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Collection Development Bibliography:  A Sampling

Compiled by Carrie Turner, October 2004.

 

Books and Articles

 

American Library Association.  Guide to written collection policy statements. 2nd ed. Chicago:  American Library Association, 1996. (available on netLibrary)

 

Baker, Carolyn.  “Special collections at Beatrice Public Library” in Nebraska Library Association Quarterly, Winter 2000, p. 57-63. www.nol.org/home/NLA/nlaquarterly/2000-4-Baker.html

 

Baker, Sharon L. & Karen L. Wallace.  The responsive public library:  how to develop and market a winning collection. Second edition.  Englewood, CO:  Libraries Unlimited, 2002.

 

Bromann, Jennifer.  “Too many journals, too little time” in School Library Journal, Sept., 2001.

 

Ciraulo, Vita.  “Suggestions for developing a Spanish language starter collection” in nsls.info weekly e-newsletter, June 6, 2003. http://www.nsls.info/about/nslsinfo/articles/reforma_column_603.html

 

Gillespie, John T. & Ralph J. Folcarelli.  Guides to collection development for children and young adults.  Englewood, CO:  Libraries Unlimited, 1998.

 

Herald, Diana Tixier.  Genreflecting:  a guide to reading interests in genre fiction.  Fifth edition.  Englewood, CO:  Libraries Unlimited, 2000.

 

Herald, Diana Tixier.  Teen genreflecting:  a guide to reading interests.  2nd ed. Englewood, CO:  Libraries Unlimited, 2003.

 

Office of Intellectual Freedom, American Library Association.  Intellectual Freedom Manual.  6th ed. Chicago:  American Library Association, 2002.

 

Sullivan, Michael.  Connecting boys to books: what libraries can do.  Chicago:  American Library Association, 2003.

 

Sullivan, Michael.  “Giving Them What They Want in Small Public Libraries.” in Public Libraries, May/June 2000.

 

A Sampling of Online Resources

 

Author Sites – use www.google.com, www.yahoo.com or Novelist (POWER Library) to search on author’s name.

 

Awards & Bestsellers

Book awards list  www.literature-awards.com/bookawards.htm

Book Sense bestsellers (independent bookstores) www.bookweb.org/booksense/bestsellers/ 

Children’s book awards  http://www.acs.ucalgary.ca/~dkbrown/awards.html

National Book Awards  www.nationalbook.org/nba.html

New York Times bestsellers lists  www.nytimes.com/pages/books/bestseller/

Publisher’s Weekly bestsellers lists  www.publishersweekly.com

USA Today bestsellers lists  http://asp.usatoday.com/life/books/booksdatabase/default.aspx

Yahoo list   http://dir.yahoo.com/Arts/Humanities/Literature/Awards/

 

Book Related Sites

 

Genre Sites

-http://www.noflyingnotights.com/ 

  • Science Fiction & Fantasy

www.sff.net/people/dherald/resources2.htm www.sflovers.org/SFRG/ , www.scifan.com    

 

Jobber/Vendor Resources

 

Library Website Resources

 

 

Media Promotion

 

Professional Resources/Reviews

 

Publishing Industry Resources

 

Research and Statistics/Trends

 

 

 

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