Includes bibliographical references and index.

Forces shaping scholarly publishing / Robert W. Boissy -- The ghosts in the stacks : collection development practice past, present, and future in academic research libraries / Mark Sandler -- Who does what? : building relationships between technical and public services staff / Laurel Tarulli -- Evaluating subscription databases / Nadine Ellero and Juliet Rumble -- Perspectives on weeding in academic library collections / David A. Tyckoson -- Weeding the collection : perspectives from three public librarians / Merle Jacob, Sue O'Brien, and Bonnie Reid -- Education for collection development and management / John M. Budd -- Demand driven acquisitions : just-in-time / Robert Alan -- HAM : a hybrid acquisitions model for public libraries / Sian Brannon -- Beyond reviews : understanding the selection cycle in public library collection development / Neal Wyatt -- The big deal and the future of journal licensing in academic libraries / Jeff Carrroll -- Collection development between teaching mission and resource management : the case of Carleton College / Kathy Tezla and Victoria Morse -- Lease plans in academic libraries / Anne Behler -- Lease services as a collection development strategy / Kathleen Sullivan -- Self-publishing : does it belong in the collection? / James LaRue -- Ebooks in academic libraries / Michael Levine-Clark -- Ebook collection development in public libraries / Christopher Baker -- Streaming video / Deg Farrelly -- Cataloging for collection management / Linda R. Musser and Christopher H. Walker -- Do we need Dewey? : Anythink library in Colorado / Logan MacDonald -- Rethinking access to collections in the discovery age / Jody Condit Fagan and Meris A. Mandernach -- Consortia services in collection management / Kim Armstrong -- Floating collections : perspectives from an academic library / Karen Greever -- Floating collections : perspectives from a public librarian / Wendy Bartlett -- Beyond my people and thy people, or, The shared print collection imperative / Robert H. Kieft -- Thinking about collection development in special collections / Steven K. Galbraith -- Collaborative disaster networks / Thomas F. R. Clareson -- Digitization projects / L. Suzanne Kellerman -- Print and digital preservation / Jake Nadal.

"This collection of thought-provoking essays by visionary and innovative library practitioners covers theory, research, and best practices in collection development, examining how it has evolved, identifying how some librarians are creatively responding to these changes, and predicting what is coming next"-- Provided by publisher.