THE KOVACS GUIDE TO ELECTRONIC LIBRARY COLLECTION DEVELOPMENT

摘要

The most dramatic change in library collections in the past 20 years has been the demise of the print reference collection in favor of e-resources. Those massive reference collections of books and periodicals have withered away into shadows of their former selves as electronic versions became available, allowing libraries to free up much needed resources for other uses. The problem for those tasked with developing a reference collection increasingly dominated by e-resources is finding the professional tools needed evaluate these resources. The second edition of The Kovacs Guide to Electronic Library Collection Development by Diane Kovacs provides a handy guide to those tools necessary to make informed decisions on useful e-resources in a time of tight budgets.