Collection management is becoming increasingly complex due to electronic access to information, the growth of the Internet, greater reliance on document delivery and resource sharing, and changes in scholarly communication. This professional reference shows how changes in all aspects of collection management will affect future activities in this area and examines the likely value of these changes in the next century. Chapters are written by leading practitioners and academics from around the world, and the volume concludes with a bibliographical essay.

Includes index.

Introduction / G.E. Gorman -- Collection development and scholarly communication in the 21st century: from collection management to content management / John M. Budd and Bart M. Harloe -- The Internet and collection management in academic libraries: opportunities and challenges / Thomas E. Nisonger -- Collection management and integrated library systems / Mary F. Casserly and Anne C. Ciliberti -- Collection development policies and electronic information resources / Peggy Johnson -- The role of selection in collection development: past, present, and future / William S. Monroe -- Collection development and performance measurement / Philip J. Calvert -- Integrating the activities of librarians and paraprofessional workers in evaluating academic library collections / Sheila S. Intner -- Electronic document delivery services and their impact on collection management / Graham P. Cornish -- The preservation of electronic records: what shall we do next? / Ross Harvey -- Staffing and organization for collection development in a new century / Bonita Bryant -- Budgeting for information resources: current trends and future directions / William Fisher and Barbara G. Leonard -- The axioms, barriers, and components of cooperative collection development / Richard J. Wood -- Cooperation is the future of collection management and development: OhioLINK and CIC / Gay N. Dannelly -- Cooperative collection development: compelling theory, inconsequential results? / Dan C. Hazen -- Selected review of the literature on collection development and collection management, 1990-1995 / Ruth H. Miller.