From: "Robert P. Holley" <aa3805_at_wayne.edu>
I wish to share with you the Collection Development
Principles that we have developed here at Wayne State
University. Before being adopted, they were reviewed by the
library management team, the collection development
officers, the faculty advisory committee, and the Provost. We
intend the Principles to serve as a framework for our
collection development activities and have set up a
committee of collection development officers from our five
library units to deal better with both philosophical and
operational issues.
I would appreciate any comments on our efforts at:
aa3805_at_wayne.edu.
Bob (plus contact information)
Robert P. Holley
Interim Dean University Libraries
Dean's Office
3100 David Adamany Undergraduate Library
Wayne State University
Detroit, MI 48202
313-577-4021 (voice) 313-577-5525 (fax)
AA3805_at_WAYNE.EDU (Internet)
Wayne State University Library System
Collection Development Principles
The Library System provides a level of collection support for all
areas of interest in keeping with its status as a research library.
The Library System provides the maximum support possible for
current instructional and research needs. The Library System does not
warehouse materials for uncertain future needs. The Library System
does not collect comprehensively in areas that are no longer of
interest to Wayne State University.
The Library System considers access and ease of use as criteria in
selecting materials and may pay extra for these features.
Comprehensive support is focused on current teaching and research
areas and does not extend to the subject area as a whole.
The Library System makes collection development decisions in
consultation with its user community and maintains formal liaison
relationships with colleges, academic departments, and institutes.
The Library System must consider ways to provide library support
for new programs, faculty with research interests not supported by the
collection, and new topics under consideration by doctoral students.
The Library System does not specifically purchase materials to
support community needs but shares its resources with the
community when sharing does not require significant resource
expenditure.
The Library System is moving toward increased reliance on
electronic resources while acknowledging the continued importance of
print resources as part of its overall collection development
responsibilities.
The Library System supports providing access to new and
emerging information resources.
The Library System, especially in the area of electronic resources, is
moving toward a system-wide view of collection development.
The Library System does not have a static collection and will add and
cancel materials, especially those in electronic formats, to reflect
changing user needs. The Library System, however, takes seriously its
responsibility to preserve print and electronic resources of
importance to future users.
The Library System will take advantage of the fact that the Internet
provides the opportunity to purchase materials more easily in the
out-of-print market and that electronic resources provide flexibility
in purchase decisions, especially for journals.
The Library System participates in cooperative collection
development activities that enhance the collection or lower
purchase costs with emphasis upon consortial purchasing of
electronic resources.
The Library System supports efforts, such as SPARC initiative, to
modify the scholarly communication system.
Lynn Sipe lsipe_at_usc.edu
Director, Collection Resources & 213/740-2929
Director, Information Delivery Organization & Retrieval 213/821-1617 (fax)
University Libraries
Information Services Division
c/o IDOR, UVI-A
University of Southern California
Los Angeles, CA 90089-0182
Received on Thu Apr 20 2000 - 17:27:58 EDT