Journal Guide

The management and development of library collections is constantly evolving. Collection Management is the essential refereed quarterly journal that presents practical, research-based information about building, administering, preserving, assessing, and organizing library collections. The journal offers library professionals of all types crucial guidance in the fast-changing field of collection management, including the latest developments in sharing and providing access to resources, creating digital collections, preserving both traditional and digital library resources, applying technological developments to managing collections, training and developing staff, and managing and analyzing the administrative data associated with building collections, such as usage, licensing or rights, access, and financial issues. Digital collections are the future for most libraries. Collection Management explores the future and emerging trends in the field, and provides reviews of relevant books, technological resources, and software. This useful resource examines technological advances that help librarians manage and assess collections, such as electronic resource management modules, utilities that provide journal coverage data, and developments in the preservation of library materials. Occasionally the journal also offers thematic issues that focus on specific issues developing in the field. This wide-ranging journal actively seeks articles that help library professionals understand how collection assessment tools and methods can help them improve their overall resource management and planning for the future, including how to effectively use staff, facilities, and computing resources. Some of the other core topics Collection Management regularly examines are: digital collection management meeting staffing and training challenges management for special collections and archive data management concerns risk and financial issues and strategies consortial and cooperative collections assessment tools and methods decision making in the face of access vs. ownership collection development focused on international and area studies the latest collection of management tools and much more! Collection Management is an essential resource for librarians and information specialists working in access services, interlibrary loan, and special collections; library administrators and educators; archivists, curators, bibliographers, academics, students, and publishers who work with libraries.Peer Review Policy: All articles in Collection Management have undergone initial editorial screening and anonymous double-blind review. Publication office: Taylor & Francis, Inc., 325 Chestnut Street, Suite 800, Philadelphia, PA 19106.

Collection and Curation provides well-researched and authoritative information on the rapidly-changing conceptions of what collection development is in libraries, archives, museums and galleries. Also its purpose, practice and issues arising

College & Undergraduate Libraries enables libraries serving primarily undergraduate students to enhance the range of services, resources, and facilities offered to their constituents while also contributing to staff professional development. Whether focusing on public services, technical services, management, or technology, the journal highlights the fact that undergraduate libraries must collaborate with agencies both on and off campus in order to survive and thrive.In addition to numerous columns on current topics, typical contents include research-based articles, case studies, reports of best practices, an occasional literature review or product review, and opinion pieces. Submissions come from individual authors as well as co-authors, both domestic and international, and the editor welcomes manuscripts from first-time authors.Peer Review Policy: Full length articles in College & Undergraduate Libraries are subject to anonymous double-blind review. Column type submissions are reviewed by the editor, and in some cases, are subject to anonymous double blind review.Publication office: Taylor & Francis, Inc., 325 Chestnut Street, Suite 800, Philadelphia, PA 19106.

College & Research Libraries (C&RL)is the official scholarly research journal of the Association of College & Research Libraries, a division of the American Library Association, 50 East Huron St., Chicago, IL 60611. C&RL is published bimontly.

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