CONTENTS:- 1. Librarianship: a profession at a crossroad. 2. Collection development policies. 3. Selection process in practice. 4. Acquisitions. 5. Deselection. 6. Development of effective school library services. 7. Information management and collection development. 8. Developing information services. 9. Librarianship and culture: the contextual reality. 10. Librarianship and technology.