Collection Development (Technical Services)

Collection Development Sites:

LibCopy Exchange LibCopy Exchange: Postings for library duplicate items. (Collection Development) http://www.libcopy.com/ Globe Publication Globe Publication: Subscription agency that provides a serial guides listing nearly 20,000 titles. (Collection Development) http://www.globepub.com Collection Development Training for Arizona Public Libraries Collection Development Training for Arizona Public Libraries: Tutorials cover collection development policies, needs assessment, selection criteria, acquisition of materials, weeding, censorship issues, collection assessment, preservation and repair, and donated materials. (Collection Development) http://www.lib.az.us/cdt/ A Tool Kit for Collection Development and Management Librarians A Tool Kit for Collection Development and Management Librarians: Includes resources relating to selection, acquisitions, collection management and preservation, electronic texts and websites, intellectual freedom, and related associations and conferences. Provided by Lockwood Memorial Library, State University of New (Collection Development) http://ublib.buffalo.edu/libraries/units/cts/acq/cd/ Rates of Participation by Faculty Book Selectors in a College Library Rates of Participation by Faculty Book Selectors in a College Library: Results of a study that traced how often classroom faculty at small academic institutions assisted in book buying for the library. (Collection Development) http://www.mlaforum.org/volumeI/issue1/rates.html ALA/ACRL Standards and Guidelines ALA/ACRL Standards and Guidelines: This page is a portal to the various documents of standards available from the ACRL. While the scope of these documents are broad, many fall under the auspices of Collection Management; including Guidelines for Curriculum Materials Centers and Standards (Collection Development) http://www.ala.org/ala/acrl/acrlstandards/standardsguidelines.htm Acquisitions and Collection Development Policies for Electronic Resources Acquisitions and Collection Development Policies for Electronic Resources: Draft and sample policies on 'collecting' electronic resources. These are drawn from a number of sources, including the ALA, the ARL, and several library consortia. They will prove helpful in designing your own library's collections management statement (Collection Development) http://www.indiana.edu/~libsalc/policies/e-policies.html Principles For Licensing Electronic Resources Principles For Licensing Electronic Resources: "The intent of this document is two-fold: to guide libraries in negotiating license agreements for access to electronic resources, and to provide licensors with a sense of the issues of importance to libraries and their user communities in such neg (Collection Development) http://www.arl.org/scomm/licensing/principles.html Kansas State University Libraries Collection Management Department Kansas State University Libraries Collection Management Department: This is a fine example of a detailed and informative University Library Collection Management site. There are links to detailed policies, special projects such as serials reviews, preservation, and even information about consortial arrangements and affil (Collection Development) http://www.lib.ksu.edu/depts/collections/ 025.2 Acquisitions (AcqLink) 025.2 Acquisitions (AcqLink): Links to a variety of resources for acquisition librarians. Compiled by Catherine Nicholson as part of BUBL LINK (Libraries of Networked Knowledge). Includes general resources, discussion lists, electronic order forms, journals, services, library supplie (Collection Development) http://link.bubl.ac.uk/acqlink/ Acquiring International Documents Acquiring International Documents: Guide to acquiring international government documents. For a number of international bodies, provides contact information for both the official publisher and other vendors. Created and maintained by Chuck Eckman (Stanford University Libraries). (Collection Development) http://www.stanford.edu/~ceckman/igoacq.html Acquisitions, Serials, and Collection Development Acquisitions, Serials, and Collection Development: This section of the Internet Public Library provides resources for Acquisitions, Serials, and Collection Development librarians. General resources section contains web sites that provide general information on or links to acquisitions, serials, and collec (Collection Development) http://www.itcompany.com/inforetriever/acqsercd.htm Bellingham Public Schools Library Collection Management Bellingham Public Schools Library Collection Management: This public school system offers an extensively detailed application of the "Follet Library Management System." Last revised in 2004, this is a very comprehensive contemporary plan of a Elementary/Middle/High school system in Washington State. (Collection Development) http://www.bham.wednet.edu/departments/libmedtech/libcollmanage.htm Openly Informatics, Inc. Openly Informatics, Inc.: Produces linking software for libraries, including the open-source jake link server and the LinkBaton hyperlink delivery service to allow for the acquisitions of e-documents and e-journals. (Collection Development) http://www.openly.com/ AcqWeb AcqWeb: Directory of Web resources for acquisitions, collection development and serials librarians, and other book-buying professionals. Includes resources relating to library vendors and publishers; bibliographic verification tools; associations, journals, conf (Collection Development) http://acqweb.library.vanderbilt.edu/ Guidelines for Multilingual Materials Collection and Development and Library Services Guidelines for Multilingual Materials Collection and Development and Library Services: Guide to libraries for developing a collection of material in a variety of languages for patron use. (Collection Development) http://www.ala.org/ala/rusa/rusaourassoc/rusasections/mouss/moussection/mousscomm/spanishspeaking/guidelinesmultilingual.htm