Selecting materials for library collections / Audrey Fenner, editor.

"Co-published simultaneously as The acquisitions librarian, numbers 31/32, 2004."

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Dilemmas in balancing a university literature collection / David Isaacson -- Selection of music materials / Stephen Luttmann -- Selecting and acquiring art materials in the academic library : meeting the needs of the studio artist / Elizabeth A. Lorenzen -- Native American resources : a model for collection development / Rhonda Harris Taylor, Lotsee Patterson -- Selecting and acquiring library materials for Chinese studies in academic libraries / Karen T. Wei -- Routes to roots : acquiring genealogical and local history materials in a large Canadian public library / Arthur G.W. McClelland -- Building a dental sciences collection in a general academic library / Eva Stowers, Gillian Galbraith -- Nursing : tools for the selection of library resources / Janet W. Owens -- Acquisitions for academic medical and health sciences librarians / Susan Suess -- Collection development in public health : a guide to selection tools / Lisa C. Wallis -- Selection in exercise, sport, and leisure / Mary Beth Allen -- Collection development in a maritime college library / Jane Brodsky Fitzpatrick -- Collecting the dismal science : a selective guide to economics information sources / Deborah Lee -- Collection development challenges for the 21st century academic librarian / Susan Herzog -- Crossing boundaries : selecting for research, professional development, and consumer education in an interdisciplinary field, the case of mental health / Patricia Pettijohn -- Retrospective collection development : selecting a core collection for research in "new thought" / John T. Fenner, Audrey Fenner -- Stop the technology, I want to get off : tips and tricks for media selection and acquisition / Mary S. Laskowski -- The approval plan : selection aid, selection substitute / Audrey Fenner.