In five years time, I would like to see libraries assert their right to, and provide appropriate management for, the digital archive of the scholarly resources we purchase for our academic communities. As James Hilton, interim librarian of the University of Michigan, recently stated: “Only libraries are tasked by the public with the responsibility […]
In five years, the research library community will have agreement on new ways to define, measure, and evaluate research collections (stretching far beyond the published literature to include great varieties of text, data sets, preprints, images, media, software, simulations, and other special collections) and the investments required to acquire, manage, and provide enduring access to […]
I am taking a slightly different approach to the question and have some observations, predictions and principles to add to the mix. They are both environmental factors and what we should or will be doing. I hope these will also advance the conversation about the future of collection development and where it might […]
This paper traces the history of library cooperation, from early attempts
such as the Farmington Plan through successes in tech services and
collection development, and from national to international cooperation. The
author suggests that the only way libraries can now successfully confront
the societal and economic pressures they are now facing is through
continued cooperation. This continued cooperation might be […]
I believe collection development librarians — or subject specialist librarians as we think of them at Ohio State — need to concentrate on two related issues: 1) moving from collection management to a broader responsibility for content management or “knowledge management,” and 2) reforming scholarly publishing by creating new publishing models and convincing scholars […]