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arl-announce: ARL Announces: Collection Development SPEC Kit

ARL Announces: Collection Development SPEC Kit

Patricia Brennan (patricia@cni.org)
Wed, 3 May 1995 16:48:25 -0400 (EDT) 

From: Patricia Brennan <patricia@cni.org>
Message-Id: <9505032048.AA16909@a.cni.org>
Subject: ARL Announces:  Collection Development SPEC Kit
To: arl-announce@cni.org
Date: Wed, 3 May 1995 16:48:25 -0400 (EDT)


May 3, 1995

ARL Annouces...
Publication of SPEC Kit on the Organization of Collection Development


     The ARL Office of Management Services Systems and Procedures
Exchange Center is pleased to announce the publication of SPEC Kit #207:
Organization of Collection Development.  This Kit describes the
organizational models for collection development currently found in ARL
libraries.  It also includes information on changes that have occurred
since 1987, especially as a result of the use of electronic records and
automated library management systems in collection development work, as
well as from the increasing distribution of electronic information
resources and their inclusion in libraries' collections. 

     Organization of Collection Development was compiled by Gordon
Rowley, Assistant Director for Collections, Iowa State University
Libraries as part of the OMS Collaborative Research/Writing Program. 

     This year marks the 25th anniversary of the establishment of the
Association of Research Libraries' Office of Management Services (OMS). 
Committed to assisting research and academic libraries in the continuous
improvement of management systems, OMS has worked with its constituents
since 1970 to seek the best practices for meeting the needs of users. 
The OMS Information Services Program maintains an active publications
program best known for its Systems and Procedures Exchange Center (SPEC)
Kits.  Through the OMS Collaborative Research Writing Program,
librarians work with OMS staff in joint research and writing projects. 
Participants and staff work together in survey design, writing, and
editing publications that provide valuable insights and management
perspectives on emerging trends, issues, and concerns of the academic
and research library community.  For more information about the SPEC
Program or the OMS Information Services Program, contact Laura A. 
Rounds (laura@cni.org)



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Organization of Collection Development (SPEC Kit #207)
Book: $40 pbk.  ($25 ARL members)
192p.  
ISSN 0160-3582 
April 1995


The OMS SPEC Kits are published 10 timess a year and are available by
subscription and single issue to individuals and institutions world-wide. 
All orders must be prepaid.  Checks must be payable in US funds to
Association of Research Libraries.  Include $5 each for Shipping &
Handling within USA & Canada.  For additional ordering details, contact
ARL Publications, (arlhq@cni.org).  Mail to: ARL Publications,
Department #0692 Washington, DC 20073-0692

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