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This paper considers some of the major issues concerning collection management in academic libraries in a rapidly changing environment. Specifically, this paper reflects on core values, scholarly communication issues, acquisition [...]

The article explores ways of conceiving, managing, and integrating the library's collection with its mission and goals. Topics discussed include trends and factors that could shape collection management. Topics discussed include financial pressure on universities and colleges due to growing scrutiny from various stakeholders; need of libraries to justify decision making with empirical evidence using various approaches and data.

The article examines the decision of the Modern Language Association (MLA) to remove the MLA International Bibliography database from all discovery services except the Discovery Service of EBSCO. Topics covered include the protest initiated by the International Coalition of Library Consortia (ICOLC) to the move, the relevance of the MLA database, the purpose of the ICOLC, and the problem of the issue of exclusivity.

The article discusses the concept of Big Deal, a comprehensive licensing agreement in which a library or library consortium agrees to buy electronic access to all or a large portion of a publisher's journals and its profound impact on how people understand collection building in the modern era. One of the major implications of the agreement is the need for a library to commit a large portion of its collection budget. A list of the key challenges faced by academic libraries is also offered.

The article explores ways for librarians to deal with collection management in the digital era is the role of archives and special collections. It highlights challenges associated with the gathering and curating of rare and unique documents, including primary source materials. It reports the concern of research libraries that lies between commodity and non-commodity documents.

The article offers information regarding Role of Consortia in Collection Management. It mentions that there are certainly many other important activities involving consortial collaboration such as shared cataloguing resource sharing, shared library systems, and digital repositories. It states that there are many strengths to the consortial role in collection management.

The article focuses on library collections and the service was often considered as an extended collection of the broader community, a resource-sharing strategy for borrowing books or other documents. It mentions collection was based on attributes of fixity, permanence, and availability on-site and savvy library users would browse the subject in eecision-making. It also mentions print management strategies to maintain access to books for generations.

The article offers the author's insights on the demand-driven acquisition (DDA) and collection management in libraries. Topics include the importance of the collection development and collecting strategies, role of the librarian in the collection development, and ability of the library to control the purchase of books.

In the article, the author discusses several topics in the library sector as of March 2017, particularly open access (OA) and collection management. Also cited are the challenges of scholarly communication and preservation as cited by Mary Case, the criteria in determining the OA publishing programs to support, and the importance of aligning policy and practice with decision-making.

The article discusses the author's insights on the future of the academic books. He compares the sales of both printed and digital books. He relates that people still want to read in print, however, libraries are pressured to buy other types of intellectual content, usually in digital formats. The author also emphasizes the rise of implementing digitization by most libraries.

The article offers information on various aspects related to the value of library. Among the topics discussed include the role of the government in providing funds for library and education, the implication of public and private libraries as resource of information for education, and the key contribution of librarians for academic outcome library outcomes for student achievement, faculty research productivity, and institutional quality.

The article offers the author's view on how the libraries in the U.S deal with the concentration of ownership of scientific journals. The author states that libraries have deployed tactical and strategic approaches and librarians have been diligent at sensitizing communities to non-sustainability of serials subscriptions. The author mentions that libraries have engaged faculty in systematic process of evaluating and prioritizing commitments.