COLLECTION DEVELOPMENT PLAN January 6, 2011 Subject to Staff Revision 1 TABLE OF CONTENTS LIBRARY MISSION STATEMENT & COLLECTION DEVELOPMENT GOALS ....................... 6 Purpose of the Collection Development Plan ........................................................................................... 7 Frequently Used Terms ............................................................................................................................ 8 CHAPTER 1: LIBRARY & COLLECTION OVERVIEW ........................................................... 9 The Contra Costa County Library—Past and Present ........................................................................... 9 The Community Libraries ....................................................................................................................... 10 The Physical Libraries ............................................................................................................................ 10 Outlet .................................................................................................................................................. 10 Small Library ..................................................................................................................................... 11 Medium Library ................................................................................................................................. 11 Large Library ..................................................................................................................................... 11 Virtual Library ........................................................................................................................................ 11 The Collection............................................................................................................................................ 12 The Collection............................................................................................................................................ 12 General Collections ................................................................................................................................ 12 Floating Collection (“iFloats”) ............................................................................................................... 13 Reference Books and Reference Collections .......................................................................................... 14 Electronic Resources Collection ............................................................................................................. 16 Federal Government Publications Collection ......................................................................................... 17 Special Collections ................................................................................................................................. 17 Direct Loan through Link + .................................................................................................................... 18 Budget Allocation ...................................................................................................................................... 18 Annual Timeline for Collection Development Planning ........................................................................ 19 CHAPTER 2: NEEDS ASSESSMENT .....................................................................................20 Community Assessment ............................................................................................................................ 20 County & Community Profiles ............................................................................................................... 20 Collection Assessment ............................................................................................................................... 22 System Collection Profile ................................................................................................................... 22 Circulation Statistics/Use Studies ...................................................................................................... 22 User Surveys ...................................................................................................................................... 22 Non-User Surveys .............................................................................................................................. 22 Staff Surveys ...................................................................................................................................... 23 Subject Needs/Purchase Request Forms ............................................................................................ 23 CHAPTER 3: MATERIALS SELECTION .................................................................................24 Responsibility for Selection ...................................................................................................................... 24 Collection Development Committee .................................................................................................. 24 Deputy County Librarian/Support Services ....................................................................................... 25 Collection Development Manager...................................................................................................... 25 Collection Development Staff ............................................................................................................ 25 Library Specialists .............................................................................................................................. 25 Collection Planners ............................................................................................................................ 25 Community Library Selectors ............................................................................................................ 25 Collection Development Training ...................................................................................................... 26 Selection Criteria ...................................................................................................................................... 26 General Selection Criteria .................................................................................................................. 26 Electronic Resources Selection Criteria ............................................................................................. 27 Acquisitions ............................................................................................................................................... 29 Standing Orders .................................................................................................................................. 29 Centralized Orders.............................................................................................................................. 29 Discretionary Community Library Orders ......................................................................................... 30 Special Community Library Orders ................................................................................................... 30 Consortium Purchases ........................................................................................................................ 30 Gifts ............................................................................................................................................................ 30 Gift Evaluation Criteria ...................................................................................................................... 31 Used Materials ........................................................................................................................................... 32 CHAPTER 4: COLLECTION FORMATS ..................................................................................33 Audiocassettes .................................................................................................................................... 33 Books .................................................................................................................................................. 33 CD-ROMs .......................................................................................................................................... 34 Compact Discs (CDs – Music and Spoken Word) ............................................................................. 34 Digital Downloadable Audio/Visual Materials .................................................................................. 34 Digital Video Discs (DVDs) .............................................................................................................. 34 Electronic Resources .......................................................................................................................... 34 E-books .............................................................................................................................................. 34 Large Type ......................................................................................................................................... 34 Microform/Microfilm ......................................................................................................................... 35 Pamphlets ..........................................................................................................................................