The Changing Nature of Collection Management in Research Libraries: New Vistas Thee Years Later ARL

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The Changing Nature of Collection Management in
Research Libraries New Vistas Thee Years
LaterARL Forum on Collections Access for the
21st Century Scholar, October 19-20,2001Joseph
Branin, Ohio State UniversityFrances Groen,
McGill UniversitySuzanne Thorin, Indiana
University
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Presentation Agenda

• 1. Historic Background From Collection
  Development to Knowledge Management (Joe Branin)
• 2. The Scholarly Landscape Looking at Needs and
  Changes by Discipline (Suzanne Thorin)
• 3. The Future of Scholarly Publishing and
  Knowledge Management Some Predictions (Frances
  Groen)

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The Changing Nature of Collection Management in
Research Libraries The Paper

• ARL Research Collections Committee Report,
  1998-1999
• Web version posted, reviewed, and revised, 1999
• Published in Library Resources Technical
  Services, January 2000
• Changing Characteristics of Web-based writing

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Development From Collection to Knowledge
Management

• 1950-1975 Collection Development
• 1975-1990 Collection Management
• 2000- Knowledge Management

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1950-1975 Collection Development

• Major Environmental Factors
• Rapid Growth of Higher Education and Knowledge
• Rise of Government Sponsored Research
• Collection Development
• Acquisitions
• Selection
• Collection building

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1975-1990 Collection Management

• Major Environmental Factors
• Budget constraints
• Commercialization of Scholarship
• New Digital Technology
• Collection Management
• Collection policy development
• Materials budget allocation
• Collection analysis
• Collection use and user studies
• Training and organization of collection managers
• Preservation
• Cooperative collection development

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Knowledge Management

• Major Environmental Factors
• New Digital Opportunities and Threats
• Knowledge Management
• Information policy
• Consortia
• Web Publishing
• Reforming Scholarly Publishing

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Important Questions in Knowledge Management

• What are the new boundaries for knowledge
  management? What does a collection mean today?
• How does one define a constituency? What does
  local mean in a networked digital environment?
• Will scholarship be more restricted or more open
  and accessible in the digital information system?