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| Article Name : | | | LIBRARY COLLECTION DEVELOPMENT IN AN ELECTRONIC INFORMATION ERA | | Author Name : | | | Sujatha , Purushothama Gowda.M. | | Publisher : | | | Ashok Yakkaldevi | | Article Series No. : | | | ISRJ-473 | | Article URL : | |  | Author Profile | | Abstract : | | | This article mainly focuses on library collection development in an electronic information era. Collection Development is a vital process in creating and building a library collection. It is a well planned activity for which a well defined policy is essential. The development primarily includes acquisition, selection, evaluation, preservation and weeding out materials/books/journals, etc., after assessing user needs. With the advent of Internet and the digital era, there has been a shift from hard copy formats to digital formats. Accordingly, the collection development policy has been modified to include the digital content in a collection. Once again the entire process and policy of content development would have to be worked out and re-designed. | | Keywords : | | - e-resources
- collection development
- e-books
- e-journals
- consortium
- collection development policies
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