AARL

International Yearbook of Library and Information Management 2000/2001: Collection Management

Edited by G E Gorman, London Library Association Publishing 2000 xvi + 448p ISBN 1856043665 £60.00

Reveiwer: Peter Clayton, University of Canberra

Abstract: Does the world really need another yearbook in our professional area? Before jumping to a premature conclusion, I suggest you have a look at this one. The topic is certainly timely: collections management is being transformed by the widespread availability of electronic data of all kinds, and while the underlying principles of selection and so forth continue, much of the professional literature in this area is now looking quite dated. Does the content of this particular yearbook reflect that change? Yes, throughout. There are chapters on 'The blurring of boundaries: digital information and its impact on collections management' (David Dorner), 'Electronic publications' (Thomas Leonhardt), 'Access to journal literature in the electronic era' (John Budd), 'Acquisitions: the emerging electronic paradigm' (Liz Chapman), and so on. Some of these names also answer another question about the competence, indeed eminence, of its authors.

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