Collection Development and Management in the Academic Libraries in the Modern Era: An Overview

Abstract

Every library collection ought to be created with a specific objective in mind. The collection may have been produced primarily for research and instructional purposes in an academic library setting. Information that is available electronically via the use of computer technology has increasingly complemented traditional media for information, such as books and microfilm, in recent years. This implies that the selection criteria and collection parameters for these new media forms must be included in the current collection development policy for an academic library. In order to match its collection development efforts with the evolving landscape of digital librarianship in the twenty-first century, an academic library must take into account a number of concepts and issues, some of which are examined in this paper.