American psycho: A collection management survey in Canadian public libraries |
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| Institution: | 1. College of Management and Economics, Tianjin University, PR China;2. School of Information Technologies, The University of Sydney, Australia;1. State Key Laboratory of Mechanics and Control of Mechanical Structures, Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Yudao Street 29, Nanjing, Jiangsu 210016, China;2. Key Laboratory of Unsteady Aerodynamics and Flow Control, Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Yudao Street 29, Nanjing, Jiangsu 210016, China;3. Department of Aerodynamics, Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Yudao Street 29, Nanjing, Jiangsu 210016, China;4. China Academy of Launch Vehicle Technology, Nandahongmen Street 1, Beijing 100076, China;1. School of Management, The Key Lab of the Ministry of Education for Process Control and Efficiency Engineering, Xi’an Jiaotong University, Xi’an 710049, Shaanxi, PR China;2. The Joseph M. Katz Graduate School of Business, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 15260, USA;1. School of Chemistry & Environment, South China Normal University, Guangzhou 510006, China;2. Sirio Pharma Co., Ltd Shantou 515041, China |
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| Abstract: | A survey of issues associated with the collection management of American Psycho in Canadian public libraries reveals that selection and circulation of controversial titles remains a difficult task for many librarians. Book reviews, articles in magazines and newspapers, and presence or absence of patron requests were important factors in both positive and negative purchase decisions. Large libraries were more likely than small or medium-sized ones to acquire the title, and very few complaints about the book were received from patrons. Librarians attempted to manage the interplay of the forces of quality, demand, media attention, community needs, and intellectual freedom when deciding whether to order American Psycho and how to circulate it in the collection. |
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