Collection
Development Manual 2005
Circulating
Collection Formats
Arts 700-799
Collection Goal: reduce collection size
of large format fine arts titles;
increase collection size of domestic
arts and crafts titles
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Major
Subclasses |
Collecting Guidelines |
Selection Sources |
Weeding Guidelines |
Action Items |
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Class as a whole |
Large and varied class
ranging from durable,
expensive art books to
rapidly changing subjects
like party planning and
sports Strong interest
in this area; keep up with
changing trends in music,
film, games and sports.
Buy for heavy student
use. |
Standard review sources
Popular media
Publisher catalogs
(Meredith, Better Homes
and Gardens, Sunset,
Betterway, Rockport)
Patron requests
Gifts |
See specific areas |
Major hands-on weed of
700s as our shelves are
bursting |
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Landscaping 710-719 |
Strong interest in
landscape design |
Gardening journals |
Keep items of historical
interest |
Recatalog
gardening titles to 600s |
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Architecture 720-729 |
Concentrate on home
building and design |
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Weed home building titles
after 10 yrs |
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Sculpture
Plastic Arts730-739 |
For general, not scholarly
audience
Sculpture, carvings,
paper folding, coins,
ceramics, metalwork,
jewelry |
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Weed carefully Demand
comes and goes |
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Drawing 740-744 |
Cartoons, caricatures,
comics, drawing technique,
graphic design (very
popular), illustration,
commercial art |
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Weed by condition. |
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Decorative Arts 745-749 |
Very popular area.
Need to keep fresh.
Antiques, industrial
design, crafts, toys,
calligraphy, floral arts,
weaving, needlecraft,
quilting, interior
decoration, furniture |
Craft magazines NEMB
Interior design
publishers: Chronicle,
Sterling, Putnam, Clarkson
Potter, Wiley, Rizzoli,
Abbeville, Morrow, Martha
Stewart, Taunton, Rockport |
Weed by condition Also
weed dated materials |
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Painting 750-759 |
Popular area with
increasing circulation.
Include titles on
materials, techniques,
watercolors, oils,
periods. |
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Prints 760-769 |
Small collection,
including baseball cards,
paper money. Lightly
used, buy accordingly |
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Photography 770-779 |
Include standard works, as
well as current titles.
Collect directories,
titles on techniques and
equipment, cameras,
photographs. |
Photography magazines |
Weed dated and shabby
materials |
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Music 780-789 |
Collect works on
classical, opera, jazz,
pop, rock, blues, folk,
country, new age, world.
Include some standard
sheet music for piano and
guitar. Collect
encyclopedias,
dictionaries, histories,
biographies, techniques,
song collections, books on
musical instruments. |
Popular media |
Weed by condition and
replace heavily used
items, especially popular
sheet music |
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Performing Arts 790-792 |
Collect works on movies,
TV, theater, acting,
ballet, circus, radio,
opera |
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Indoor Games 793-795 |
Collect books on games,
parties, showers, puzzles,
magic, chess, bowling,
games of chance, card
games |
Game magazines |
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Sports 796-799 |
Very popular. Needs
constant updating as
trends, teams, and methods
change rapidly. Collect
titles on individual
sports, team sports,
coaching, women's sports, olympic games, outdoor
life, camping, cycling,
martial arts, boating,
horsemanship, horse race
betting, fishing and
hunting. |
Sport magazines
Publishers catalogs
NEMB |
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