Selected as a 2025 Doody’s Core Title
Health Sciences Collection Management for the Twenty-First Century is intended for those with any level of experience in health sciences collection management. This book from the authoritative Medical Library Association starts with the context of health sciences publishing and covers the foundations of selection, budgeting, and management. It won’t tell new librarians what to buy but will give them background and criteria that should go into their selections. However, the focus of this book is not only on best practices but also on the big picture and the deeper changes in the field that affect decision making. Subjects not always covered in many collection development textbooks such marketing or accessibility are included because they are part of the larger collections landscape.
Chapter contributors bring their own perspectives to the topics. Stories of different libraries’ experiences bring interesting topics to the forefront in practical, specific, and timely detail. While whole books have been written that go into some of these topics more in depth on their own, the treatment of each topic here focuses on the unique perspective and concerns of the collection manager.
Edited by:
Susan K. Kendall
Imprint: Rowman & Littlefield
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions:
Height: 238mm,
Width: 158mm,
Spine: 28mm
Weight: 599g
ISBN: 9781442274211
ISBN 10: 1442274212
Series: Medical Library Association Books Series
Pages: 308
Publication Date: 15 January 2018
Audience:
Professional and scholarly
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Undergraduate
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active
Chapter 1: The Health Sciences Publishing Environment - T. Scott Plutchak One Library’s Story: Putting Together a Collection to Support a New Medical School - Elizabeth R. Lorbeer and Joseph A. Costello Chapter 2: Managing a health sciences collection - Susan E. Swogger One Library’s Story: Duke University Medical Center Librarians Learn to Embrace Weeding Projects - Emma Cryer Heet Chapter 3: Managing a Collections Budget - Steven W. Sowards and Joseph J. Harzbecker, Jr. One Library’s Story: Creating and Sustaining a Hospital Library Consortium for Purchasing Online Journals - Kathleen Strube Chapter 4: User-Oriented Collection Assessment - Linda A. Van Keuren One Library’s Story: All or Nothing: The University of California Walks Away from ClinicalKey - Sarah McClung, Rikke Sarah Ogawa, and Bruce Abbott Chapter 5: Collaborative collection management - Esther E. Carrigan, Nancy G. Buford, and Ana G. Ugaz One Library’s Story: Building a Texas-Sized Shared Print Repository - Esther E. Carrigan, Nancy G. Burford and Ana G. Ugaz Chapter 6: Discovery of the Health Sciences Collection - Susan K. Kendall One Library’s Story: Supporting a Reimagined Medical School Curriculum with Targeted Library Collections and Licenses - Iris Kovar-Gough Chapter 7: Usability and Accessibility for Health Sciences Collections - Jessica Shira Sender and Heidi M. Schroeder One Library’s Story: Developing Accessibility Procedures for Purchasing Materials at the Michigan State University Libraries - Heidi M. Schroeder Chapter 8: Data Considerations for Collection Development Policy and Practice - Lisa Federer Chapter 9: The Hunt of the Unicorn: Collection Development for Special Collections in Health Sciences Libraries - Stephen J. Greenberg Chapter 10: The Future of Health Sciences Collection Management - Susan K. Kendall
Susan K. Kendall, PhD., MS(LIS), is the coordinator for Health Sciences at the Michigan State University Libraries, East Lansing, Michigan. She has managed collections for the biological sciences for 15 years and coordinated collections for the health sciences for 11 years. She has served on the editorial board of the journals, Collection Management, Journal of the Medical Library Association, and Biomedical Digital Libraries and has published several book chapters, articles, and reviews.
Reviews for Health Sciences Collection Management for the Twenty-First Century
This comprehensive overview will benefit both new and experienced librarians. All aspects are covered: selecting, budgeting, negotiating, assessment, collaborating, discovery, and cancelling. Interspersed case studies offer valuable real-world insights. Background information will be extremely useful for educating administrators. Highly recommended. -- Mark Funk, associate director for Resources Management (retired), Weill Cornell Medical Library
- Commended for Doody's Core Titles 2020 - Essential Purchase (United States).
- Commended for Doody's Core Titles 2022 - Essential Purchase.
- Commended for Doody’s Core Titles 2022 – Essential Purchase.
- Winner of Doody's Core Titles 2020 - Essential Purchase.
- Winner of Doody’s Core Titles 2022 – Essential Purchase.
