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Review of "Crash Course in Collection Development," by Wayne Disher

It is clear that Johnson spent most of her career in academic libraries, making this book useful to all collections librarians, but especially useful to academic librarians. While Johnson claims that scholarly communication should be a concern of all librarians, the chapter on the topic does not provide much actionable information for those working in non-academic environments, nor does it convincingly argue that the few ideas mentioned would be worth pursuit. The history, detail, and vocabulary of scholarly publishing and open access might lose an otherwise busy public, school, or special librarian. To be fair, the overemphasis of academic libraries only really occurs in the first and last chapters. The seven other chapters, as well as the appendices, do make up for this relatively insignificant fault. For academic librarians, however, this is an engaging and detailed section that provides a holistic view of the environment and marketplace of research literature with several key concepts and initiatives that all professionals with collections, acquisitions, liaison, or administrative responsibilities need to know. In the last five years, librarians have grappled with an increasing need for weeding and consolidating collections to create space for innovative programming, new models for integrating patron-driven acquisitions and other just-in-time collection development, closer scrutiny of budget lines and strategic plans, more cooperation between libraries and partner organizations to manage and preserve collections, and larger support for open access publishing and archiving. All of this has in one way or another been the result of technological advances made available to academic, public, school, and special libraries, justifying the need for an updated textbook to stay astride with these developments. Johnson’s newly revised edition follows the same structure as the second edition with new sources, supplemental reading lists that contain no references older than 2008, and all-new case studies. Johnson’s impressive attention to history, detailed summaries, and extensive suggested reading lists provide the context and foundation for any library student or early-career librarian to be well-supported for a career in collection management.