Jointly organised by
Information and Library Network Centre, Ahmedabad
Department of Library & Information Science,
Utkal University, Bhubaneswar -751 004
Browse
Browsing CALIBER 1998 : Bhubaneswar by Subject "Collection Development Policy"
(INFLIBNET Centre, 1998-03-04) R., Lakshmi; Suma, P.
Collection development is the process of identifying the strength and
weakness of the collections of library materials in terms of patron needs and
community resources and attempting to correct existing weakness, if any.
One has to cross many hurdles created by IT for developing the collection.
A well framed Collection Development Policy (CDP) is of great help in
guiding all these activities. The authors have described the means of use of
Internet and Push Technology facilities for an effective collection development
in the libraries by mentioning different search engines and URLs. Advantages
and disadvantages of Internet and Push Technology are provided. Internet
can be used for identifying different sources of information, can also be
used from ordering to collection of information. Lists of selected Library
and Information Science journals and different reference sources available
on Net are appended.