Issues in Collection Management

Information does not a library make - three outrageous propositions, Richard Abel; pricing electronic reference works - the dilemma of the mixed library and consumer marketplace, Clifford A Lynch; Acquisitions and collection development - an overview, Julia Gelfand; the place of acquisitions and collection development in the library, Murray S Martin; serials review as a collection development and acquisitions tool, Donna Cohen; who makes the decision? time to take selection of primary vendors out of acquisitions and serials departments?, Ronald L Ray; cultural diversity as a collection development goal - a return to issues and strategies, Rachelle Moore and Harry Llull; the faculty and the library - an overview, Murray S Martin; the centennial science and engineering liaison model, Andrea R Testi; engineering journal cancellation in an academic environment, Connie Wu; faculty liaison models - one alternative, Sever Bordeianu; the publishing world - an overview, Murray S Martin; books in limbo - book distribution and supply problems that affect academic libraries, Arlene Moore Sievers; looking for mutual gains - a different approach to problem solving between publishers and library wholesalers, Glen M Secor; the distribution spectrum - from ultraviolet publishers to infrared libraries, John Perry Smith; the new alliance - librarians and university presses, Julia A Gammon; publishers' surveys of libraries, Joe A Hewitt.