1. Collaborative collection development: a Canadian-Indonesian initiative.
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Bolduc, Andre P.
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COLLECTION development in libraries ,INTERNATIONAL cooperation in libraries ,EDUCATION ,LIBRARY materials - Abstract
Purpose - The purpose of this paper is to describe the collaborative collection development initiative undertaken by the Indonesia Social Equity Project. Design/methodology/approach - The paper presents a brief history and descriptive analysis of an international collection development project. Findings - The paper examines practical issues that arose while building the library collection as a librarian/faculty collaboration, with the added element of having been conducted within a multicultural context. Originality/value - Similar case studies describing international collection development projects are rare in the literature. The article is of interest to librarians researching issues related to cross-cultural collaboration. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2010
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