Guide to writing collection development policies for music

This article describes about the Collection Development Policies in University libraries. Collection Development Policy included for Electronic Resources in University libraries, Major Roles in the Selection of Library Collections and the important Selection Tools for Print and Electronic forms, Criteria for Selecting the Book suppliers and Order of Books and Details of the collections in the library for the preceding five years. The Inter library lending/ resource sharing facility for books with other and Subscribe to e-resources.

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Collection Development Policies

Advances in Library and Information Science - Remote Access Technologies for Library Collections ◽

10.4018/978-1-4666-0234-2.ch004 ◽

2012 ◽

pp. 49-63

Author(s):

Diane M. Fulkerson

Keyword(s):

Digital Libraries ◽

Academic Programs ◽

Collection Development ◽

Digital Collections ◽

Development Policies ◽

Licensing Agreements ◽

The University

The collection development policies of the library will determine the types of material included in the collection. Along with those policies are databases licensing agreements that determine who can access the materials and where they can be accessed from. Collection development policies are usually driven by the academic programs of the institution. Digital collections and digital libraries will often be created from materials at the university. Without collection development policies the digital libraries and collections may receive little use because they do not meet the needs of the students or are difficult to access on or off-campus.

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Considerations for collecting Japanese anime for academic libraries

Collection and Curation ◽

10.1108/cc-04-2019-0011 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 39 (2) ◽

pp. 53-56

Author(s):

Glenn Masuchika

Keyword(s):

Academic Libraries ◽

Design Methodology ◽

Public Libraries ◽

Intrinsic Value ◽

Academic Library ◽

Collection Development ◽

Content Type ◽

Development Policies ◽

Areas Of Concern ◽

Japanese Animation

Purpose Too often, academic library selectors of DVDs purchase Japanese animation (anime) for their popularity without any further concern of their important contributions to the combined wealth of researches of an academic library. The purpose of this paper is to offer considerations for an academic selector to ponder before adding this particular type of animation. These considerations do not necessary pertain to the collection development considerations for selectors at public libraries. Design/methodology/approach This paper will discuss the major problems of actively adding anime to an academic library, the present areas of concern, and will offer warnings and suggestions based on a conceptual framework of anime having true academic value. Findings Anime cannot be chosen independently as if it has any apparently intrinsic value sui generis. Anime must be added concomitantly according to the collection development policies with other resources, especially DVDs, to create a full, rich and useful collection to scholars. Originality/value Academic studies concerning anime and collection development for academic libraries are usually comprised of only long lists of suggested anime, with no further discussions about its implications to the general worth of an academic library. This paper offers no such lists. Instead, it offers considerations selectors must take into account before investing time and money adding anime to an academic library collection.

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