. Library & Information Science. Alt Author Anderson, Joanne S. American Library Association. Subcommittee on Guidelines for Collection Development. Guide for written collection policy statements. ISBN 0585352879 (electronic bk.) 9780585352879 (electronic bk.) 0838934552 9780838934555