Encyclopaedia Of Library Book Selection

The service rendered to a college by its library depends in no small part upon the adequacy of its book collection, art d this in turn is dependent upon the policy of selection and acquisition. No single evaluative procedure available is entirely satisfactory, but combination of several may be expected to produce a picture of the adequacy of the collection which is useful and consistent. The most common measurement of adequacy is to check the library's holdings against standard lists of recommen