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Collection Management & Development Program

Bibliographers' Manual
Table of Contents

Overview: Collection Management and Development Program

I. Introduction

II. Organizational and administrative environment

III. The Bibliographer

IV. Policies and procedures for Collection Development and Management

V. Collections Services department home pages


  1. Acquisitions Services
  2. Bibliographic Control Services
  3. Bibliographic Records Management Services
  4. Preservation Services

VI.Library Information Systems home page

Appendices: policies and procedures described in text

Overview: Collection Management and Development Program

I. Introduction

A. Mission and goals

B. Purpose of the manual

C. Maintenance of the manual and review procedure

D. Audience

II. Organizational and administrative environment

A. Collection Management and Development Committee: structure and responsibility

B. Budget/funds

C. Tools for collection development planning and decision making

D. Collection Development Officer

III. The Bibliographer

A. Responsibilities: Collection Development

1. Collection development policies

2. Selection strategies

B. Responsibilities: Collection Management

1. Collection evaluation

2. Preservation

3. Bibliographic control

C. Responsibilities: Fund management

D. Responsibilities: Interaction with students and faculty

E. Orientation and training

F. Professional growth and development

IV. Policies and Procedures for Collection Development and Management

A. General approach to materials selection

1. Current and retrospective acquisitions

2. Types of material and format

3. Acquisitions strategy; approval plans

4. Acquisition of Electronic Resources

5. Duplication

B. Collection development policies

C. Related publications and policies

1. Collection development

2. Collection management

3. User services

D. Manual and automated files

1. Dartmouth College Library

Card catalog
Shelf lists
Dartmouth College Library Online System

2. External

RLIN/RLG
OCLC
Dartmouth College Information System (DCIS)
Vendor systems
ABC approval plan database
Academic Book Center Control Report
New CIP announcements
Book Forms
Choice
Books In Print

E. National standards; published guidelines

F. Coordinated or cooperative activities

RLG and OCLC
Vermont Law School
Western New England College Rare Books Librarians
N.H. Political Papers Committee
USA CRREL
Dartmouth /Middlebury MLA Project

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Last updated August 19, 1998 by: CMDC@Dartmouth.Edu (jdh)