Use of collection development policies in electronic resource management
- 29 June 2012
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Emerald in Collection Building
- Vol. 31 (3), 108-114
- https://doi.org/10.1108/01604951211243506
Abstract
Purpose: Library resources evolve daily with ongoing expansion of electronic offerings by publishers and vendors. Collection development policies have long been employed to guide decision making and inform stakeholders, but how are these policies serving libraries and their users as our collections continue to move online? This paper aims to discuss the role of collection development polices, past and present, and the challenge of collections moving to an electronic format.Design/methodology/approach: The authors performed a content analysis to discover how academic libraries are addressing this change in collection development.Findings: The paper finds that virtually all libraries do an excellent job of addressing the traditional elements of collection development. About half of the libraries mentioned electronic licensing issues in the policy, but most of those were general statements.Originality/value: Although the library profession is well aware of the changes that electronic resources bring to libraries, there is not a lot of research on how collection development policies should guide electronic resource management. As shown in this research, it is often completely left out of the collection development policy process.Keywords
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