Collection Assessment: A Dubious Investment

Craig, Cindy

doi:10.7771/2380-176x.5504

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“…Although the Conspectus initially offered great promise as a basic tool for CCD, its usefulness in assessing collections to act as a common framework for collaborative collecting diminished over time. It was laborious to complete and measurements of collecting levels in individual subjects and languages were seen as subjectively applied ( Craig, 2010 ; Henige, 1987 ; White, 2008 ). The Conspectus is no longer widely used for collection assessment ( Kohn, 2015 ) nor is it updated as a collection assessment tool ( OCLC, 2016 ).…”

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Collaborative collection development: current perspectives leading to future initiatives

Levenson

Hess

2020

The Journal of Academic Librarianship

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As academic libraries continue to face acquisition budget challenges, collaborative collection development (CCD) offers greater opportunities to fulfill the core role of library collecting and collection management, namely, to provide enhanced access to the widest variety of relevant resources in the most cost-responsible manner possible. Libraries have successfully implemented CCD projects of various types, and as a result, have achieved these needed cost savings. The authors conducted survey research to investigate current CCD activities and librarians' perceptions of its benefits, drawbacks, elements contributing to successful CCD programs, and possible obstacles to success. Library collections consist of a variety of material formats and librarians have applied CCD models to maintain needed access to these resources, shifting from ownership to access, all in support of building collective collections. The survey results found that, although challenges can exist, application of CCD activities have realized substantial benefits, financial and otherwise, for academic libraries overall.

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Collaborative collection development: current perspectives leading to future initiatives

Levenson

Hess

2020

The Journal of Academic Librarianship

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“…28 Craig also found the work needed to revise an approximately thirty-year-old CDP was not worth the considerable time and effort required of the endeavor. 29 In a 2003 review of all 124 ARL member libraries, Straw attempted to determine the number of ARL libraries that posted CDPs on their websites. His review of all ARL library websites revealed that 44 percent of respondents had no CDP statements on their web pages.…”

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Nimble Collection Development Policies: An Achievable Goal

Levenson¹

2019

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This paper identifies and reviews some of the currently relevant components of collection development which contribute to the need for having a written collection development policy (CDP) in place. The requisite elements for a pertinent and usable CDP are identified, keeping in mind the need to customize these policies to each library’s unique needs. A literature review is presented to demonstrate the long-standing purposes of collection development policies (CDPs), quantitative studies of existing CDPs, and some of the inherent drawbacks in the creation and application of these policies. The author presents a case study which demonstrates the processes undertaken to create a CDP for a medium-sized academic library. This includes more current and relevant considerations for a modern day CDP. The paper also includes the best practices identified throughout the policy creation process and which has the potential to be applied to other similarly situated libraries.

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Collection Assessment: A Dubious Investment

Cited by 2 publications

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Collaborative collection development: current perspectives leading to future initiatives

Collaborative collection development: current perspectives leading to future initiatives

Nimble Collection Development Policies: An Achievable Goal

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