What is it about?
This paper reviews current strategies in collections, selection and the access libraries provide in order to present scenarios that illustrate the roles libraries are beginning to play and to discuss viable strategies for libraries in the future. An extensive literature review revealed that librarians are redefining collections and selection, implementing new strategies to provide information that is more relevant to today’s needs, focusing more intently on niche collections and experimenting in access strategies to market information and increase use.
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Why is it important?
Libraries’ survival depends on re-thinking the philosophy and approach to collections, selection and access. Libraries need this shift in thinking and approach to find their place in the new information world.
Perspectives
As a librarian and educator, I wanted to understand the shift from collecting to providing access, and to explore ways to market that access. Universities spend heavily on information and access. Ensuring its use is critical to validating that expense.
Ms Aline Soules
California State University, East Bay
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This page is a summary of: Collections, selection, access, New Library World, May 2014, Emerald,
DOI: 10.1108/nlw-04-2014-0040.
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