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Collection development policies in university libraries: a space for reflection

Barbara Susana Sanchez Vignau (Faculty of Communication, University of Havana, Havana, Cuba)
Grizly Meneses (Office of Information, Central University of Las Villas “Marta Abreu”, Santa Clara, Cuba)

Collection Building

ISSN: 0160-4953

Article publication date: 1 March 2005

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Abstract

Purpose

To identify the necessary components in the formulation of collection development policies.

Design/methodology/approach

The paper is based on both research about collection development policies and data compiled as a result of a survey of 16 centers of higher and technical education in Cuba.

Findings

Although the directors of university libraries and managers of collection development were aware of the process of collection development, few have collection development policies, and few have carried out user studies.

Originality/value

A model for a collection development policy for the system of university libraries is proposed.

Keywords

Citation

Susana Sanchez Vignau, B. and Meneses, G. (2005), "Collection development policies in university libraries: a space for reflection", Collection Building, Vol. 24 No. 1, pp. 35-43. https://doi.org/10.1108/01604950510576119

Publisher

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Emerald Group Publishing Limited

Copyright © 2005, Emerald Group Publishing Limited

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