The First of Its Kind: Collection Development Techniques for the Vasche Library's Modern Assyrian Heritage Collection

Library staff at the Vasche Library at California State University, Stanislaus used innovative collection development methods to identify potential acquisitions for the Vasche Library's Modern Assyrian Heritage Collection. They worked with a faculty subject expert and the donor, who provided th...

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Published inCollection management Vol. 48; no. 1; pp. 48 - 55
Main Author Zaghmouri, Lena
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published New York Routledge 02.01.2023
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Subjects
Academic libraries
Collaboration
Collection development
inclusive library collections
open public access catalogs
specialized collections
United States > US
Stanislaus County California
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ISSN0146-2679
1545-2549
DOI10.1080/01462679.2022.2099331

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Summary:Library staff at the Vasche Library at California State University, Stanislaus used innovative collection development methods to identify potential acquisitions for the Vasche Library's Modern Assyrian Heritage Collection. They worked with a faculty subject expert and the donor, who provided the startup funds for the collection, to search the OPACs of university libraries that had substantial holdings in Modern Assyrian Studies. The potential acquisitions identified could grow the collection by 39%.
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ISSN:0146-2679
1545-2549
DOI:10.1080/01462679.2022.2099331