About Conspectus

Further information about the Conspectus scheme can be found in the following resources:

Guidelines and standards

• Conspectus collection depth indicator definitions / University of Texas at Austin. - 5th ed. - 2000.
• Conspectus collection development levels / Vanderbilt University. - 1999.
• Conspectus: explanation & documentation of procedures & standards / University of Michigan-Flint. 1999.
• WLN Conspectus / OCLC Lacey Product Center. 2001.
• Collection analysis: the Conspectus approach / Mount St Vincent University. - 2002.
• Conspectus levels / Mount St Vincent University. - 2002.
• The OCLC-WLN Conspectus at the University of Manitoba Libraries (UML). - 2002

Full-text articles

• Conspectus: a reappraisal / Ann E Wade. 1992.
• Conspectus and preservation / Brenda E Moon. 1992.
• Co-operative collecting responsibilities / James Murray. 1992.
• A brief history of the RLG Conspectus. 1997.
• Travails of a Conspectus Officer / Shirley Sullivan. 1999.
• Collection level description : a review of existing practice. 3: Collection description. 3.1: Conspectus / Ann Matheson, Dennis Nicholson. 1999.
• The evolution of Conspectus practice in libraries: the beginnings and the present applications / Mary C. Bushing. 2001.
• Conspectus method used for collections mapping and structuring of portals in Czech libraries / Bohdana Stoklasova. 2006.
• Collection mapping - an evolving tool for better resources and better access / Mary C. Bushing. 2006.
• Conspectus and the Scottish Collections Network: landscaping the Scottish common information environment / Gordon Dunsire. 2006.
• Collection map for the Finnish university libraries - an introduction / Pentti Vattulainen. 2006.

Other online resources

• Australian Conspectus

Other bibliographic references

• The planning and implementation of Conspectus in Scotland / A. Matheson. In: Journal of Librarianship. 19 (3) 1987. p141-151.
• Conspectus in the United Kingdom / A. Matheson. In: Alexandria. 1 (1) 1989. p51-59.
• The Conspectus experience / A. Matheson. In: Journal of Librarianship. 22 (3) 1990. p171-183.