Ramos, Kristan

INFO 266

Fall 2015

 

Expanding Collections through Usage

 

In our INFO 266 Collection Development Text, (Wimberly, L., Loertscher, D., and Crompton, M. 2014) Collection Development Using the Collection Mapping Technique, chapter 21 “Making the Collection Accessible” provides insight about how to make a collection more accessible. We ask the questions, why is full access important and how can the general public gain access? Full access is the push toward intellectual freedom, a luxury that not everyone in the world gets to experience. Although we as a library community are pushing forward, policy restrictions can still prevent full access or any access depending on the library collection. Gaining access is a process that takes time and initiative by the general public.

This chapter gives a small glimpse into recognizing how some organizations are working together to help create full access and providing global communication through intellectual freedom.