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| Format: | Recurso educativo Open Access |
| Language: | en |
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2003
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| Online Access: | https://eric.ed.gov/?id=EJ673399 |
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- Collection Development as a Social Process. Lee, Hur-Li Academic Libraries Case Studies Decision Making Higher Education Library Administration Library Collection Development Library Policy Library Services Research Libraries Social Influences User Needs (Information) This case study examines social influences in research libraries' collection development. It shows that individuals' ideologies and political agenda shape their impression of user needs and their decision making. The study also reveals how the institution's operating structures, campus politics of interdisciplinarity, personnel deployment, and aspiration for prestige dominate collection development. (Author)