Employing Collection Management As An Institutional Change Agent

Abstract

In its most basic aspects, the process of identifying and selecting materials for a library's collection has not seen substantial change in a century. Fundamentally, selection involves the informed judgment of an individual being applied to the available universe of “published” knowledge, in order to build a coherent collection of materials that will serve the needs of a discrete clientele. While this may seem deceptively simple in concept, its perfection in practice has consumed many distinguished careers.

Citation

Dorst, T.J. (1994), "Employing Collection Management As An Institutional Change Agent", Collection Building, Vol. 13 No. 2/3, pp. 91-96. https://doi.org/10.1108/eb023378