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Collection Management & Development Program
Collection Management & Development Committee

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The purpose of the Collection Management and Development Program is to provide and maintain collections which meet the academic, research, and information needs of the Library's many user groups. Under the guidance of the Director of Collection Services, subject bibliographers, working with the academic departments they represent, select and manage the numerous subject collections of the Library. Collectively these individuals comprise the Collection Management and Development Committees.

Membership	Collection Development Policies
Bibliographers' Manual	Guidelines for writing CD Policies

The Collection Management and Development Committee is composed of all librarians with subject responsibilities as well as librarians from Acquisitions Services, Bibliographic Control Services, and Circulation Services. The committee meets monthly and is chaired by the Director of Collection Services. Established in 1979, the CMDC oversaw the first preparation of written collection development policies for each subject area of the collection and the creation of the Bibliographer's Manual. In addition to the full monthly meetings, committee members are encouraged to serve on one or more subgroups, which include:

Subgroups:

• Steering Committee
• Collection Policies Group
• Electronic Information Group
  • EIG at CMDC May 16, 2001
  • Electronic Products Tests:Current Tests : for staff use only
  • Electronic Products Tests:Completed Tests : for staff use only
  • Considerations for Digital Formats
  • Licenses for Electronic Resources: Guidelines for Bibliographers
  • Dartmouth College Library Digital Resourcers License Information
    • To view or print the complete database
    • To search the database
  • Dartmouth Web Journals Test Report Recommendations : Final Draft
  • Using Electronic Journals : a trouble-shooting guide for staff
• Preservation Group
• Serials Group

The Committee serves as a forum to discuss collection development activities, to define and solve problems, and to develop strategies for coping with pressures on the materials budgets and with the growth of the electronic information environment. The Committee is charged with the following responsibilities: 1) revise and approve collection development policies written by bibliographers, 2) develop principles and methods to guide the evaluations of collections, 3) establish criteria for review of collections for storage and preservation, 4) decide issues of bibliographic control and access relating to collection management, 5) participate in and contribute to cooperative collection development activities with the Research Libraries Group, 6) monitor the issues and problems which affect costs and maintenance of serials collections, 7) establish ad hoc groups as necessary, to carry out tasks relating to collection management and development, 8) document the policies and procedures of the program, and, 9) maintain awareness of trends and developments in the publishing world and the information marketplace.

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