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In November 1999 the Center for Research Libraries hosted a conference on
"Creating New Strategies for Cooperative Collection Development" to discuss
current initiatives in cooperative collection development and to seek ways
to expand the scope of this activity in the future. One outcome of the
conference was an action item calling for the creation of a map of current
cooperative collection development projects. To meet this charge, the
working group intends to create and maintain an accessible, authoritative,
and up-to-date resource that reports who is doing what in the arena of
cooperative collection development. The map will enable interested
librarians to evaluate the state of CCD and serve as a resource document
for persons contemplating CCD projects or seeking potential CCD partner
libraries.
The brief survey at the link below is intended to inform the working group
of CCD projects currently underway. We will consider for inclusion in our
"map" any collaborative activity characterized by planned, coordinated
collection development and/or management. All collaborative enterprises,
even informal working arrangements, are eligible for inclusion as long as
they are active and viable. Our definition of CCD encompasses consortia
that purchase electronic databases and collaborative digitization projects.
Please return the survey by Friday, December 7, 2001. We ask that, if
possible, participants in each project designate one person to respond for
the entire project. Our preliminary CCD map will be based upon the data
reported in the survey. Since we intend the map to be an evolving and
regularly revised resource, however, we will certainly accept revisions,
additional information, and documentation after this deadline. Another CRL
working group is charged with identifying best practices in CCD. This group
may contact some survey respondents for additional information.
Your response is very important for the success of this endeavor.
Thanks in advance for your help.
http://wwwcrl.uchicago.edu/info/awccconf/ccdsurvey.htm
John M. Haar
Associate University Librarian
Vanderbilt University
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