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Collection Development: A Centralized Approach
Collection development, the process of gathering and maintaining information resources for libraries has become increasingly complex, with libraries continuing to consider their blend of print volumes...
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eCollections Management: A Case for Vendor Support
By Edith Falk, library school lecturer, academic library consultant, and former chief librarian of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. After the massive replacement of print journals by ejournals and...
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Gifts of This Hour | Office Hours
What do I listen to now? More than a few folks shared this sentiment online in the days following the release of “S-Town,” a podcast hosted by Brian Reed and created by the producers of “Serial” and...
View ArticleStigma-Free Reading for Adults | Collections
Nashville Public Library, the 2017 Gale/LJ Library of the Year, launched the Fresh Reads collection to adult new readers in 2017 to offer stigma-free reading to promote literacy and learning.
View ArticleMeet the “Buzz Whisperer”: Book Pulse Keeps You Up On What’s Trending |...
The book world is always buzzing. But the buzz can be hard to harness for daily, timely application in our libraries. I’m pleased to share that librarians now have a new tool to put to work. Meet LJ’s...
View Article2017 ACRL/NY Symposium: The Mission
The 2017 ACRL/NY (Greater New York Metropolitan Area Chapter of Association of College and Research Libraries) Symposium, held on December 1 at Baruch College in Manhattan, led off with an interesting...
View ArticleWhat’s Hot Now? | Materials Survey 2018
What’s hot, what’s not, and how much does it cost? That’s what LJ first asked two decades ago when it launched its annual book-buying survey of U.S. public libraries. With today’s media mostly on the...
View ArticleLJ Study: Electronic Resources Continue Steady Gains in Academic Libraries
More than one-third (37%) of academic library materials budgets go to database subscriptions and electronic reference materials, followed by journals and serials (23%), print books (22%), ebooks (11%),...
View ArticleMoon Travel Celebrates 45 Years as a Top Resource for Travelers in the US and...
Moon covers more destinations in the US than any other publisher, with guides that appeal to readers traveling both near and far. “We approach US travel with the same sense of adventure that we bring...
View ArticleTaunton Press Inspires Readers to Remodel and Repair Their Homes
"You need to remove the toilet tank from the bowl for some repairs," says Taunton Press Executive Editor Peter Chapman. Chapman is citing just one example of what a reader might fail to learn on...
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