Collection Management
Impact Factor & Key Scientometrics

I. Basic Journal Info

Country

United States

Journal ISSN: 01462679, 15452549

Publisher: Routledge

History: 1976, 1978-1979, 1981-1999, 2001-2021

Journal Hompage: Link

How to Get Published:

Research Categories

Scope/Description:

Collection Management is the essential refereed quarterly journal that presents practical researchbased information about building administering preserving assessing and organizing library collections. The journal offers library professionals of all types crucial guidance in the fastchanging field of collection management including the latest developments in sharing and providing access to resources creating digital collections preserving both traditional and digital library resources applying technological developments to managing collections training and developing staff and managing and analyzing the administrative data associated with building collections such as usage licensing or rights access and financial issues.Digital collections are the future for most libraries. Collection Management explores the future and emerging trends in the field and provides reviews of relevant books technological resources and software. This useful resource examines technological advances that help librarians manage and assess collections such as electronic resource management modules utilities that provide journal coverage data and developments in the preservation of library materials. Occasionally the journal also offers thematic issues that focus on specific issues developing in the field. This wideranging journal actively seeks articles that help library professionals understand how collection assessment tools and methods can help them improve their overall resource management and planning for the future including how to effectively use staff facilities and computing resources.