Written materials have been collected since ancient times, but other than as an expression of power, and the desire to centralise knowledge, as in the great Library at Alexandria, the bases of ancient selection decisions are unknown. Over time, selection criteria emerged (Johnson, 2018, p.3). For 21st century libraries, the need for selection criteria is […]
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Library collection: balance and access
Recently I have been working casually in the school library of a Sydney high school. I was struck by the amount and quality of fiction books and the dearth of current physical non-fiction and digital resources. The library was narrowly focused on the promotion of recreational reading of a permanent physical collection. There was no […]