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Showing 1 to 20 of 32 for “"Collection Development"”.
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Collection development of non-Christian religious holiday books in elementary school libraries
… about non-Christian holidays. Elementary library collections may under-represent non-Christian religious books because of a lack of school library media specialists' personal knowledge about non-Christian holidays. This study surveyed school library media specialists through a written …
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The responsiveness of collection development to community needs in the City of Cape Town Library and Information Service
… This research examined the responsiveness of collection development initiatives and processes to the needs of communities served by the City of Cape Town Library and Information Services (COCTLIS), to assess if this constitutes a community driven approach to collection development. The …
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Analysing the relationship between undergraduate students’ information needs and collection development: A study of an academic library in the Western Cape
… play a critical role in shaping a library’s collection, making them an essential part of the collection development process. This study sought to identify gaps between the information needs of undergraduate students and the resources available to them in the library, while also proposing …
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Collection development practices at institutions of higher learning in Namibia with special reference to electronic resources: The case of the University of Namibia library
The purpose of this study is to investigate the collection development practices of electronic resources at the University of Namibia (UNAM) library and its constituent branches. Collection development is one of the critical activities of any library management process; therefore, the goal of …
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Proposta de gestão de desenvolvimento de coleções para a Biblioteca Pequeno Príncipe da Fundação Fé e Alegria do Brasil - Filial Paraíba
… and Joy Paraiba Brazil subsidiary. Proposes a Collection Development Policy aimed at consistent and effective uniformity of the acquis. A conceptual review of the research was supported by a literature theme of the Collection Development Documentary featuring an exploratory research, which …
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A survey of weeding practices of print materials in libraries of higher learning institutions in Zambia
Weeding of print collections is an important component of collection development and management, yet it receives less attention than the selection of new materials in most libraries. As print collections continue to grow, many library collections are drowning in obsolete, unused, and unwanted …
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Librarians’ book selection practices and budget fluctuations in the City of Cape Town, South Africa
… information to the community it serves. Collection development, which is the process of building and maintaining a library’s collection is, thus an essential part of library services. The selection of materials that align with community needs and interests is an especially important …
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Searching for Mirrors: An Exploration of Racial Diversity in South Carolina's Public Library Youth Collections
… With little previous research on multicultural collection development in public library youth services in practice, library and information science benefits from studies that explore the practices of librarians responsible for youth collection development. A Critical Race Theory and Latino/a …
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A Study of Overlap and Duplication Among Children's Collections in Public and Elementary School Libraries
… has more than one copy of a book) in children's collections were measured in two elementary school libraries and the public library in each of four Illinois communities (population approximately 30,000). Two hundred book titles were randomly selected from the shelf lists of the libraries and …
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Event-related Collections Understanding and Services
Event-related collections, including both tweets and webpages, have valuable information, and are worth exploring in interdisciplinary research and education. Unfortunately, such data is noisy, so this variety of information has not been adequately exploited. Further, for better understanding, more …
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Biblioteca Sesc Centro João Pessoa: estudo e proposta de política de gestão de coleções
The need for collections management policy may be evident from the moment that libraries are no longer mere deposits of bibliographic production and begin to address the specifics of its members or institutions, thus serving as a filter of information to be made available. Through the internship …
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The management of indigenous knowledge in Swaziland, with specific reference to the Swaziland National Library Service (SNLS)
… method, which allows the use of different data collection techniques.The study found that Swaziland National Library Service (SNLS) manages IK, but at a very low level. Lack of funds is one major issue that has been voiced as the biggest hindrance to Indigenous Knowledge Management and that …
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A study of culturally diverse materials in elementary school media centers
… cultures. This study examined the multicultural collections of four elementary school media centers within the Pleasantville School District. The study was conducted by examining the Online Public Access Catalog for the identified variables and then by conducting a visual search of the …
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Public libraries' commitment to gay youth
… public librarians who were responsible for the collection development and youth services for teens in their public libraries. Results showed a general fear towards the GLBTQ teen community and a need for improvement towards commitment.</p>
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The reading habits of elementary students and the potential role of the school library media specialist
… targeted boys fiction reading through collection development and programming. The researcher fully expected the results to be that boys read less fiction than their female counterparts, and that did in fact occur. However, the hypothesis that school library media specialist practices …
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The future of print and electronic periodicals in high school media centers
<p>The main objective of this study was to determine if southern New Jersey public high school media centers had reduced, increased, or left the same the number of print and electronic subscriptions to periodicals. The selected periodicals that were available online through EBSCOhost were compared …
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A Trail of Stones and Breadcrumbs: Evaluating Folktales Published for Youth in the 20th Century, 1905--2000
… forces that impact library materials selection, collection development, and program design. In turn, these forces impact what children read, which impacts their world view. This research examines reviews of folktales published for youth from 1905-2000 in the ""Big Four"" major reviewing journals …
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Voices from the other side of the wall: the case of Romanian libraries of the 1970s and 1980s
… in libraries, the conventions related to collection development, and the services offered for general and targeted publics, created practices that became naturalized in the library system. The survival of the national public library system depended on the negotiation that took place at the …
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The hidden library curriculum: children's electronic pathfinder analysis and information literacy skills
… of selected public library electronic pathfinder collections for children in the United States and Canada to assess format, components, and readability and whether the collections were effectively constructed to be used as starting points for further research. This research paper explains the …
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