From Field of Dreams to the Godfather: Collection Development Today.

Holleman, Curt

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Publication Date: 1998

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From Field of Dreams to the Godfather: Collection Development Today.

Holleman, Curt

Against the Grain, v10 n2 p1,18 Apr 1998

Discusses library collection development, comparing the good old days of volume counts, Association of Research Libraries (ARL)/Research Libraries Group (RLG) Conspectus, and fund allocation with the present of document delivery, consortia, electronic access to full text journals. Contends that the electronic world is not supplanting the paper world, only making it better. (PEN)

Descriptors: Access to Information, Consortia, Document Delivery, Electronic Journals, Full Text Databases, Libraries, Library Collection Development, Organizational Change, Resource Allocation, Scholarly Journals, Technological Advancement

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Language: English

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