Alive and well: revisiting sable's "Death of Book Selection".(Arnold P. Sable)(Critical essay)

Library Philosophy and Practice | February 1, 2009| | Copyright

Introduction

In his paper, "The Dogma of Book-Selection in University Libraries" Thompson (1960) argued that book selection is "a basic and abiding aspect of the administration of all types of Libraries". For academic Libraries particularly he specified some basic facts which include:

* That no one person is competent to select individual titles on a broad general basis;

* The volume of publication to handle is so much that there has to be some selection.

* There is no library that has all the funds, personnel, and space to be able to ...

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