The Kovacs Guide to Electronic Library Collection Development: Essential Core Subject Collections, Selection Criteria, and Guidelines. 2nd ed

The Special Collections Handbook. 2nd ed

Building an Electronic Resource Collection: A Practical Guide (2nd edition)

Reconfiguring control in library collection development: A conceptual framework for assessing the shift toward electronic collections

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Library Economic Metrics: Examples of the Comparison of Electronic and Print Journal Collections and Collection Services

This article deals with a framework of library economic metrics including service input and output, performance, usage, effectiveness, outcomes, impact, and cost and benefit comparisons. Examples of these measures are given for comparison of library electronic and print collections and collection services based on a recent cost finding study at Drexel University where the library has converted ...

Hybridity, Mutability, Multiplicity: Theorizing Electronic Library Collections

ANINCREASINGLY COMPLEX ARRAY OF ELECTRONIC OBJECTS is challenging conventional categories and distinctions central to library organization. Extraordinary efforts are being made to integrate these hybrids and new forms into traditional library systems and to recreate the stability of the print environment. This article is an attempt to explore some of the conceptual and theoretical issues raised...