activities, suggested additional references, selected readings, and many other features that speak directly to students and library professionals, Gregory's Collection Development and Management for 21st Century Library Collections is a comprehensive handbook that also shares myriad insightful ideas and approaches valuable to experienced practitioners. This new second edition brings an already stellar text fully up to date, presenting top-to-bottom coverage of

• the impact of new technologies and developments on the discipline, including discussion of e-books, open access, globalization, self-publishing, and other trends;
• needs assessment, policies, and selection sources and processes;
• budgeting and fiscal management;
• collection assessment and evaluation;
• weeding, with special attention paid to electronic materials;
• collaborative collection development and resource sharing;
• marketing and outreach;
• self-censorship as a component of intellectual freedom, professional ethics, and other legal issues;
• diversity and ADA issues;
• preservation; and
• the future of the field.

Additional features include updated vendor lists, samples of a needs assessment report, a collection development policy, an approval plan, and an electronic materials license.