Collection development in the digital age

This topical edited collection is cross-sectoral and international in scope, drawing together the perspectives of practitioners and academics at the forefront of modern collection development. They explore how practitioners can take an active role influencing strategy in this new environment, draw on case studies that illustrate the key changes in context, and consider how collection development might evolve in the future.

The collection is divided into four sections looking at the key themes:

The conceptual framework including a review of the literature Trends in library supply such as outsourcing and managing suppliers Trends in electronic resources including the open access movement and e-books Making and keeping your collection effectively including engaging with the user-community and developing commercial skills.

Readership : LIS students and all practitioners involved in collection development and management in academic, school, public, commercial and other special libraries.

• Foreword p. vii Liz Chapman
• Contributors p. ix
• Introduction p. xv Audrey Marshall and Maggie Fieldhouse
• Part 1 The concept and practice of collection development p. 1
• 1 The concept of collection development in the digital world p. 3 Sheila Corrall
• 2 The processes of collection management p. 27 Maggie Fieldhouse
• Part 2 Trends in the development of e-resources p. 45
• 3 An overview of e-resources in UK further and higher education p. 47 David House
• 4 Supporting online collections: the role of online journals in a university collection p. 59 Jane Harvell
• 5 Electronic books in academic libraries: a case study in Liverpool, UK p. 71 Terry Bucknell
• 6 E-book collection development in public libraries: a case study of the Essex experience p. 83 Martin Palmer
• 7 Stewardship and curation in a digital world p. 93 Bradley Daigle
• Part 3 Trends in library supply p. 109
• 8 Managing suppliers for collection development: the UK higher education perspective p. 111 David Ball
• 9 Outsourcing in public libraries: placing collection management in the hands of a stranger? p. 125 Diana Edmonds
• 10 Open access p. 137 David Brown
• 11 Collection development and institutional repositories p. 149 Josh Brown
• Part 4 Making and keeping your collection effective p. 163
• 12 Collection development policies for the digital age p. 165 Wendy Shaw
• 13 Information literacy for the academic librarian in the digital information age: supporting users to make effective use of the collection p. 181 Tracy Mitrano and Karrie Peterson
• 14 Supporting users to make effective use of the collection p. 197 Ruth Stubbings
• 15 Engaging with the user community to make your collection work effectively: a case study of a partnership-based, multi-campus UK medical school p. 211 Jil Fairclough
• Index p. 223