The Library of Babel: Making Sense of Collection Management in a Postmodern World

The postmodern world is characterized, in part, by the blurring of boundaries, diminishing hierarchy and control, and non-linear thinking. These characteristics challenge and redefine how collections are managed now and in the future. This paper focuses on learning outcomes, collection assessment, a...

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Published in:The Journal of academic librarianship 2005-03, Vol.31 (2), p.143-150
Main Authors: Bodi, Sonia, Maier-O'Shea, Katie
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Academic libraries
Acquisition and access: development policy, licenses, censorship
Budgets
Collection development
Collection management
College Libraries
Exact sciences and technology
Information and communication sciences
Information science. Documentation
Information service management
Liberal Arts
Library and documentation centre management
Library Services
Management
Postmodernism
Sciences and techniques of general use
USA
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Summary:The postmodern world is characterized, in part, by the blurring of boundaries, diminishing hierarchy and control, and non-linear thinking. These characteristics challenge and redefine how collections are managed now and in the future. This paper focuses on learning outcomes, collection assessment, and holistic budgeting in liberal arts college libraries.
ISSN:0099-1333
1879-1999
DOI:10.1016/j.acalib.2004.12.009