Collaborative collection development: current perspectives leading to future initiatives.

ABSTRACT: 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 n

SUBMITTER: Levenson HN 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7366992 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature