Collection Development

Scenario Planning and Collection Development

GIS Collection Development within an Academic Library

Locating usable spatial data is essential for the application and use of Geographic Information Systems (GIS). GIS data collection development constitutes a core element of GIS services within academic libraries. Managers of geospatial resources require a fundamental understanding of the nature and use of GIS data. In the creation of a GIS collection development policy, library professionals sh...

Collection Development Issues in the Online Environment

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Risk-Based Collection Model Development and Testing

The IRS Strategic Plan in part calls for “increasing compliance among small business and self-employed taxpayers.” In 2000, an SB/SE (Small Business/Self-Employed) Design Team report focused on the need for the IRS to do the following: adopt an integrated compliance strategy and shift the emphasis toward risk-based compliance; include profiling major customer segments; and develop multifunction...

Development of a Brazilian maize core collection

The aim of this study was to evaluate methods for developing a Brazilian maize core collection. For an initial survey of the active collection, passport information, as well as characterization and evaluation of accessions, were taken into consideration, these then being divided according to geographic region and kernel-type. Multiple sampling methods were evaluated. The strategy of constant sa...