Overview of Collection Development

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Overview ofCollection

Development

(Evans & Saponaro, 2005; Johnson, 2009)


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Libraries and Books are twoof the 21st century

dinosaurs


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It has been suggested that

BOOKS and READING aresomething like horses...


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Transition of Library Collection

Clay Tablets (Library of Ur, 2850 B.C.)

Scrolls (Egyptian !apyr"s, #o$an %ell"$)


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Transition of Library Collection

Co&e'Boo

!rinte& boos

*icrofor$s, so"n& recor&ings,C+#-*s, %C+,+%+

Eboos


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Beliefs about Libraries

t is a p/ysical space

t is a collection of /at is &ee$e& to be i$portantinfor$ation $aterials

t organi1es t/ose $aterials an& proi&es assistancein t/eir "se

t preseres t/e $aterials for f"t"re "sers


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Who knows this book and the author?


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Roles of Libraries in the

Information Age !art of t/e infor$ation /ig/ay t/at connects

people to t/e orl& of nole&ge

3o"se for ne nole&ge in &ifferent for$ats

Thus, libraries have changed and adaptedover time, but their basic functions haveremained constant


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Where doesCOLLECTION DEELO!"ENT

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CollectionDevelopment

Collection

Management


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Collection Deelo!ment "CD#

Boo selection an& ac4"isition, collection$aintenance, collection b"il&ing

&entifying t/e strengt/s an& eanesses of a

librarys $aterial collection in ter$s of patron nee&san& co$$"nity reso"rces, an& atte$pting to correcte'isting eanesses

*eeting t/e infor$ation nee&s of t/e people in ati$ely an& econo$ical $anner "sing infor$ationreso"rces locally /el& as ell as fro$ ot/erorgani1ations


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Collection Deelo!ment "CD#

6 broa&base& actiity enco$passing all t/e aspectsof collection &eelop$ent incl"&ing ot/er iss"ess"c/ as preseration, legal concerns, access, an&reso"rce s/aring (Eans pp. 7077)

Syste$atic $anage$ent of t/e planning,co$position, f"n&ing, eal"ation an& "se of librarycollections oer e'ten&e& perio&s of ti$e to $eetspecific obecties (9enins an& *orley)


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Information Transfer Work

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Collection Deelo!ment $ $ $ Library $ $ $Community


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%acts about Collection Deelo!ment

Collection +eelop$ent is a "niersal process forall types of libraries

6s t/e si1e of t/e serice co$$"nity increases, t/e

&egree of &iergence in in&ii&"al infor$ationnee&s increases

6s t/e &egree of &iergence in in&ii&"alinfor$ation nee&s increases, t/e nee& for reso"rces/aring increases

t ill neer be possible to satisfy 6LL of t/einfor$ation nee&s of any in&ii&"al or gro"ps ofclientele in a serice co$$"nity


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&eneral 'rinci!les ofCollection Deelo!ment

:eare& pri$arily to i&entifie& nee& rat/er t/anabstract stan&ar&s

*"st be responsie to t/e total co$$"nity;s nee&s

S/o"l& be carrie& o"t it/ co$plete nole&ge of,an& participation on cooperatie progra$s

S/o"l& consi&er all infor$ation for$ats


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%actors Affecting CollectionDeelo!ment

Library;s str"ct"re an& organi1ation

!ro&"ction an& &istrib"tion of infor$ation $aterials

!resence of ot/er libraries in t/e area


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Challenges of Collection Deelo!ment


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(ummary

C+ s/o"l& be geare& pri$arily to i&entifie& nee&s($ay be long ter$ or s/ort ter$)

C+ to be effectie $"st be responsie to t/e total

co$$"nity;s nee& C+ s/o"l& consi&er all infor$ation for$ats

C+ ill alays be s"bectie

C+ is learne& t/ro"g/ practice, taing riss an&learning fro$ $istaes.

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