Collection development process is a continuous process from acquisition to weed out the old and useless documents. There are six elements in collection development process. 1 User needs analysis 2 Policies development 3 Selection 4 Acquisition 5 Evaluation 6 weeding First, a librarian should analyse the requirement of the students and faculty. Second, select the documents for library according to the requirements of the students and faculty. Third, a library have some policies to inform the users about the latest collection. Fourth, librarian recieves the recommendation from the faculty/students , check the existing collection to avoid duplication compiles the list of recommended materials , select vendor , places order with vendors , etc . Fifth, some library evalution method include the checklist methods , circulation and inter-library loan statistics , citation analysis network usage analysis , vendors-supplied statistics and faculty opinion . sixth, weeding involve removal of library material from the collections based on some determined conditions .

1. MANAGING COLLECTION
DEVELOPMENT PROCESS IN
ACADEMIC LIBRARIES

2. COLLECTION DEVELOPMENT PROCESS
collection development process focusses on methodology and topical themes pertaining to the
acquisition of print and other analogue library materials (by purchase, gift, legal deposits ,etc ) and
purchase of electronic resources.
It is a continuous process comprising six elements –
User needs analysis
Policy development
Selection
Acquisition
Evaluation
Weeding

3. USERS NEEDS ANALYSIS
Users need analysis is the process of learning more
about a target population /patrons with a view to
identify their information needs.

4. COLLECTION DEVELOPMENT POLICY
• POLICY HELPS LIBRARY STAFF TO MEET
COLLECTION GOALS AS THEY RELATE TO THE
MISSION OF THE LIBRARY ,INFORMS THE
UNIVERSITY COMMUNITY ABOUT THE
PRINCIPLES BY WHICH MATERIALS ARE
SELECTED FOR INCLUSION , AND GUIDES HOW
WE SPEND OUR COLLECTION FUNDS .IT
SUPPORTS NEW MODELS OF RESEARCH AND
SCHOLARSHIP.

5. SELECTION AND ACQUISITION
• selection- American library association speaks of collection
development as selecting materials that are desired by the
community as well as fulfilling other educational and recreational
criteria. ALA comments that a librarian should not purposely omit
the purchase of books or other items due to them being
controversial in nature, the authors religious, or political views ,or
the librarians personal beliefs.
• Acquisition- librarian receives the recommendations from the
faculty /students check the existing collection to avoid duplication
compiles the list of recommended materials select vendors places
order with vendors ,etc.

6. EVALUATION AND WEEDING
• EVALUATION
METHODS-
Faculty
opinion
Checklists
Circulation
Inter
library
loan
Citation
analysis
Network
usage
analysis
Vender
supplied
statistics
• Weeding involve removal of library material from
the collections based on some determined
conditions .
• It is also known as de selection of material