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Peer reviewedBentley, Stella; Farrell, David – Journal of Academic Librarianship, 1985
The crisis in collection development afflicting most members of Association of Research Libraries since the 1970s moved Indiana University Libraries to undertake a rationalization of their budget allocation procedure in light of a comparative study of peer institutions and to draft a new policy based on regional cooperation. (6 references)…
Descriptors: Budgeting, Budgets, College Libraries, Comparative Analysis
LaGuardia, Cheryl; Bentley, Stella – Online, 1992
Discusses the acquisition of library materials in electronic formats, particularly CD-ROMs and machine-readable data files (MRDFs) in academic libraries, and considers possible problems that can result related to collection development policies. Cooperation in the selection process between subject collectors and technical experts is suggested.…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Cooperation, Databases, Electronic Publishing
