Textbooks in academic libraries : selection, circulation, and assessment /

"Shortly after the syllabi are posted, and long before the beginning of the term, interlibrary loan departments at academic libraries will have filled or rejected innumerable textbook requests. While it would be unwise if not impossible to buy and circulate every textbook at a college or univer...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Other Authors: Diaz, Chris, 1988- (Editor)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Chicago : ALA Editions, an imprint of the American Library Association, 2017.
Series:ALCTS monograph.
Subjects:
Academic libraries > Collection development.
Libraries > Special collections > College textbooks.
Academic libraries > Reserve collections.
Academic libraries > Circulation and loans.
College textbooks > Prices > United States.
Academic libraries > United States > Case studies.
Bibliothèques universitaires > Développement des collections.
Bibliothèques > Fonds spéciaux > Manuels d'enseignement supérieur.
Bibliothèques universitaires > Réserves de consultation.
Bibliothèques universitaires > Prêt.
Manuels d'enseignement supérieur > Prix > États-Unis.
Bibliothèques universitaires > États-Unis > Études de cas.
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES > Library & Information Science > General.
Libraries > Special collections > College textbooks
Academic libraries
Academic libraries > Circulation and loans
Academic libraries > Collection development
Academic libraries > Reserve collections
United States
Case studies
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Basically everything I need, I know the library has it : a case study of SUNY Canton's textbook program / by Rachel A. Koenig & Cori Wilhelm
  • Access and affordability : the textbook conundrum / by Peggy Seiden and Amy McColl
  • The good and the bad : implementing a textbook reserve program / by Renee Le Beau-Ford and Joanna Ewing
  • A student-funded textbook reserve program / by Joanna Duy, Kirsten Huhn, and Dubravka Kapa
  • Building a STEM collection of undergraduate textbooks / by Pattie Piotrowski and Christine McClure
  • Evolution of a textbook circulation program : outcomes of demand-driven versus strategic selection policies / by Posie Aargaard and Jan H. Kemp
  • Can hard-copy textbooks on library reserve help address the textbook dilemma? / by Feng-Ru Sheu, Kay Downey, and Tom Klingler
  • Walking the tightrope : balancing students' desire for textbooks and the library budget / by Rhonda Glazier and Carla Myers
  • General education : ten years of textbooks at the Ohio State University Libraries / by Aaron Olivera.

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