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Don’t panic!

Your Guide to Total Collection Development Policy Revision. Don’t panic!. What do you do?. Long overdue change is coming. You are tasked with rewriting the library’s collection development policy. Do you… Cower under your desk and hope they forget you’re there?

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Don’t panic!

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  1. Your Guide to Total Collection Development Policy Revision Don’t panic!

  2. What do you do? Long overdue change is coming. You are tasked with rewriting the library’s collection development policy. Do you… Cower under your desk and hope they forget you’re there? Change the revision date on the old policy, since no one ever reads it anyway. Attend this groovy conference session and get some ideas!

  3. And ‘c’ is the correct answer! (Hope you didn’t have to think about it too hard!)

  4. Starting Points • Old Policy—where we’ve come from. • User Surveys—where we’re going. • Mission Statement—guiding principles • Literature Review • Collection development bibliography • Collection development policies of similar libraries

  5. Ye Olde Policy-some problems A policy that just describes what is on the shelf is not a real policy. No language about electronic resources. No real direction, no areas of emphasis.

  6. Ye Olde Policy-what can be salvaged? Some selection level description touched on what should be collected. Hints about future direction of the collection. History.

  7. User Surveys • Home grown product, paid service, or free online survey • Invaluable information

  8. Mission Statement Created by law as Missouri's official library agency,the Missouri State Libraryis a division of the Secretary of State's Office. The mission of the Reference Services Division of the Missouri State Library is to provide direct library and information service to meet the informational and research needs of state government. • The State Library is a statutory agency and is operated under legislative mandate as found in Chapter 181 of MISSOURI REVISED STATUTES.

  9. Literature Review: bibliography

  10. Literature Review-policies • Texas State Library • Connecticut State Library • New York State Library

  11. Brushing away the cobwebs Get ready for some heavy cogitation.

  12. Brush away the cobwebs Old modes of thought need not apply…

  13. A shift in direction a 2006 survey revealed our heaviest users of electronic resources are engaged in scientific research in social, medical, and environmental sciences. Respondents to this survey reported a desire for online access to academic, peer-reviewed research journals and document delivery of articles directly to their desktops. Having such intensive users in a diverse array of workspaces throughout the state of Missouri dictates a shift toward remotely accessible resources.

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