Overview of Issues in Contemporary Collection Development Julia Gelfand Applied Sciences & Engineering Librarian University of California, Irvine Libraries [email protected]A Presentation at the IFLA Acquisitions & Collection Development 2008 Mid-Year Meeting Guadalajara, Mexico March 13,2008
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Overview of Issues in Contemporary Collection Development
Julia GelfandApplied Sciences & Engineering LibrarianUniversity of California, Irvine [email protected]
A Presentation at the IFLA Acquisitions & Collection Development 2008 Mid-Year Meeting
• Most libraries, including academic, public, governmental, school and corporate libraries face challenges regarding a more digital environment. Merging the traditional print collections into a more blended and increasingly digital collection will impact the range of accompanying library services and both short and long term strategies for the selection, acquisition, dissemination, use and preservation of library materials.
• This presentation will examine those strategies and related issues with a focus on the collection development landscape and the decision-making that librarians must engage in with some conclusions about future gazing.
Focus on Academic Libraries
• However, all libraries are functioning in the e-realm, promoting digital access, collections and communications
• Collection development, like a spider, intersects with collection management, acquisitions, electronic resources, licensing, copyright, scholarly communications, preservation, instruction & reference, liaison & outreach
• .
Focus on scholarly publishing – major changes taking place with:• Courseware• Textbooks• Reference Works• Multimedia• Multiple formats• Shorter runs of print; multiple editions
By all indication, libraries are format agnostic.
From ownership to access• Publishing trends• Endangered monograph• Serialization • New forms of scholarly communication• Usage as an indicator of need• Value-added content and capabilities
User-Centered Libraries
• Meeting users’ needs.
• Competition between libraries and other consumer-oriented alternatives.
• Growing demand for value-added services.
Community Assessment
• Need for patron input and feedback concerning library satisfaction.
• Collections tailored to “just in time” rather than “just in case” scenarios.
User Behavior
• Changing readership habits.
• Increased demand for electronic data retrievable by means of remote handheld consumer products.
Libraries as Place• Establishing community.
• Transforming quiet places into collaborative environments.
• Café culture melded with the library experience.
• Reconfiguring space.
Library Users• Steven Abram – five major communities that
matter to libraries– neighborhoods– workplaces– entertainment/culture– learning – research
Three Conclusions1. All have a connection between people –
most critical
2. All can be improved & empowered with technological solutions aligned with users' profiles
3. new model of community development is emerging
Impact of the Google™ Effect• ease of use• ubiquity• 24/7• instant gratification• always find something• partnering with libraries
Collection Assessment & Evaluation
• Collection size & metrics• More collection-centered & client-centered• Data-intensive• Performance-based by function, ILL, etc• Mixed content in collection – adding free to
eJournals = digital libraries• Small is better – hand-held devices, phones• Mobile & remote preferred• Incorporating Web 2.0 features• New communication strategies• Treating new form of Grey Literature
Online Catalogs• Dinosaur status?• Federated search engines• is MARC obsolete• other metadata standards• Institutional & disciplinary repositories
Open Access
• Institutional & disciplinary repositories.
• Authors’ rights.
• Scholarly communication practices.
More abstract issues• Revise collection development policies• Interdisciplinarity• Globalization• Commercial influences• Economic realities• Fundraising
To the future – ongoing concerns• Analogies to real life.
– Energy independence. – Four pillars: Nano, Bio, IT, Neuro.– Globalization.– Multiculturalism and diversity.– Longevity – posterity perpetuity & preservation.– New & emerging disciplines. – Risk management.– Emerging world powers.– Environmental concerns. – Human rights & censorship. – New partnerships.