Bay of Plenty Polytechnic Presenter: Collection Management for 21 st Century Learning Collection Management in a connected world Joanna Thomas
The Collection? “The total accumulation of materials assembled by a library, whether physically held in a Library or accessed electronically. The material is selected and organised and made available to library users.”
Collection Management activities Access Cataloguing Planning Policy Budgeting Community liaison Copyright Censorship Weeding Website development Disaster planning Contracts New resource assessment Prioritising Promotion
Collection Development Policy Based on knowledge of students and staff needs Consultation Management approval Policy questions Continuity Future focused – a tool to help you get where you want to be National Library Services to Schools
New challenges What are the collection management challenges in your library? What successful things are you doing that you were’nt doing 2 years ago?
Trends E-books E-journals Digital video
Challenges Free and open access vs pay and copyrighted Ethical use of information Integrating diversity of information resources available