Handbuch Bestandsmanagement in Offentlichen Bibliotheken - 46

TheHandbook of Collection Management in Public Librariesoffers a comprehensive view of the subject. It illuminates current challenges in the book and media market, the rapid development of the internet, and the increasing competition between new providers of information and media, as well as current socio-political challenges which impose new demands on collection managements; for example demographic change, changing values in society and the growing competition for funding between public institutions.