Women's Studies Section

Association of College & Research Libraries / American Library Association


COLLECTION DEVELOPMENT RESOURCES

 

This site, maintained by the ACRL Women's Studies Section Collection Development and Bibliography Committee, provides links to helpful collection development resources for women's and gender studies librarians.


Collection Building and Assessment

The following sites are developed and/or maintained by the ACRL Women's Studies Section Collection Development and Bibliography Committee.

Award Winning and Notable Titles

A collection of links to Web sites that describe award winning books in women's studies or provide lists of titles that are in other ways deemed notable.

Checklist to Evaluate Women's Studies Collections

A guide to elements that are important when evaluating a collection's strengths and weaknesses.

Collection Development in Women's Studies: A Bibliography

A brief bibliography of materials relating to issues of women's studies collection development. Topics include collection assessment, the history of women's studies serials, women's studies in the Library of Congress classification, and information access. Most works focus on women's studies librarianship within the United States.

Collection Development Policies

A collection of links to academic and research libraries collection development policies for Women's Studies available on the Web.

Core List of Journals in Women's Studies

Maintained by the ACRL Women's Studies Section’s Collection Development and Bibliography Committee, this annotated list includes selected titles which "...provide a foundation for study and research from a feminist perspective." The list provides a brief description of each journal, as well as bibliographic and indexing information. Titles are suitable for academic library collections.

Film & Video Resources

Offers resources to aid in the purchase and evaluation of films and videos.

Keeping Current with Women's Studies Scholarship

Presents resources useful for tracking topics women's studies scholars are discussing, recent publications, and current events in the field, including conferences.

Review Sources

Links to important sources for reviews (some full-text and some only excerpts) of women's studies books, with links to a few general-purpose book review Web sites.

Women's Studies Publishers

These lists are primarily women's studies small presses and include links to scholarly presses that publish in this area.  They are arranged alphabetically by publisher name and provide addresses, phone numbers, and URLs for Web sites when available.


Other WSS Sites

The following sites, developed and maintained by other Women's Studies Section committees, are also useful for collection development.

Women's Studies Core Books

Developed and maintained by members of the Association of College and Research Libraries' Women's Studies Section, this Web resource is a database of core book titles covering more than forty subject areas (such as, among others, feminist theory, lesbian studies, and transnational feminism). This resource is updated annually.

Electronic Resources Information and Assessment

Provides details about availability, scope, format, cost, and function of numerous women's studies journal databases and other electronic resources. Includes relevant links and citations for published reviews.

WSSLINKS

Provides selected links to women's studies Web pages in a variety of subject areas.

 

About this Page

Sections of this Web site were created and are maintained by members of the Collection Development Committee of the Women's Studies Section of the Association of College and Research Libraries.

Standard details that should appear at the bottom of each page include:

  • Author's name
  • Author's institutional affiliation
  • Author's e-mail address

Please send comments & questions to:
Sharon Ladenson
Chair, Women's Studies Section Collection Development Committee

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Last updated: June 15, 2008
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