Collection Development in Academic Libraries

FAIN: AO-10443-78

Educational Testing Service (Princeton, NJ 08541)
Hugh F. Cline (Project Director: March 1978 to present)

To describe the collection development and acquisition process at selected university and college libraries. General planning and four case studies have been completed. Phase II will include additional case studies, the development of a synthetic overview and the testing of this overview by means of a research questionnaire sent to 25 college and 25 university libraries. The outcome of the project will be a report of recommendations for enhancing the efficiency and effectiveness of academic library collection development.