The Hope College Library is not part of a depository program for any government publications. Materials produced by any unit of the government (federal or state) are purchased “as appropriate.” Only ...

The library endeavors to develop its collections in cooperation with other libraries to limit duplication of effort and resources. Van Wylen Library seeks partners for cooperative collection ...

Building the collection is a core activity in any library. A school library collection is built to support the curriculum and provide for voluntary reading; an academic library collection is developed ...

Preface -- About this manual -- Collection Development Policy of the National Library of Medicine -- About the collections of the National Library of Medicine -- Selection guidelines by subject -- ...

The Victoria City Council adopted two new library collection development policies for the Victoria Public Library at Tuesday’s meeting regarding its juvenile and young adult sections. The policies ...

FISHERS, Ind. — Hamilton East Public Library Board members are still making changes to their Collection Development Policy, which has received widespread criticism since it was first proposed. Earlier ...

It’s the central challenge of anyone putting content on the web: choosing which content, how much content and how to distribute it for the least cost and the most benefit. The population that has ...

So many great graphic novels, so little time to get them in to your library. Where to start? Do you approach your graphic novel collection the same way you do your books and periodicals? How do you ...

Corpus Christi Public Libraries has an updated collection development policy — a move some believe may mean an end to lengthy discussions that have spanned more than a year on whether some of the ...

Editor's note: This story has been updated to correct the number of people who attended a Library Board meeting earlier this month. The number of people who spoke were nearly two dozen. How decisions ...

Last week, I touched upon the fundamental differences between personal and public libraries. Today, let’s delve deeper into the professional methods public librarians use when making decisions about ...