Health Sciences Collection Management for the Twenty-First Century (eBook)

Susan K. Kendall, PhD., MS(LIS), is the coordinator for Health Sciences at the Michigan State University Libraries, East Lansing, Michigan. She has managed collections for the biological sciences for 15 years and coordinated collections for the health sciences for 11 years. She has served on the editorial board of the journals, Collection Management, Journal of the Medical Library Association, and Biomedical Digital Libraries and has published several book chapters, articles, and reviews.

Chapter 1: The Health Sciences Publishing Environment - T. Scott PlutchakOne Library’s Story: Putting Together a Collection to Support a New Medical School - Elizabeth R. Lorbeer and Joseph A. CostelloChapter 2: Managing a health sciences collection - Susan E. SwoggerOne Library’s Story: Duke University Medical Center Librarians Learn to Embrace Weeding Projects - Emma Cryer HeetChapter 3: Managing a Collections Budget - Steven W. Sowards and Joseph J. Harzbecker, Jr.One Library’s Story: Creating and Sustaining a Hospital Library Consortium for Purchasing Online Journals - Kathleen StrubeChapter 4: User-Oriented Collection Assessment - Linda A. Van KeurenOne Library’s Story: All or Nothing: The University of California Walks Away from ClinicalKey - Sarah McClung, Rikke Sarah Ogawa, and Bruce AbbottChapter 5: Collaborative collection management - Esther E. Carrigan, Nancy G. Buford, and Ana G. UgazOne Library’s Story: Building a Texas-Sized Shared Print Repository - Esther E. Carrigan, Nancy G. Burford and Ana G. Ugaz Chapter 6: Discovery of the Health Sciences Collection - Susan K. KendallOne Library’s Story: Supporting a Reimagined Medical School Curriculum with Targeted Library Collections and Licenses - Iris Kovar-GoughChapter 7: Usability and Accessibility for Health Sciences Collections - Jessica Shira Sender and Heidi M. SchroederOne Library’s Story: Developing Accessibility Procedures for Purchasing Materials at the Michigan State University Libraries - Heidi M. Schroeder Chapter 8: Data Considerations for Collection Development Policy and Practice - Lisa Federer Chapter 9: The Hunt of the Unicorn: Collection Development for Special Collections in Health Sciences Libraries - Stephen J. GreenbergChapter 10: The Future of Health Sciences Collection Management - Susan K. Kendall