Electronic Resources and Collection Development examines how the
transition to electronic resources in academic libraries has impacted traditional collection development policies and practices. Nine acclaimed librarians present their perspectives on the growing trend toward digital materials acquisition that is tipping the scales in favor of access in the ownership vs. access debate. The book provides insights on the use of electronic resources in major research libraries from data collection by JSTOR, a leading provider of digital resources to academic libraries.

Sul H Lee

• Introduction
• New Directions in Electronic Collection Development
• From the Inside Out: An Organizational View of Electronic Resources and Collection Development
• What Administrators Talk About When They Talk About Libraries
• Fishing the Electronic River: Disruptive Technologies, the Unlibrary, and the Ecology of Information
• Collection Development for Distance Learning
• An Uncertain Trumpet: Developing Archival and Special Collections in the Electronic Era
• The ARL Scholars Portal Initiative
• Think Globally, Act Locally: Electronic Resources and Collection Development
• Lessons for JSTOR: User Behavior and Faculty Attitudes
• Index
• Reference Notes Included