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Clearinghouse of Professional Information
Collection Development Resources
This section includes links to various electronic collection development resources, and it has been expanded to include links that support a number of
EXCEL courses. See also
Développement des collections
et ressources littéraires for a more in-depth coverage of French language collection development resources
and literature and fiction sites. Most lists of recommended books and lists by genres will be found on the pages entitled
Public Services Resources and
Readers' Advisory
Resources and on the page entitled
Literature and Fiction Resources.
SOLS services in this area are described on
Information, Advice and Specialized
Assistance page. SOLS consultant Helene Golden is available for advice by
telephone or in person and can also be reached by e-mail at
OLS-North provides assistance with Collection Development within its general advisory services. Further information is available on the OLS-North web site assistance contact Steven Kraus at
Topics include
General Resources
| Collection Evaluation
| Collection Policies
| Core Collections
| Genres
| Developing Internet Resources
| Developing Multicultural Collections
| E-books
| Professional Journals
| Reviews
| Vendors
| Verification Tools | Weeding
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- BookWire The book industry's most comprehensive and thorough online information source. BookWire's content includes timely book industry news, features, reviews, guides to
literary events, author interviews, thousands of annotated links to book-related sites, and more.
- Collection Development Training for Arizona Public Libraries (Arizona Department of Library,
Archives and Public Records) provides practical training in how to perform collection development activities
especially in small and rural public libraries.
- Planning Shifts of Library Collections
(University of Oregon Libraries)
- Publishers Catalogues
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SELECTION-L (listserv) This list is intended for central selectors of
materials in libraries. Here you can discuss best practices, latest trends, useful tools, give guidance to those new to
centralized selection, and provide a sounding board
- Analyzing the Viability of Using Peer Group Holdings as an Evaluation Tool for Public Library Adult Fiction
OCLC (1996) "The purpose of the study was: to contribute to the understanding
of the nature of adult fiction collections in public libraries; to provide further insight into the nature of a "classic" work
of fiction; and to clarify the potential utility of an OCLC generated list of adult fiction classics for public library collection
evaluation."
- Collection assessment using prescribed lists of titles: A case study
(.pdf)
By Peter Abbott and Peggy Malcolm, Southern Ontario Library Service, December 2004
- Library Service Centre. Analyzing
Canadian Library Purchasing Power for Books and Materials.
1999 report analyzed the
cost of books and materials for libraries that purchased material through LSC.
The 2001
revision provided actual figures for 1999, 2000, and 2001. Based on
these actual figures, projections for the years 2002, 2003 and 2004 were
provided. The 2002 Revision
provides actual figures for 2002 and projections for 2003. The
2003 Summary has now been added. Read the 2004 Revision.
AND 2006 revision
- Evaluating Public Library Fiction Collections:
Is There a Core List of Classics? "This project used the (1997) OCLC Online Union Catalog (OLUC) of more than 30 million records to examine the nature and predictability of adult fiction
classics in public library collections. The study identified those adult fiction book titles most widely held by public libraries whose
holdings are represented in the OLUC. These approximately 400 titles were then analyzed to assess their general nature, to
determine whether their presence would have been predicted by key recommended and best seller lists, and to explore the
feasibility of using such a listing as part of a collection evaluation methodology."
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100 Best Books (The Telegraph UK) From classics and sci-fi to poetry,
biographies and books that changed the world… the ultimate reading
list
- Best Books for Children (Children's Literature Web Guide. Univ. of Calgary)
 A Roundup of Annual Book Lists Published on the Web
- Corecollections.net (H.R.
Wilson) Includes best Lists, Editors' picks, etc. Contributions by librarians to
the lists on this site.
- Développement des collections et ressources littéraires
Liste de liens choisis par le SBO
- Federal Publication Locator Service
Provides you access to: Bibliographic records of Canadian federal government publications in the National Library of Canada Catalogue (a subset of the AMICUS database); Canadian library locations information
for titles held in the National Library Catalogue; access to electronic Canadian Federal Government Publications.
- French Collections and Services for Adults and Children (TPL)
"The special
role the French language plays in Canadian heritage and contemporary life as one of Canada's official languages is
reflected in Toronto Public Library's collections and services. The library holds more than 162,000 French items, including books,
newspapers, magazines, CDs and videos. Ten large circulating collections."
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Graphic
Novels Core Collection (H.R. Wilson)
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MLS Public Core
Reference List (Metropolitan Library System, Illinois) Up until the
2003 6th edition, The Core List as a whole has been revised
periodically. However, now that the list is no longer primarily a print
document, the Metropolitan Library System Reference Advisory Committee, on the
recommendation of the Task Force to Revise the Public Library Core List, has
decided to revise the list by section, on a rotating basis. (previously the
Suburban Library System or SLS)
- Outstanding Science Trade Books for Students K-12. National Science Teachers Association.
The books that appear in these lists were selected as outstanding children's science trade books. They were selected
by a book review panel appointed by the National Science Teachers Association (NSTA) and assembled in cooperation with the Children's Book
Council (CBC)
- PIKA Canadian Children's Literature Database.
"This
database provides a unique window on Canadian children's literature. Contained in the database are records for all children's books held in
the National Library's Canadian Children's Literature Service Collection-- over 35000 titles. The collection contains Canadian
children's books in English, French and other languages, dating from the 19th century to the present day. Records for recent titles
have been enriched by the addition of summaries and age levels, which have been generously provided by The Canadian Children's Book Centre
and Communication-Jeunesse. And for the first time, we have also begun adding subject headings to fiction titles, beginning with the most
recent, in order to provide improved access to Canadian children's fiction. The database will be updated on an ongoing basis as new
children's literature titles are added to the collection."
Developing Internet
Resources
Reviews - Books and Multimedia
Verify used books
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(Hamilton Public Library) A sample policy. and