Selection Policies in the Digital Age – Building a Hybrid library.

A half-day conference on the topical theme of collection development in the digital age. The three speakers offered insight into the challenges libraries face in creating and adapting collection development policies to an increasing online world..

•  Concepts of “Collection” in the Digital World’.
  Angharad Roberts (PhD researcher based at the British Library). Keep up to date with her on-going research on this topic by following her blog

•  Are we nearly there? Measuring progress and success on the road to implementation
  Sharon Johnson, Head of Content Development Implementation
  The British Library

• Transforming our collections: How we reviewed over 1 million items in five years and got them all to fit!
  Paul Johnson – Head of Collections and Space Claire Cannings – Collections Project Co-ordinator, University of Reading