Contains approximately 2,000 citations to books, periodical articles, theses, and scholarly papers in English. A comprehensive guide to literature. Useful to all librarians interested in strengthening their collection development operation, policies and procedures.

Includes index.

Collection development: comprehensive bibliography on collection development -- Collection evaluation: comprehensive bibliography on collection evaluation -- Comprehensive bibliography on acquisitions -- Examples of collection development policies -- National guidelines and standards regarding collection development and collection evaluation -- Glossary of terms associated with collection development and library telecommunications for networking and resource sharing.