Overview

The role of collections in defining research libraries are changing rapidly. What research libraries collect and how collections are managed are increasingly subject to radical transformations. Resources related to a few key issues are gathered here.

Resources

Large Scale Digitization

• In Google’s Broad Wake: Taking Responsibility for Shaping the Global Digital Library

• “What Changes with Digital Content? Three Key Issues.” Anne Kenney. 2009 ARL Fall Forum

• Policy Resources on Google Book Search

• Federal Agencies Digitization Guideline Initiative

• Cornell University Library’s Digitization Manual

• Digitization as a Preservation Reformatting Method

Global Resources

• Changing Global Book Collection Patterns in ARL Libraries

• Center for Research Libraries – Global Resources Network
  Initiated through an AAU/ARL joint project, the Global Resources Network (GRN) is now a collaborative initiative of CRL and partnering academic research institutions to support international studies through the preservation and exchange of knowledge and source materials.

Collections Statistics and Assessment

• ARL Annual Statistics

• ARL Statistics: Redefining Serial Counts and Remaining Relevant in the 21st Century, RLI no. 262

• Recent SPEC Kits

• SP313 E-book Collections, October 2009
• SP300 Open Access Resources, September 2007
• SP295 Remote Shelving Services, October 2006
• SP294 Managing Digitization Activities, September 2006

Shared Print Collections

• “What to Withdraw: Print Collections Management in the Wake of Digitization.” Roger C. Schonfeld and Ross Housewright. New York: Ithaka S+R, September 2009.

• ARL Resources on the Federal Depository Library Program