Contents: Preface. 1. Collection development policies. 2. Selection process in practice. 3. Producers of information materials. 4. Cuyahoga County Public Library. 5. Virginia State Library Development Branch. 6. Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh. 7. New York State Library State Department of Education. 8. For Vancouver Regional Library. 9. Department of public libraries city of Virginia Beach. 10. Boise public library and information center. 11. Lancaster County Library. Index.

"A good librarian keeps in view the need of all the departments of the colleges and the universities and tries to purchase books for all the concerned departments. A good librarian tries to satisfy every section of the college and the university. A good librarian also needs to identify the needs of various departments and the colleges and the universities through personal discussion and through loans. This book dwells on all these aspects of acquisition and collection in the libraries. It is expected that the book will be of sufficient use to libraries and various heads of departments and government officers who are concerned with the development of libraries." (jacket)