Guides to Library Collection Development

Intended to enhance collection development in school public and college libraries this volume lists and annotates approximately 1500 significant bibliographies published from 1985 through 1993 with some earlier but still useful publications. Annotations indicate scope of the work size (often the number of entries) kinds of material included purpose arrangement nature of entries indexes special features and a recommendation. Author title and subject indexes provide easy access to the entries. With its deep and comprehensive coverage this work will help not only in the process of selecting and acquiring materials for the library but also in the process of identification of items for reference readers'' advisory interlibrary loan and collection evaluation.