Contemporary Issues in Collection Management

Reviewed by Mary Jordan, Librarian, St. Cloud Technical & Community College on 10/21/24

Comprehensiveness rating: 5 see less

Good coverage of topics that are important to collection management in a modern library. No index/glossary, but the individual chapters by different authors are sufficiently stand-alone that the material is findable.

Content Accuracy rating: 5

I did not find errors in coverage.

Relevance/Longevity rating: 5

Definitely relevant. I was surprised and impressed by the coverage of the topic - very comprehensive.

Clarity rating: 5

It does lean toward an academic tone, but that is appropriate for the intended audience. I thought it was clearly written and understandable.

Consistency rating: 5

Even considering each chapter is from a diffferent author(s), I think the tone was consistent across the entire book.

Modularity rating: 5

Definitely. Having each chapter authored by different people makes that easier; but the topics themselves would stand alone.

Organization/Structure/Flow rating: 5

There was a good flow to ideas.

Interface rating: 5

In the online and the PDF versions, there were occasional font size changes in the bibliography; but nothing outrageous.

Grammatical Errors rating: 5

I did not notice issues in this area.

Cultural Relevance rating: 5

It seemed to me that effort was being made to be culturally comprehensive - especially important when discussing this topic.

I was really impressed by this book, and plan to use it in some training!