Collection development in the field of communication studies

Abstract

The area of communication with its multistrand, interdisciplinary webbing presents a challenge to the bibliographer seeking to develop a collection. Describes a project at the University of Alabama in which a subject‐special policy was written to address the complex issues involved in collection, the format selected for use and the collegial working relationship between representatives from the College of Communication and the university subject bibliographer. Details the outcome of this investigation along with a description of the policy which outlines parameters for six fields of study — advertising, public relations, telecommunication, film, speech communication, and journalism.

Collaborative collection building of electronic resources: a business faculty/librarian partnership

“…There have also been studies examining faculty participation in collection development within certain disciplines. For example, Power and Pavy (1995) studied faculty involvement in collection development within the field of communications. While many articles focus on faculty input for print or other physical materials, there is a growing body of literature on the collection development of electronic resources.…”