Sheeja, N K; Sreerekha, Pillai S; Susan Mathew, K; Surendran, Cherukodan(INFLIBNET Centre, Ahmedabad, March , 2013)
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Abstract:
Academic libraries worldwide have witnessed a number of trends and paradigm shifts over the last
decade. It is vital for university libraries to develop a collection of high standards to satisfy academics
and researchers for supporting the vision and mission of a university. The area of collection
development and management is the most important part of any library. This paper reports on the
problems and prospects of collection and asset management of the University Library of Cochin
University of Science and Technology (CUSAT). The insight for the paper comes from the authors’
first-hand experience supported by literature review. Detailed information regarding the purchase
of books, serials, policies regarding the acquisition, and changing trends and problems were collected
from the official records with the help of a structured data sheet. The study discovers the current
trends in collection and asset management in CUSAT and point out the changes likely to be adopted
in future.
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9th International CALIBER - 2013, INFLIBNET Centre, Gandhinagar, Gujarat, March 21-23, 2013