Collection development in the digital age / edited by Maggie Fieldhouse and Audrey Marshall.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Concept of collection development in the digital world / Sheila Corrall -- Processes of collection management / Maggie Fieldhouse -- Overview of e-resources in UK further and higher education / David House -- Supporting online collections: the role of online journals in a university collection / Jane Harvell -- Electronic books in academic libraries: a case study in Liverpool, UK / Terry Bucknell -- E-book collection development in public libraries: a case study of the Essex experiment / Martin Palmer -- Stewardship and curation in a digital world / Bradley Daigle -- Managing suppliers for collection development: the UK higher education perspective / David Ball -- Outsourcing in public libraries: placing collection management in the hands of a stranger? / Diana Edmonds -- Open access / David Brown -- Collection development and institutional repositories / Josh Brown -- Collection development policies for the digital age / Wendy Shaw -- Information literacy for the academic librarian in the digital information age: supporting users to make effective use of the collection / Tracy Mitrano and Karrie Peterson -- Supporting users to make effective use of the collection / Ruth Stubbings -- Engaging with the user community to make your collection work effectively: a cast study of a partnership-based, multi-campus UK medical school / Jil Fairclough.

Over the years there has been profound changes in how library collections are developed and managed. Digital resources are increasingly central to collections. This collection is cross-sectoral and international in scope, drawing together the perspectives of practitioners and academics at the forefront of modern collection development.

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