Making a Collection Count: A Holistic Approach to Library Collection Management (Chandos Information Professional Series) - Softcover

Über die Autorinnen und Autoren

Holly Hibner received an MLIS from Wayne State University in Detroit, Michigan in 1999. She is the Adult Services Coordinator at the Plymouth District Library in Plymouth, Michigan.

Mary Kelly received an MLIS from Wayne State University in 2002, and also has an MBA from Wayne State. Mary is an Adult Services Librarian at the Plymouth District Library.

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Making a Collection Count, 3e

A Holistic Approach to Library Collection Management

The third edition of Making a Collection Count: A Holistic Approach to Library Collection Management offers practical applications for collection librarians and managers who are practitioners in the field. It is more than just a theoretical discussion of collection quality and collection management because useful, realistic advice is offered.

This book has broad appeal to various library types: public, academic, school, and special. The works cited encompass libraries of all types from around the world. This book is also an approachable size that busy practitioners can find time and inspiration to read. As working librarians, we understand that self-guided professional development, such as reading books like these, can be daunting and set aside as lower priority. A smaller, more approachable writing style such as ours makes it a much more manageable endeavor.

• The third edition of Making a Collection Count takes on new topics important in collection management, such as expanded sections on inclusion, diversity, equity, and access.
• Many of the works cited have been updated to newer publications. World events such as the Covid-19 pandemic of 2020 (and ongoing), as well as new technology-based collections and streaming services available in libraries, have changed the way we approach collection development. Those issues have been explored in this new edition.
• Chapters have been expanded and rearranged, with a new chapter on library budgets.

Holly Hibner is the Adult Services Coordinator at the Plymouth District Library in Plymouth, Michigan. She received an MLIS from Wayne State University in Detroit, Michigan in 1999.

Mary Kelly is the Electronic Services and Emerging Technologies Librarian at the Plymouth District Library. She received an MLIS from Wayne State University in 2002 and also has an MBA from Wayne State.