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Peer reviewedWhichard, Mitchell – Library Trends, 1985
Discussion of formulating a collection development policy for audiovisual materials in academic libraries highlights reasons for collecting media, audiovisual equipment, audiovisual forms collected, films, video, computer software. "Undergraduate Libraries Newsletter" statistics reporting audiovisual holdings (audiocassettes, films, video,…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Audiovisual Aids, Higher Education, Library Collection Development
Peer reviewedBrown, M. Suzanne – Education Libraries, 1990
Discusses the growing importance of machine readable data files (MRDFs) as library reference tools, and describes the policies and services for MRDFs developed at the University of Florida libraries. Guidelines to selecting, acquiring, and planning for MRDFs are appended, along with examples of ERIC records for MRDFs. (four references) (CLB)
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Access to Information, Data Processing, Evaluation Criteria
Peer reviewedDougherty, Richard M.; And Others – Journal of Academic Librarianship, 1987
In the first of two articles, William Potter discusses the drawbacks and opportunities presented by advances in technology, including budgeting for online access, dealing with publishers and producers, and relating to computing centers. In the second, Paul Metz discusses collection development in academic libraries with emphasis on new electronic…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Access to Information, Databases, Electronic Publishing
Peer reviewedDe Stefano, Paula – College & Research Libraries, 2001
How do academic libraries set about creating a body of knowledge and begin to convert traditional print collections to a digital format in order to satisfy what today's researchers want? This article examines previous methods of selection and collection building, and applies those supporting principles to today's collection-building efforts for…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Evaluation Criteria, Higher Education, Information Technology
Lagana, Gretchen – 1986
In the past quarter of a century, subtle and important changes in both the subject matter and format of collections organized for special collections departments have taken place, and many special collections now contain significant printed "papers" and manuscript collections of research quality in addition to the printed book. Such…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Conference Papers, Higher Education, Library Collection Development
Peer reviewedMiller, Ruth H. – Library Trends, 2000
Over the past 20 years, academic collection development specialists have dealt with changes, brought about by decreasing purchasing power and the growing importance of electronic resources. Throughout, collection managers have rethought their efforts and revised criteria for selection of materials in new formats while maintaining traditional…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Change, Electronic Publishing, Electronic Text
