Cooperative Collection Development: Significant Trends and Issues

by Donald B. Simpson (Editor)

Overview

This book, first published in 1998, examines formal cooperative collection development programs as well as nonformal agreements. It analyses the most effective mechanisms for establishing a cooperative collection agenda, including making the most economical use of library funds; inadequate delivery mechanisms; and the effects of the Internet on the expectations of library patrons and how interlibrary loans can help. It concludes that a library's collection development future may lie in providing financial subsidies to fund large storehouses of digital records.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780367369484
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	12/15/2021
Series:	Routledge Library Editions: Library and Information Science
Pages:	108
Product dimensions:	6.12(w) x 9.19(h) x (d)

About the Author

Donald B. Simpson

Table of Contents

1. Shifting Boundaries: Managing Research Library Collections at the Beginning of the Twenty-First Century Joseph J. Branin 2. Cooperative Collection Development: Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow Robert P. Holley 3. The Center for Research Libraries and Cooperative Collection Development: Partnerships in Progress Gay N. Dannelly 4. The Role of the Center for Research Libraries in the History and Future of Cooperative Collection Development Linda A. Naru 5. Cooperative Collection Management: Online Discussion Milton T. Wolf

Editorial Reviews

3 Stars from Doody

This book covers the history of cooperative collection development among research university libraries as well as trends and issues brought about by the electronic age. This book is meant to serve as a historical overview of cooperative collection development and as a springboard for discussion for the future. No actual purpose is stated in the preface. While it seems to be directed at the library staff of research universities, this book would be useful for library school students (for the history) and for library professionals venturing into cooperative collection development. Two chapters (""articles"") particularly stand out in this fairly short book. Chapter 2 provides a breakdown of the history and issues in the pre-Internet era, Internet era, and the future in an outline form. The editor's comments in this area were rather enlightening. Chapter 5 is an annotated online discussion that takes place among a select group of collection development librarians. This is a very interesting feature of this book. There are no references except at the end of Chapter 1, and the index is adequate. This book would be most helpful to the library school student or to those in the field looking to do some cooperative collection development (CCD). It provides the historical background (pre-Internet) and takes readers to today's electronic age. The online discussion chapter was most interesting, despite the selectivity of the participants. Although seemingly directed at those in large research/university libraries, these concepts and issues can apply to any type or size of library wishing to become involved in CCD. One caveat: if you subscribe to Collection Management, there is no need tobuy this in book form!

Cathryn M. Jordan

Five contributions address management of research library collections; the history, present, and future of cooperative collection development; The Center for Research Libraries (CRL) and its aims; the role of the CRL in the history and future of cooperative collection development; and an on-line discussion of cooperative collection management. Simultaneously co-published as v.23, no.4 1998. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknew.com)

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