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The last decade has seen profound changes in how library collections are developed and managed, driven by a rapidly evolving market place, more sophisticated user-expectations and fast-moving changes in technology. Digital resources are increasingly central to collections and this has changed the very concept of collection development and the role of the information professional. This topical edited collection is cross-sectoral and international in scope, drawing together the perspectives of practitioners and academics at the forefront of modern collection development. They explore how practitioners can take an active role influencing strategy in this new environment, draw on case studies that illustrate the key changes in context, and consider how collection development might evolve in the future. The collection is divided into four sections looking at the key themes: the conceptual framework including a review of the literature; trends in library supply such as outsourcing and managing suppliers; trends in electronic resources including the open access movement and e-books; and, making and keeping your collection effectively including engaging with the user-community and developing commercial skills. This will appeal to all LIS professionals but is essential reading for library and information students and all practitioners involved in collection development and management in academic, school and public libraries. It's also indispensable for those working in commercial and other special library sectors.

Information retrieval --- Mass communications --- Collection development (Libraries) --- Digital libraries --- Développement des collections (Bibliothèques) --- Bibliothèques virtuelles --- Collection development --- Développement des collections --- Bibliotheken --- Collection building (Libraries) --- Libraries --- Library collection development --- Collection management (Libraries) --- Acquisitions (Libraries) --- Bibliotheek --- Digitalisering --- Amerika Haus Berlin --- Bibliothek --- Berlin --- Amerika-Haus Berlin

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A huge investment has been made in digitizing scholarly and cultural heritage materials through initiatives based in museums, libraries and archives, as well as higher education institutions. The 'Digital Economy' is an important component of institutional planning, and much attention is given to the investment in digital projects and programmes. However, few initiatives have examined the actual use, value and impact of digital collections, and the role of digital collections in the changing information environment. As the creative, cultural and educational sector faces a period of restricted funding, it is timely to re-examine the use of the digital collections that have been created in the past twenty years, and to consider their value to the institutions that host them and to the communities of users they serve. This book brings together a group of international experts to consider the following key issues: What is the role of digital resources in the research life cycle? Do the arts and humanities face a 'data deluge'? How are digital collections to be sustained over the long term? How is use and impact to be assessed? What is the role of digital collections in the 'digital economy'? How is public engagement with digital cultural heritage materials to be assessed and supported? This book will be of interest to academics, librarians, archivists and the staff of cultural heritage organizations, as well as funders and other key stakeholders with an interest in the development and long term sustainability of digital collections.

Digital libraries --- Electronic information resources --- -025.2 --- Digital information resources --- Digital resources (Information resources) --- Electronic information sources --- Electronic resources (Information resources) --- Information resources --- Electronic collection development (Libraries) --- Electronic library collection development --- Collection development (Libraries) --- Collection development. --- Management --- Bibliothèques virtuelles --- Sources d'information électroniques --- Développement des collections --- Digital preservation --- Bibliothèques virtuelles --- Développement des collections --- Library automation --- Library materials --- Digitization --- Electronic information resources. --- Sources d'information électroniques --- Evaluation. --- Evaluation --- Digital libraries. --- Cataloging of computer network resources. --- Computer network resources --- Digital curation --- Digital media collections --- Digital media libraries --- Digital repositories --- Electronic libraries --- Electronic publication collections --- Electronic publication libraries --- Electronic text collections --- Repositories, Digital --- Virtual libraries --- Libraries --- Information storage and retrieval systems --- Web archives --- Management. --- Administration --- Library materials - Digitization