Information about books, standards, training, and web sites to assist collection developers, particularly those new to collection development.

Education

To become effective at collection development, you need to learn:

a. Your library's collection development climate & organization.
b. Your collection development responsibilities.
c. Your library's book selection process.
d. Your collection maintenance responsibilities.
e. The characteristics and nature of your library's existing collections.
f. Your institution and your library's users.
g. Your library's budgeting process.
h. About services supporting collection development.
i. About professional standards and ethics.
j. About consortial relationships and responsibilities.
k. About disciplinary and scholarly communication issues.

Books

Fales, Susan, ed. Guide for training collection development librarians. Chicago: American Library Association, 1996. Available to CONSORT librarians from CONSORT or OhioLINK.

Johnson, Peggy and Sheila S. Intner. Recruiting, educating, and training librarians for collection development. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 1994. Available to CONSORT librarians from OhioLINK.

Standards & Guidelines

American Library Association

Standards for College Libraries 2000 Edition

Guidelines for Liaison Work in Managing Collections and Services

IFLA Internet Manifesto

Web Sites

AcqWeb

AcqWeb Collection Development Sites

Links to a wide range of sites relating to CD in all types of libraries.

Collection Development Training for Arizona Public Libraries

Online course for public libraries but gives good basic overview of all aspects of collection development