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Self-Publishing and Collection Development: Opportunities and Challenges for Libraries (West Lafayette, IN: Purdue University Press, c2015), ed. by Robert P. Holley (PDF with commentary at Purdue)
Collection description and assessment in ARL libraries. (Washington, D.C. : Systems and Procedures Exchange Center, Association of Research Libraries, Office of Management Studies, 1982), by Association of Research Libraries. Systems and Procedures Exchange Center (page images at HathiTrust)
Cooperative collection management. ([Springfield, IL : Illinois State Library], 1989), by Thomas J. Dorst (page images at HathiTrust)
ENC collection development policy / (Columbus, OH (1929 Kenny Rd., Columbus 43210-1079) : Eisenhower National Clearinghouse for Mathematics and Science Education, [1996]), by John S. Monk and Eisenhower National Clearinghouse for Mathematics and Science Education (page images at HathiTrust)
Library of Congress collections policy statements / (Washington, D.C. : Cataloging Distribution Service, Library of Congress, 1994-), by Library of Congress. Collections Policy Office (page images at HathiTrust)
Evaluation of current status of cooperative collection development in Illinois, with recommendations for the future : a report on the statewide cooperative collection development study / ([Springfield : Illinois State Library, 1985]), by Terry L. Weech (page images at HathiTrust)
Collection development organization and staffing in ARL libraries. (Washington, D.C. : Office of University Management Studies, Association of Research Libraries, [1987]), by James E. Bobick and Association of Research Libraries. Office of Management Studies (page images at HathiTrust)
Collection description and assessment in ARL libraries / (Washington, D.C. : The Association, 1982), by Association of Research Libraries. University Library Management Studies Office (page images at HathiTrust)
Serials control and deselection projects / (Washington, D.C. : Association of Research Libraries, Office of Management Studies, 1988), by Association of Research Libraries. Systems and Procedures Exchange Center (page images at HathiTrust)
Collection development in 19 libraries of the Association of Research Libraries / (Bloomington, Ind. : Indiana University Libraries, 1978), by Wilmer H. Baatz (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
Organization of collection development : a spec kit / (Washington, D. C. : Association of Research Libraries, Office of Management Services, 1995), by Gordon Rowley and Association of Research Libraries. Office of University Library Management Studies (page images at HathiTrust)
Collection development manual of the National Library of Medicine / (Bethesda, Md. : U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services, Public Health Service, National Institutes of Health, 1985), by National Library of Medicine (U.S.). Technical Services Division (page images at HathiTrust)
Collection development survival tactics in an age of less : an annotated selective bibliography on the theme of the 1991 LACUNY institute / ([New York, N.Y.] : The Library Association of the City University of New York, 1991), by Mimi B. Penchansky, Suzanne R. Katz, and City University of New York. Library Association (page images at HathiTrust)
Building and organizing the library's collection : long range plan / ([S.l.] : U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services. Public Health Service, National Institutes of Health, 1986), by National Library of Medicine (U.S.) Panel 1 (page images at HathiTrust)
Collection development manual of the National Library of Medicine / (Bethesda, Md. (8600 Rockville Pike, Bethesda 20894) : U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services, Public Health Service, National Institutes of Health, National Library of Medicine, 1993), by National Library of Medicine (U.S.) and Duane Arenales (page images at HathiTrust)
Qualitative collection analysis : the conspectus methodology / (Washington, D.C. : Association of Research Libraries, Office of Management Services, c1989), by Association of Research Libraries. Systems and Procedures Exchange Center (page images at HathiTrust)
Collaborative collections management programs in ARL libraries: a SPEC kit / (Washington, DC : Association of Research Libraries, Office of Management Services, c1998), by George J. Soete (page images at HathiTrust)
Development of the library at Alabama College. (Montevallo, Ala. : [The College], 1944), by Alabama College (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
Cooperative strategies in foreign acquisitions / (Washington, DC : Association of Research Libraries, Office of Management Services, c1993), by Jutta Reed-Scott, Patricia Brennan, and Association of Research Libraries. Systems and Procedures Exchange Center (page images at HathiTrust)
Electronic journals in ARL libraries : issues and trends / (Washington, D.C. : Association of Research Libraries, Office of Management Services, c1994), by Susan Jurow, Laverna M. Saunders, Elizabeth Parang, and Association of Research Libraries. Systems and Procedures Exchange Center (page images at HathiTrust)
Electronic journals in ARL libraries : policies and procedures / (Washington, D.C. : Association of Research Libraries, Office of Management Services, c1994), by Susan Jurow, Laverna M. Saunders, Elizabeth Parang, and Association of Research Libraries. Systems and Procedures Exchange Center (page images at HathiTrust)
Electronic resource sharing : a SPEC kit / (Washington, DC : Association of Research Libraries, Office of Management Services, c1997), by Barbara J. Dahlbach, Donna R. Hogan, and Association of Research Libraries. Systems and Procedures Exchange Center (page images at HathiTrust)

Filed under: Collection development (Libraries) -- Great Britain

Hate on the State: How British Libraries Encourage Islamic Extremism (c2007), by James Brandon and Douglas Murray (PDF in the UK)

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Academic E-Books: Publishers, Librarians, and Users (West Lafayette, IN: Purdue University Press, c2016), ed. by Suzanne M. Ward, Robert S. Freeman, and Judith M. Nixon (PDF at Purdue)

Filed under: Book selection

A Measuring Rod to Test Text Books, and Reference Books, in Schools, Colleges and Libraries (published by the United Conferate Veterans, ca. 1919), by Mildred Lewis Rutherford (multiple formats at archive.org)
Réponse à une adresse de l'Assemblée législative de la province de Québec en date du onze du courant [ressource électronique] : priant Son Excellence le lieutenant gouverneur, de vouloir bien faire mettre devant la chambre un état du nombre de livres choisis .. ([S.l. : s.n.], 1872), by Louis Giard and Québec (Province). Département de l'instruction publique (page images at HathiTrust)
Book selection policies. ([Baltimore], 1963), by Enoch Pratt Free Library, Dorothy Sinclair, and Marion Emsley Hawes (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
Syllabus for the study of reading interests of children for use in connection with Library service 276. (New York : School of library service, Columbia university, ©1937), by Columbia University. School of Library Service and Alice Isabel Hazeltine (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
Army Library Service. (Washington : Morale Division, Adjutant General's Office, 1940), by United States. Army Library Service, United States. Army Library Service. List of new books, and United States. Adjutant-General's Office. Morale Division (page images at HathiTrust)
The fiction question in public libraries / (1904), by Ellen Mary Schaefer (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
Loose leaf outlines for a course in the choice and use of books. (Detroit, Mich. : Willard Co., [191-?]), by Florence May Hopkins (page images at HathiTrust)
Aids in book selection for secondary school libraries, (Washington : U.S. Govt. Print. Off., 1934), by Edith A. Lathrop (page images at HathiTrust)
Syllabus for the study of book selection for use in connection with Library service 271. (New York : School of library service, Columbia university, c1937), by Columbia University. School of Library Service and John Simeon Cleavinger (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
Tools of the trade; a selective list of booklists for children's reading. (Geneseo, N.Y., 1948), by C. Elta Van Norman (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
Aids to book selection. (Chicago, Ill. : American Library Association, 1942), by American Library Association (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
Three finding lists issued by the War Department Library. (Washington : G.P.O., 1903), by United States. War Department. Library, A. W. Greely, and James W. Cheney (page images at HathiTrust)
Book selection policies of the libraries of Stanford University / (Stanford, Calif., 1870), by Stanford University. Libraries and Peter A. Johnson, ed. by E. M. Grieder (page images at HathiTrust)
Book selection and acquisitions : policies and procedures / (Oklahoma City, Okla. : The Dept., 1969), by Oklahoma. Department of Libraries (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
Book selection in education for children and young adults. (Boston, F. W. Faxon Co., 1865), by Hannah Logasa (page images at HathiTrust)
Syllabus for the study of reading interests of children, for use in connection with Library service 276, (New York : School of Library Service, Columbia University, c1941), by Columbia University. School of Library Service and Alice Isabel Hazeltine (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
State Department Information Program -- Information Centers. : hearings before the United States Senate Committee on Government Operations, Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations, Eighty- Third Congress, first session. (Washington : U.S. G.P.O., 1953), by United States Senate Committee on Government Operations Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations (page images at HathiTrust)
Handbook for readers and students, intended as a help to individuals, associations, school districts and seminaries of learning, in the selection of works for reading, investigation, or professional study ... (New York, Harper & Brothers, 1863), by Alonzo Potter (page images at HathiTrust)
Weeding the library; suggestions for the guidance of librarians of small libraries. (Albany : The University of the state of New York press, 1937), by University of the State of New York. Library extension division (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
ENC collection development policy / (Columbus, OH (1929 Kenny Rd., Columbus 43210-1079) : Eisenhower National Clearinghouse for Mathematics and Science Education, [1996]), by John S. Monk and Eisenhower National Clearinghouse for Mathematics and Science Education (page images at HathiTrust)
Milwaukee Public Library System book selection criteria / (Milwaukee : The Library ; Springfield, Va. : printed by National Technical Information Service, 1975), by Milwaukee Public Library (page images at HathiTrust)
Library collection development policy / (Beltsville, Md. : The Library, 1977), by National Agricultural Library (U.S.) (page images at HathiTrust)
Acquisitions and book selection policies of the New Hampshire State Library / ([Concord, N.H.? : The Commission, 1961]), by New Hampshire State Library and New Hampshire State Library Commission (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
New aids for readers : books weighed and compared by experts. ([Chicago, 1893]), by George Iles (page images at HathiTrust)
Ports of a thousand romances. ([New York?, 1923?]), by Fanny Butcher (page images at HathiTrust)
Some of the recent and current aids to book selection. (Newark, New Jersey Library Association, 1905), by Beatrice Winser (page images at HathiTrust)
The new novel problem and its solution. (London, 1899), by Frederick Morgan Crunden (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
Syllabus for the study of book selection for use in connection with Library service 271. (New York : School of library service, Columbia university, c1946), by Columbia University. School of Library Service and John Simeon Cleavinger (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
Report of the Committee on the Teaching of Book Selection in the Member Schools. (Seattle, Wash., 1925), by Association of American Library Schools. Committee on the Teaching of Book Selection in the Member Schools (page images at HathiTrust)
Syllabus for the study of reading interests of children for use in connection with Library service 276, (New York : School of Library Service, Columbia University, c1936), by Columbia University. School of Library Service and Alice Isabel Hazeltine (page images at HathiTrust)
Book selection policies of the Boys and Girls Department. ([Pittsburgh], 1951), by Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh (page images at HathiTrust)
General policy of reviewing and selecting children's books, adopted December 21, 1932. ([New York : The Library, 1932]), by New York (N.Y.). Queens Borough Public Library (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
Collection analysis in research libraries : an interim report on a self-study process. (Washington : Association of Research Libraries, Office of University Library Management Studies, 1978), by Association of Research Libraries. Office of University Library Management Studies (page images at HathiTrust)
Book selection policy. ([Dayton] Dayton & Montgomery County Public Library, 1960), by Dayton and Montgomery County Public Library (page images at HathiTrust)
[SPEC kit on collection development organization]. ([Washington, D.C.] : [Systems and Procedures Exchange Center], [1974]), by Andrea. Detailed analysis of SPEC survey on collection development activities in ARL libraries Burgard, Systems and Procedures Exchange Center, and Association of Research Libraries. University Library Management Studies Office (page images at HathiTrust)
A manual of book selection for the librarian and book-lover / (London : Grafton and Co., 1920), by Reginald Gordon Williams (page images at HathiTrust)
Book selection : preprint of Manual of library economy, chapter XVI / (Chicago : American Library Association, 1930), by Elva Lucile Bascom and American Library Association (page images at HathiTrust)
Acquisition and book selection policies of the New Hampshire State Library. ([Concord?, 1961?]), by New Hampshire State Library, Philip A. Hazelton, and New Hampshire. State Library Commission (page images at HathiTrust)
Selection and acquisition : policies and principles. (Jefferson City, Mo. : Missouri State Library, 1974), by Missouri State Library (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
Materials selection policy. (Tulsa, Okla. : Tulsa City-County Library System, 1973), by Tulsa City-County Library Commission (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
Acquisitions code (Los Angeles, 1947), by Los Angeles. Library University of California and Robert Vosper (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
Building library collections, (New York, Scarecrow Press, 1959), by Mary Duncan Carter and Wallace John Bonk (page images at HathiTrust)
Collection development policies. (Washington : Systems and Procedures Exchange Center, 1977), by Association of Research Libraries. Systems and Procedures Exchange Center (page images at HathiTrust)
Collection development manual of the National Library of Medicine / (Bethesda, Md. : U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services, Public Health Service, National Institutes of Health, 1985), by National Library of Medicine (U.S.). Technical Services Division (page images at HathiTrust)
Bookmobile book selection : [for the Ann Arbor Public Library] / (1956), by Patrick R. Penland and University of Michigan. Department of Library Science (page images at HathiTrust)
Building and organizing the library's collection : long range plan / ([S.l.] : U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services. Public Health Service, National Institutes of Health, 1986), by National Library of Medicine (U.S.) Panel 1 (page images at HathiTrust)
Collection development manual of the National Library of Medicine / (Bethesda, Md. (8600 Rockville Pike, Bethesda 20894) : U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services, Public Health Service, National Institutes of Health, National Library of Medicine, 1993), by National Library of Medicine (U.S.) and Duane Arenales (page images at HathiTrust)
A list of bibliographies useful in developing central library collections. (Albany, University of the State of New York, State Education Dept., New York State Library, Library Extension Division, 1963), by Dorothy S. Truesdale and New York. State Library Division of Library Extension (page images at HathiTrust)
Book selection handbook for elementary and secondary school. (Boston, F.W. Faxon Co., 1953), by Hannah Logasa (page images at HathiTrust)
Book selection policies and procedures. ([Baltimore], 1950-), by Enoch Pratt Free Library, Elizabeth H. Gross, Dorothy Sinclair, and Marion Emsley Hawes (page images at HathiTrust)
Care of the book collection, a manual of suggestions: weeding, mending, binding, discarding. (Albany, University of the State of New York Press, 1949), by New York State Library. Library Extension Division and New York (State) Library Extension Division. Weeding the library (page images at HathiTrust)
Acquisitions policies of the D.H. Hill Library, N.C. State College of Agriculture and Engineering. (Raleigh, 1962), by D.H. Hill Library (page images at HathiTrust)
Acquisition and weeding policy, Department Library. ([Washington], 1964), by United States. Department of the Interior. Library and H. Holzbauer (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
Book selection policies. ([Baltimore], 1961), by Enoch Pratt Free Library and Marion Emsley Hawes, ed. by Dorothy Sinclair (page images at HathiTrust)
The selection and acquisition of books for libraries, (Chicago, American library association, 1928), by Francis K. W. Drury and American Library Association (page images at HathiTrust)
Library economics CLE 2: Book selection in the school library; a home study course. ([Manhattan, 1956?]), by Kansas State University. Dept. of Home Study and Community Services (page images at HathiTrust)
National libraries and foreign scholarship. (Chicago, Ill., The University of Chicago press, [1936]), by Douglas Waples and Harold D. Lasswell (page images at HathiTrust)
The seminars on the Acquisition of Latin American Library Materials : a seven year report, 1956 to 1962 / (Washington : Pan-American Union, 1962), by Marietta Daniels Shepard (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
Book selection / (Chicago : American Library Association Publishing Board, 1915), by Elva L. Bascom and American Library Association (page images at HathiTrust)
Library school teaching methods: courses in the selection of adult materials. (Urbana, University of Illinois, Graduate School of Library Science, [1969]), by University of Illinois Conference on Library School Teaching Methods: Courses in Selection of Adult Materials and University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Graduate School of Library Science, ed. by Larry Earl Bone (page images at HathiTrust)
Book selection, (Chicago, American Library Association, 1930), by Francis K. W. Drury and American Library Association (page images at HathiTrust)

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