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Apologies for cross posting Second phase of senior management restructuring at the British Library MIKE CRUMP APPOINTED HEAD OF COLLECTION DEVELOPMENT Restructuring of the British Library’s senior management structure, announced over the past few weeks, continues with the announcement today that Mike Crump is to be Head of Collection Development. In this new post he will have responsibility for co-ordinating and overseeing implementation of both internal and external aspects of the Library’s collection development strategy and activities, and for contributing to policy formation in this area. Specific duties of the new post are: To co-ordinate and monitor implementation of the British Library’s internal collection development policies To co-ordinate and monitor the Library’s participation in collaborative collection development arrangements with other research libraries or repositories, within the emerging concept of the Distributed National Collection (or any international equivalent) To make recommendations on future collection development policies and collaborative collection development arrangements, informed by relevant market research and management information In the new post, Mike Crump will lead the negotiation and drafting of collaborative collection development arrangements with other repositories or consortia, with an emphasis on access arrangements as well as on those for collecting and retention. Commenting on the appointment, Director Designate of Scholarship and Collections at the British Library, Dr Clive Field said: “I warmly welcome Mike Crump's appointment to this new post in the British Library's organisational and service structure. It will be key to the holistic management and development of the Library's world-class collections, and to enabling it to play a full part in collaborative arrangements with other leading repositories in the library, archive and museum domains. Mike brings to the post an exceptional range of expertise, skills and networking with the national and international information community.” Mike Crump added: “I look forward to working with Clive and the new senior team to develop the Library’s collections in association with other libraries, and to provide the best possible resources for researchers now and in the future.” For further information please call Ben Sanderson on 01937 546126, email [log in to unmask]