CONTENTS

Acknowledgments

Introduction

CHAPTER 1. The Basics

CHAPTER 2. Shelf by Shelf: 000, 100, 200

CHAPTER 3. Shelf by Shelf: 300s

CHAPTER 4. Shelf by Shelf: 400s and 500s

CHAPTER 5. Shelf by Shelf: 600s

CHAPTER 6. Shelf by Shelf: 700s

CHAPTER 7. Shelf by Shelf: 800s and Fiction

CHAPTER 8. Shelf by Shelf: 900s and Biography

CHAPTER 9. Other Areas of the Collection

CHAPTER 10. Special Considerations for Youth Collections

CHAPTER 11. Weeding Gone Wrong

CHAPTER 12. The Importance of a Collection Development Plan

APPENDIX. Annotated Sample Collection Development Plans

Suggested Reading

Index