Collaborative collection development: a Canadian‐Indonesian initiative
Abstract
Purpose
The purpose of this paper is to describe the collaborative collection development initiative undertaken by the Indonesia Social Equity Project.
Design/methodology/approach
The paper presents a brief history and descriptive analysis of an international collection development project.
Findings
The paper examines practical issues that arose while building the library collection as a librarian/faculty collaboration, with the added element of having been conducted within a multicultural context.
Originality/value
Similar case studies describing international collection development projects are rare in the literature. The article is of interest to librarians researching issues related to cross‐cultural collaboration.
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Citation
Bolduc, A.P. (2010), "Collaborative collection development: a Canadian‐Indonesian initiative", Collection Building, Vol. 29 No. 4, pp. 124-130. https://doi.org/10.1108/01604951011088844
Publisher
:Emerald Group Publishing Limited
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