Versioning History & Topics for Future Updates

Versioning History

This table lists major changes to this work. Minor content and formatting updates are expected to occur continuously but will not be tracked in this table.

Version Date Change
2.03 04/15/2024 Renamed “Assessment” chapter to “Evaluating Resources: Deciding What to Buy, Keep, Weed, or Cancel”.
2.02 09/22/2023 Added a section on streaming media acquisitions, updated glossary terms, and removed broken links.
2.01 07/26/2023 Added sample challenged materials policies and updated a few links.
2.00
 01/03/2022
 Completed work is officially published.

 

 

 

Topics for Future Updates

Please suggest any updates to the 2nd edition or topics you would like to see added to the 3rd edition to gaukh@vcu.edu and iriskg@msu.edu.

  • More details about how to look at COUNTER reports. Which are the most common COUNTER reports we use?
  • Reliability of SUSHI reports.
  • How can I figure out what to buy?
  • Where can I find out about new titles?
  • Transformative agreements, read and publish, subscribe to open
  • Link to Contemporary Issues in Collection Management?

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Health Sciences Collection Development: An Overview of Fundamental Knowledge and Practices (2nd Edition) by Medical Library Association Collection Development Caucus is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License, except where otherwise noted.

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