Impact of Electronic Resources on Collection Development, the Roles of Librarians, and Library Consortia.

From: Library Trends | Date: March 22, 2000| Author: | Copyright information

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AS LIBRARIANS ADDED AUDIOVISUAL MATERIALS to their collections and then electronic materials, they moved from selection as an individual activity to selection as a group activity. Librarians made every effort to mainstream the resulting selection process and incorporate it into the existing library organization. However, with the advent of the Internet and the ability to simultaneously share virtual resources, cooperative collection development, through consortial arrangements, became popular once again. The ability of consortia to purchase products at a better price ...

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