Clark, M. (2011, September 1). Reinventing
Collection Development for a Digital Age: On-Demand and On-the-Go. Retrieved
February 22, 2015, from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LkCYdX6bGi4
Reinventing Collection Development for a Digital
Age: On-Demand and On-the-Go
20 minutes long
Source: Youtube.com
Summary:
This video is about the importance of shifting
collection development to meets the needs of the current day patron. The
speaker discusses why libraries should allocate money towards building
electronic resources and databases, as well as how to evaluate if they are
effective. The video also stresses the importance of utilizing tools such as
interlibrary loan to fulfill short term needs of patrons, such as getting a
title that the library would not normally order, or would not see much use
otherwise.
Evaluation:
All of this information is money and efficiency
saving techniques that everyone looking to start or maintain a collection
should know to help best run it. All of it is incredible practical and means
making the most of your budget in the most effective means. It’s important to
learn to learn how to follow trends regarding patrons and their needs, as well
as gathering to tools they can make the most of. Librarians need to think about
every tool at their disposal to make all ends meet, such as the points of using
ILL for short term borrow vs buying a material that will see little use.
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