I thought it was interesting the descriptions of the various libraries and what their focus is concerning collection development. I did not realize community colleges need more AV for their vocational programs than for their academic courses. I guess I never really thought about it but many of those vocational programs need those "How-to" videos.
It was also interesting reading about specialized libraries and how they have to get up-to-the-minute information for patrons. I would not have thought there would be so much differences in developing and maintaining collections in all of the various libraries mentioned in this chapter. I think it just illustrates that libraries--all of them--are important and serve a purpose in society. There are lots of administrators out there who believe otherwise with all of the layoffs, cutbacks, and shrinking budgets over the last few years across the nation.
The part about selection tools reminded me of the project we did in class. I had noticed the same thing about Library Journal--it seemed to focus mainly on fiction, which I thought was more for a public library and I was doing a middle school.
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