Collection development in the electronic library (original) (raw)
1993, Proceedings of the 21st annual ACM SIGUCCS conference on User services
Until recently, bzzilding library collections lzas meant acquiring materials and housing thenz locally. Librarians have constrzzcted a well-defined methodology for plannirzg the development of collections. TIze predonzinant model was "the bigger, the better." Libraries are no70 at a crossroads. Tlze nzznzber of pztblications and their cost are growing so rapidly that evelz the largest researck libraries calz no longer acqztire all the nzaterials their llsers need. Librarinns are hnoing to rethirlk the ways in &ich they serve their users, leadirzg to the czlrrent debate over "ownership verszzs access. 'I They are realizing that they mztst nzoz7efronz tlzc model of collecting materials in alzticipation of zzser needs to one of accessing materials zcpon presentation of need. Dztring tlze last twenty-five years libraries Izave relatively easily incorporated electronic information in thefornz of online catalogs, CD-ROMs and otlzer bibliographic databases into their collectiows, in part because they containcd.familiar information which often lzad print counterparts. Conzpzcter networks, in particztlar the Internet, now #er libraries access to otlzer illformation resozzrces. Many libraries \zazje implemented ltzternet access via tlze University of Mijmesota's Gopher software, zulzich allows selective and organized access to information on the Internet. lrlfornzation on the Internet comes in a wide variety offormats, most of it "non-traditional" as far as libraries are concerned. Librarians have to decide zuhat.information on tlze Internet qzdalifies as "libra y" infornzation. In addition, librarians zuill have to zuork witlzirz the larger contexts of the university, other libraries, and the larger research community. In tlzcir role as mediators between people and knowledge, librarians can add valzde to a libra y Goplzer in many zuays. By bringing informationfrom the Internet into local collections and by enhancing its accessibility, librarians are working towards the realization of the electronic libra y.
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