Why Did We Buy That? New Customers and Changing Directions in Collection Development |
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| Authors: | Kay Downey |
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| Institution: | Kent State University , Kent , Ohio |
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| Abstract: | This article describes the new role of academic libraries in higher education and shows how it has changed collection development objectives to serve a nontraditional constituency not served in the past. This is illustrated, in part, by Kent State University Library's review and selection of language-learning software, motivated by the university's strategic initiatives for globalization. It demonstrates a new trend to purchase resources that support administrative agendas and non-teaching programs, and the impact this has on how libraries frame collection development policies and allocate dollars for library content. As collection managers are redirecting support to revenue-building objectives, are they compromising support of educational objectives? |
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| Keywords: | college and university libraries collection development library selection budgets language-learning software |
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