Bibliographic and Web resources: collection development, collaborative collection management, collection description and conspectus

Most of the resources listed on this page are available via the Web. Others are 'bibliographic' references and as such are not freely available online, but their utility warrants their inclusion.

Alexander, A, W. Toward "The Perfection of Work": Library Consortia in the Digital Age. Journal of Library Administration. 28 (2) 2000. P1-14.

Armstrong, K. & Nardini, B. Making the Common Uncommon? Examining Consortial Approval Plan Cooperation. Collection Management. 24 (1/2) 2000. P45-55.

ALG - Australian Libraries Gateway. Australian Library Collection Agreements. Canberra: National Library of Australia, 2000. Available: URL http://www.nla.gov.au/libraries/resource/agree.html (Checked 14 January
2004)

Biblarz, D. Guidelines for a Collection Development Policy using the Conspectus model – International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions. The Hague: IFLA, 2001. Available: URL http://www.ifla.org/VII/s14/nd1/gcdp-e.pdf (Checked 13 January 2004)

BOND, M. Embracing Electronic Access: renovating Conspectus for the digital era. Paper presented at the 9th Biennial VALA Conference. January 28-30, 1998, Melbourne Convention Centre, Australia. Canberra, Australia: National Library of Australia, 1999. Available: URL http://www.nla.gov.au/nla/staffpaper/bond1.html (Checked 14 January 2004)

Bridegam, W, E. A Collaborative Approach to Collection Storage: The Five College Library Depository. Washington: Council on Library and Information Resources, 2001. Available: URL
http://www.clir.org/pubs/reports/pub97/contents.html (Checked 15 August 2003)

Burns, B. How the WLN Conspectus works for small libraries. Acquisitions Librarian. (20) 1998. p53-72.

Bushing, M. , Burns, D. & Powell, N. Using the Conspectus Method: A Collection Assessment Handbook. Washington: Western Library Network, 1997.

Bushing, M, C. The Evolution of Conspectus Practice in Libraries: The Beginnings and the Present Applications. Slovenia: CASLIN 2001, 2001. Available: URL http://www.caslin.cz:7777/caslin01/sbornik/conspectus.html (Checked 13 January 2004)

Byrne, A. After the DNC: establishing a sustainable information environment for research and scholarship in Australia: Keynote Paper. Canberra: National Scholarly Communications Forum – Round Table No. 7. The Distributed National Collection, 1997. Available: URL
http://www.caul.edu.au/nscf/byrne.htm (Checked 15 August 2003)

Case, M. & Jakubs, D. Building the Global Collection – World Class Collection Development: A chronicle of the AAU/ARL Global Resources Program. Journal of Library Administration. 29 (3/4) 2000. p237-254.

Chapman, A. , Creaser, C. & Spiller, D. Trends in monograph acquistions in UK libraries. Library Management. 21 (6) 2000. P307-315.

Chapman, E. Buying shares in Libraries: The economics of Cooperative Collection Development. IFLA Journal. 2 (24) 1998. P102-106. Available:
URL http://www.ifla.org/v/iflaj/jour2402.pdf/ (Checked 15 August 2003)

Committee on Institutional Cooperation Collection Development Officers. CIC CDO Cooperative Collection Project Report to the CIC Library Directors. Champaign, Illinois: Committee on Institutional Cooperation, 2002. Available: URL
http://www.cic.uiuc.edu/programs/CLIConsortialAgreementProgram/archive/Report/CooperativeCollectionProject.pdf (Checked 14 January 2004)

Clayton, P. & Gorman, G, E. Managing Information Resources in Libraries: collection management in theory and practice. London: Library Association Publishing, 2001.

Davies, B. Consortia purchasing: a feasibility study for the UK veterinary and animal health field. Library Management. 22 (8/9) 2001. p371-380.

DeLong, L. Collection Material on Natural Disasters: A Case Study in Cooperative Collections Development. Collection Management. 24 (1/2) 2000. p175-183.

Dwyer, J. Consortial review and purchase of networked resources: the California State University experience. The Bottom Line: Managing Library Finances. 12 (1) 1999. P5-11.

Fedunok, S. A Perspective on U.S. Cooperative Collection Development. INSPEL. 31 (2) 1997. p47-53. Available: URL http://www.fh-potsdam.de/~IFLA/INSPEL/97-2feds.pdf (Checked 14 January 2004)

Gammon, J, A. & Zeoli, M. Practical Cooperative Collecting for Consortia: Books-not-Bought In Ohio. Chicago, Illinois: Center for Research Libraries, 2003. Available: URL http://www.crl.edu/awcc2002/GammonZeoliPaper.pdf (Checked 14 January 2004)

Gatenby, P. Digital continuity: the role of the National Library of Australia. The Australian Library Journal. 51 (1) 2002. p1-12. Available: URL http://www.alia.org.au/alj/51.1/full.text/digital.continuity.html (Checked 15 January 2003)

Higher Education Consultancy Group. A Report to the RSLP on: Barriers to Resource Sharing Among Higher Education Libraries. London: Research Support Libraries Programme, 2002. Available: URL http://www.rslp.ac.uk/circs/2002/barriers.htm (Checked 13 January 2004)

Holleman, C. The Study of Subject Strengths, Overlap, and National Collecting Patterns: The Uses of the OCLC/AMIGOS Collection Analysis CD and Alternatives to It. Collection Management. 22 (1/2) 1997. p57-69.

Jalloh, B. A plan for the establishment of a library network or consortium for Swaziland: preliminary investigations and formulations. Library Consortium Management: An International Journal. 2 (8) 2000. P165-176.

Jenkins, C. Collection Management Initiatives in Britain, in, Gorman, G, E. (ed). Collection Management - International Yearbook of Library and Information Management 2000/2001. London: Library Association Publishing, 2000. P243-266.

Millson-Martula, C. , Bartman Pathak, S. & Pfieffer, C. Cooperative Collection Management in the Consortial Environment: the VIVA Pilot Projects. Library Philosophy and Practice. 3 (1) 2000. Available: URL http://www.webpages.uidaho.edu/~mbolin/viva.PDF (Checked 13 January 2004)

Moore, N. , Wallis, M. & Marshall, A. Collaboration in Research Library Provision – An international review. London: Research Support Libraries Group (RSLG) / Higher Education Funding Council for England (HEFCE), 2002. Available: URL http://www.rslg.ac.uk/research/incollab/ (Checked 16 August 2003)

Moore, N. & Wallis, M. Coordinating the distributed national collection of research resources – Report to the Research Support Libraries Group. London: British Library, 2001. Available: URL
http://www.bl.uk/concord/pdf_files/blhe-dnc.pdf (Checked 16 August 2003)

O'Connor, S. & Pugh, S. Collaborative Purchasing: A Model for Financially Straitened Times. Collection Management. 24 (1/2) 2000. P57-77.

O'Connor, S., Wells, A. & Collier, M. A Study of Collaborative Storage of Library Resources - Report for the Higher Education / British Library Task Force. London/Austrlia: British Library/CAVAL, 2001. Available: URL http://www.bl.uk/concord/pdf_files/blhe-colstor.pdf (Checked 16 August 2003)

Preece, B. Union and Virtual catalogs in a Consortial Environment. The Journal of Academic Librarianship. 27 (6) 20001. P470-472.

Pye, J. & Ball, D. Purchasing Consortia: trends and acitivity in the UK. The Bottom Line: Managing Library Finances. 12 (1) 1999. P12-18.

Sinclair, M, P. A Typology of Library Cooperatives. Special Libraries. 64 (4) 1973. P181-186.

Smith, G. Co-operative Collection Development: A UK National Library Perspective. Collection Management. 24 (3/4) 2000. P251-262.

Stephens, A, K. (ed). Public Library Collection Development in the Information Age. London: The Haworth Press, Inc., 1998.

Wise, A. Managing National Distributed Collections: reflections on the British Experience, in, Gorman, G, E. (ed). Collection Management - International Yearbook of Library and Information Management 2000/2001. London: Library Association Publishing, 2000. P267-290.

Wolf, M, T. & Bloss, M, E. The Whole Is Greater Than the Sum of Its Parts. Collection Management. 24 (1/2) 2000. P105-118.