Introduction Creatinginternal Web Collectiondevelopment is a time-intensiveand tools for collection multi-facetedfocus in most libraries. In academiclibraries, the selectionresponsibilities development oftenfall to subjectbibliographers or reference Allison Leveland librarians.The historically paper-driven environmentof publishercatalogs, order slips, Sarah Myers forms,procedures manuals, and written policy statementshas givenway to amoreWeb friendlyworkflow. Digitizing your collection developmentworkflow is now easier with Intranetsand Web authoring tools. The relevantinformation is much more readily The authors available foreveryone included in collection developmentand acquisitions throughout the is aReference Librarian in Collection Allison Level library.When undertaking this type of project, Management and Sarah Myers isaLibrary Technician IIin itisimportant to take abigpicture review and Collection Management, both at at Colorado State notjust makea one-to-onetransfer of the files University in Fort Collins, Fort Collins, Colorado, USA. and forms. Transformingpaper content to electronic Keywords formatis not new. It has beendone successfully Internet, Collections management, Worldwide Web foryears with journalsand books, but libraries have beenslow to capitalize onthe Web’s Abstract possibilitiesfor more routine or often mundane internalprocesses such as formsfor collection Collection development activities are an important and developmentand procedures manuals. The ongoing component ofevery library. The historically Webfocus has beenutilized to updateand paper-driven environment ofthis work is changing. With capitalize onthe externaland public face ofthe intranets and Web authoring tools, digitizing your collection libraryfirst, before spending time on the development workflowenables libraries to have an internalroutines. increased level ofefficiency and accessibility. This article Thecollection management unit at the outlines the creation, development, and implementation of ColoradoState Universitylibraries includes Web accessible collection development tools. These tools faculty andstaff. Thegroup facilitates the integrate procedures, forms, policies, and library effortsof all the subjectlibrarians within organization Web sites. Information about project revisions, referenceservices to identify,evaluate, and modifications, and suggestions for future projects is selectmaterials and information resources to included. Acoordinated collection development Web site supportthe university’s missionof teaching, may consist ofonline tools, Web resources, work-flow research,and service. In Spring 2001, atask processes, instructions and other information for selectors and library staff,as wellas information for library patrons. groupin the unitembarked on a projectto digitizeinformation needed by selectors,library faculty, librarystaff, andpatrons. The Electronic access three-partproject included converting a The Emerald Research Register for this journal is available at selector’s manualfrom paper to aWeb-based http://www.emeraldinsight.com/researchregister format,creating a selector’s toolbox,and The current issue and fulltext archive ofthis journal is collectionmanagement Web site. available at Theunit used a papermanual of collection developmentand management procedures and http://www.emeraldinsight.com/0160-4953.htm policiesuntil recently. This information was Collection Building retooledand is now easily available via the Volume 22 . Number 4 . 2003 . pp. 162-166 # MCBUP Limited . ISSN0160-4953 Intranetfor internal library use. With libraries DOI10.1108/ 01604950310501744 movingalong the digitalpath processes, 162 Creating internal Web tools for collection development Collection Building Allison Level and SarahMyers Volume 22 . Number 4 . 2003 . 162-166 standards,procedures, and manuals are tagging internalWeb page for collection development rightalong. Why isit importantto have whichwas anarticle update of apresentationat procedures,policies, and links to resources AmericanLibrary Association(ALA). In the online?An online tool allows for good articlethey lookat toolsfor bibliographers and organization,faster searching,and saves listsfor selecting Web resources. physical space.They arealso available 24/7and Otherarticles discuss Web resources of usein canbe updated more easily. TheWeb resource the collectiondevelopment process. Brown contentallows for greater efficiency, and faculty (1999) andArlen et al. (1998) focuson URLsof andstaff stay currentby havingthe mostrecent importancesuch as AcqWeb,Technical informationavailable onthe Web.In addition ProcessingOnline Tools (T-Pot), reviewsites, to the onlinemanual and toolbox, plans were vendorsites, and subject Internet guides. madeto createpublicly accessible pages that Holmberg(2000) focusesspecifically on the use wouldbe of helpto academicfaculty andothers ofpublishers’Web sites for reference collection with aninterest in how materials are selected by development.Intner (2001) discussesthe the libraries. impactof the Interneton collections and the importancethat isplaced on the Internetas a resourcefor collection development. Literature review Thereare several articles in the literatureon Project development usingthe Webfor acquisitions or collection developmentand the impactof the Interneton Tobegin the projectat the CSUlibraries, theseresponsibilities. There are far fewer modelsfor the manual,toolbox, and Web site articleson creating internal Web tools and werecreated. The models were a springboard onlineresources to supportcollection forthoughts on how the Webpages would be developmentresponsibilities. Two early articles usedand valued. The models and feedback about Webpages for acquisitions work include wereespecially helpful as part of the creative Henderson’s (1996) articlewhich outlines process.It isimportant to notethat inthe materialoriginally presented at the Association processof creatingand demonstrating the forLibrary Collectionsand Technical Services models,the task groupstayed opento different (ALCTS)Automated Acquisitions/ In-Process ideas. ControlDiscussion Group. In the article, Hendersonhighlights some of the early Web Manual technologiesincluding Gopher, Telnet, and Inlate Spring2001, the CSUlibraries began WWW accessto publishers’catalogs, library workon creatinga collectiondevelopment Web catalogs,listservs, and the ‘‘very usefuland well siteand updating the papercollection organizedACQWEB site’ ’ (Henderson,1996, developmentnotebook as part of effortsto p. 372). Otherauthors address the useof Web streamlineand capitalize onefficiency in the resourcesfor acquisitions and collection collectiondevelopment process. This came on development.Web page design and usefulness the heelsof the libraries’work to create weretwo areascovered in Johnson’ s (1997) purchase/approval plansfor departments articlewhich looked at libraryacquisition Web previouslywithout themand also move to an informationfrom 31 institutions.His main Web electronicsystem of orderingbooks not covered pagedesign factors include page length, by the purchaseplans. linkages,downloading time, and typography, Previously,the ‘‘bluenotebook’ ’ consistedof whichare still valid measureswhen designing collectiondevelopment policies and procedures Websites today. that wereupdated periodically and retained in a Reviewingthe literatureon Web site creation three-ringbinder. The manual contained the foradministrative (internal) collection collectiondevelopment and management developmentsites provided one article similar proceduresand policies and was organizedby to the workdone at ColoradoState. Rabineand processwith instructionsand examples of Brown(2000) discussthe developmentof an forms.The manual also contained lists for fund 163 Creating internal Web tools for collection development Collection Building Allison Level and SarahMyers Volume 22 . Number 4 . 2003 . 162-166 codes,faculty liaisons,and a conspectusof call Libraries(CARL), the GreaterWestern Library numbers.No indexwas available andit was Alliance(GWLA), andothers. These are online oftennecessary to browsethrough several resourcesused by selectors.To create the chaptersto locatethe neededinformation. Toolbox,selectors gave theirinput as to their Changesand updates to contentwere difficult mostcommonly used online tools for collection to makeand labor intensive. With the hiringof development.The collection management Web severalnew reference librarians, many with site(http:/ /lib.colostate.edu/cm/)provides limitedcollection development experience, it informationfor the libraries’patrons, staff and was importantto have easy accessto collection faculty withinthe campuscommunity. The developmentinformation that wouldbe Website has linksto topicsincluding: how to well-organized,easy to use,and easy to update. givea gift, generaland subject policies, and Whenthe projectbegan, several Web styles newssuch as specialinitiatives andprojects. wereexplored. After a few styles,the manual Otherresources include information on how to took shapein a frame-basedWeb format. This suggestan item for purchase, with aform formatallowed for creation of atable of template forrecommendations from patrons. contents,search function, and content all on Additionally,the sitecontains annotated links onescreen. The coding of existingfiles and to consortialpartner libraries and organizations paperlists took severalmonths. After the basic suchas CARL,GWLA, and the Scholarly text andlinks were in place, images of forms Publishingand Academic Resources Coalition werescanned