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| Format: | Recurso educativo Open Access |
| Language: | en |
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1987
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| Online Access: | https://eric.ed.gov/?id=ED287510 |
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- Recommendations for Collection Development. Wesley, Threasa L. Bratcher, Perry Academic Libraries College Faculty Cooperation Higher Education Librarians Library Collection Development Library Planning Needs Assessment Program Improvement This document reports the work and conclusions of a task force appointed to plan for the reorganization of collection development at Steely Library, a primarily undergraduate library with 13 professional librarians on its staff located at Northern Kentucky University (NKU). Task force activities included a thorough review of the relevant literature and in-depth interviews with collection development librarians from the university libraries at four universities identified as being similar to NKU in size, student body, etc. The task force plan, developed on the basis of discussions following its investigations, includes the following components: (1) the need for expert input into collection development from all library faculty; (2) the need for expert input into collection development from the university teaching faculty; and (3) formalized coordination of all collection development activities. Details of the proposed program are reflected in six task force recommendations concerning library faculty liaisons, a collection development librarian, and collection development by teaching faculty. Justifications for the recommendations are also presented. (Author/KM)