Preface / Alison Bunting -- Introduction / Daniel T. Richards and Dottie Eakin -- 1. The Context for Collection Development in Health Sciences Libraries -- 2. Roles and Relationships in Collection Development -- 3. Education and Training for Collection Development -- 4. Policies and Criteria -- 5. Selection: Journals and Books -- 6. Selection: Electronic Resources -- 7. Selection in Special Settings -- 8. Budgeting for Collection Development -- 9. Collection Assessment -- 10. Cooperative Collection Development -- 11. Preservation -- 12. Research Questions and Future Issues in Collection Development -- App. A. Examples from Collection Development Policies -- App. B. Representative Special Setting Collection Development Policies
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Includes bibliographical references (pages [319]-323) and index
