Date: Wed, 8 Nov 2017 21:56:15 +0000
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I have attached our policy which we developed this year. Tracey Thompson | Collection Manager Collection Management Department Pierce County Library System 3005 112th St E Tacoma, WA 98446-2215 Direct: 253-548-3609 | Main: 253-548-3300 www.piercecountylibrary.org<http://www.piercecountylibrary.org/> From: acqnet-request_at_lists.ala.org [mailto:acqnet-request_at_lists.ala.org] On Behalf Of Pennington, Buddy D. Sent: Wednesday, November 8, 2017 1:37 PM To: acqnet_at_lists.ala.org Subject: RE: [ALCTS-acqnet] ebook collection policy Ours is attached. Buddy Pennington Head of Library Systems & Technology Miller Nichols Library University of Missouri--Kansas City From: acqnet-request_at_lists.ala.org<mailto:acqnet-request_at_lists.ala.org> [mailto:acqnet-request_at_lists.ala.org] On Behalf Of Steve Oberg Sent: Wednesday, November 08, 2017 3:29 PM To: acqnet_at_lists.ala.org<mailto:acqnet_at_lists.ala.org> Subject: Re: [ALCTS-acqnet] ebook collection policy Stacey, Our collection development policy incorporated a section on ebooks some years ago. The policy itself is in the process of being revised but maybe it will be helpful to you as is (see especially p.3): https://library.wheaton.edu/sites/default/files/CollectionDevelopmentPolicy-WheatonCollege2016.pdf Steve Steve Oberg Assistant Professor and Group Leader for Resource Description and Digital Initiatives Buswell Library, Wheaton College (IL) +1 (630) 752-5852 President, NASIG<http://www.nasig.org> [cid:image001.png_at_01D35899.578B64B0] On Nov 8, 2017, at 12:41 PM, Stacey Marien <acqnet_at_lists.ala.org<mailto:acqnet_at_lists.ala.org>> wrote: Hello Colleagues I am looking for examples of ebook policies - my library is finally going to develop one and I'd like to see what others have created. We buy ebooks in every possible way, style, flavor - we just don't have a policy that sets out rules about it. Stacey Stacey Marien Acquisitions Librarian American University 4400 Massachusetts Ave, NW Library Technical Services Spring Valley – Room 148 Washington, DC 20016 smarien_at_american.edu<mailto:smarien_at_american.edu> 202-885-3842<tel:202-885-3842> orcid.org/0000-0003-2608-4559<http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2608-4559>
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