Courtney Selby and Kerry Skinner have submitted a program on collection development tools to AMPC: “Collection Development Tools: From ‘Tried and True’ to ‘Spiffy and New!’ ”
The committee also has plans for collaborating with TS-SIS on making collection development policies available to everyone on the AALL website. Making library collections “student-centric,” and donating and recycling materials are other hot topics on the committee’s list these days in lieu of shrinking shelving space.
At this year’s conference the Collection Development roundtable held a lively discussion on “Making the cut: collection development in the face of shrinking budgets.” Our program on “Weed, Shelve or Store: Making the Hard Decisions” was well attended by over 60 members. Discussion on just what to do with bound periodicals elicited some interesting ideas from attendees.