Title

Organization For Collection Development In Medium-Sized Academic Libraries

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Abbreviated Journal Title

Libr. Acquis.-Pract. Theory

Keywords

Information Science & Library Science

Abstract

A survey of medium-sized academic libraries was conducted to ascertain their organizational structure for collection development, and its effect on the activities performed. Two survey instruments were developed, one for chief collection development officers, and one for librarians with collection development responsibilities. The study revealed that librarians defer collection development to other responsibilities and perform few of the activities they feel are desirable for collection development. Librarians in separate collection development departments were less likely to defer collection development to other activities, and performed more collection development activities than their colleagues in other types of libraries. It was recommended that a library of this size locate librarians with primary assignments in collection development in departments established for that purpose.

Journal Title

Library Acquisitions-Practice and Theory

Volume

11

Issue/Number

4

Publication Date

1-1-1987

Document Type

Article

Language

English

First Page

297

Last Page

323

WOS Identifier

WOS:A1987L636000003

ISSN

0364-6408

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