Contribution to Book
Care and Tending of the Garden: the Collection Management Policy as Gardening Manual
Collection Development in Theological Libraries
(2022)
Abstract
Ranganathan's fifth law of library science, "the library is a growing organism", encourages the use of a garden as a metaphor for library collections. Gardens, like library collections, are in a perpetual state of change and adjustment. They are never finished and need constant and consistent tending in order to thrive and benefit their users. This chapter envisions the Collection Management Policy as a gardening manual that guides the library director as they tend the library's collections.
Keywords
- collection management,
- collection development
Disciplines
Publication Date
July 28, 2022
Editor
Carisse Berryhill
Publisher
Atla
Series
The Theological Librarian's Handbook
DOI
https://doi.org/10.31046/atlaopenpress.89
Citation Information
Leslie A Engelson. "Care and Tending of the Garden: the Collection Management Policy as Gardening Manual" ChicagoCollection Development in Theological Libraries Vol. 3 (2022) p. 13 - 24 Available at: http://works.bepress.com/leslie-engelson/21/
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