Presented at the seminar-workshop sponsored by the Center for Human Research and Development Foundation Inc. at PBSP Bldg, Intramuros, Manila, Philippines on 24 August 2006

1. The Changing Nature of Collection Development in Academic Libraries By Fe Angela M. Verzosa

4. Definition of Management “ the exercise of responsibility for the effective use of the human, financial and other resources available to meet an organization’s objectives .”

5. Collection Management involves… Collection management program Collection dev policy statement Collection assessment Funding & budgeting Selection – deselection Preservation Resource- sharing

6. 1. Collection assessment as the foundation for all other collection development activities assessment techniques assessment techniques collection-centered client-centered

24. BARRIERS TO COOPERATION COMPETITIVENESS (RANKINGS) AUTONOMY (SELF-RELIANCE) OWNERSHIP PARADIGM

26. Managing our collection faces a crisis... * reduction in expenditures due to price increases *diminished resources *aging of the collection *digital formats are not less expensive *resource-sharing may not solve the problem

30. Collection Development : recent developments emphasis is on intellectual content , rather than the traditional format

34. Interest in resource- sharing, collaborative purchasing, and cooperative collection has replaced the competitive instinct of librarians… Collection Development: recent developments

35. Surrender of copyright ownership by scholars and researchers and efforts of publishers to change international copyright laws… Collection Development: recent developments

38. Code of Ethics - specifics “ Librarians shall not engage in any activity that would result in a conflict of interest. They shall avoid to enter into transactions prejudicial to the library and to appropriate resources of the library for personal gain.” (amended)

50. Resource-sharing, collaborative purchasing, and cooperative collection present alternatives to enhance collections, reduce not only acquisition costs. Enhancing with shared collections...