Collection Development Policy

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GUIDELINES FOR A COLLECTION DEVELOPMENT POLICY USING THE CONSPECTUS MODEL International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions Section on Acquisition and Collection Development 2001 Foreword This booklet is a brief guide on how to write a collection development policy, making use of the Conspectus methodology. It is the result of the recognition by the IFLA Acquisition and Collection Development Section that its worldwide members lacked a handy introduction to this important subject. The guide is intended to be of particular value to staff new to collection development and in areas where there is little written tradition of collection development. We hope that it will be of practical use to librarians setting out on the sometimes daunting task of writing a collection development policy. The booklet was written by Dora Biblarz with the assistance of other members of the A&CD Standing Committee: Marie-Joelle Tarin, Jim Vickery and Trix Bakker. The text is also available, in both English and French, on the IFLA website at http://www.ifla.org/VII/s14. Standing Committee of the IFLA Acquisition and Collection Development Section March 2001 Contents Why a written collection development policy? Selection Planning Public relations The wider context 1 Collection development policy elements Introduction General statements Narrative statements Subject profiles Collection evaluation methods Collection depth indicators Language codes Policy implementation and revision timetables 2 Appendix 1 WLN/OCLC Conspectus Divisions 6 Appendix 2 Conspectus collection depth indicator definitions 7 Bibliography 10 GUIDELINES for a COLLECTION DEVELOPMENT POLICY, using the CONSPECTUS model WHY A WRITTEN COLLECTION DEVELOPMENT POLICY? The library’s primary task is to select, maintain, and provide access to

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