Collection Management Section (CMS)

Supports library professionals who perform collection management and development while selecting and evaluating all types of library materials in all types of institutions.

Section News

The section is currently in the process of restructuring and by June 2011 will have implemented its new structure and mission and thereafter will be known as the Collection Management Section (CMS).

Restructuring Documents

CMDS Structure | Restructuring FAQ

Background information (Jan. 4, 2010) (.pdf 86kb) | Proposed structure (Jan. 4 2010) (.pdf 60kb)

Publications

• Resources on Collections (December 2011)
• Collection Assessment Resources (May 2011)
• Collection Connection: The Library Collection Management Blog (March 2011)
• Sudden Selectors Guides (November 2009)

more collection management publications

Events

• Fund. of Collection Development/Mgt. (November 19, 2012)
• Fund. of Collection Development/Mgt. (October 1, 2012)
• Fund. of Collection Development/Mgt. (August 20, 2012)
• Cooperative Collection Development (June 6, 2012)

more collections events

Committees

• Education
  Furthers educational efforts in collection management and development librarianship ranging from library school instruction and practices to all types of continuing education.
• Executive
  Promotes activities related to collection management and development, and selection and evaluation of library materials in all formats, for all types of libraries.
• Nominating
  Nominates candidates for elective offices of the section.
• Planning
  Clearinghouse for activities and ideas relating to collection management.
• Publications
  Initiates new or revised publications and reviews, advises on, and approves publication proposals and draft manuscripts that come from the section.

Liaisons & Representatives

CMDS liaisons and representatives facilitate communication between the section and division-level committees. | Roster of Liaisons

Interest Groups

• Administration of Collection Management
  Dedicated to quantitative measures based on commonly defined data; managing information resources and developing institutional benchmarking; exploring, developing, and promoting the use of both descriptive data and outcomes/impacts data.
• Collection Development Issues for the Practitioner
  Identifies the forces of change in the development and management of library collections as they affect the individual selector and as they contribute to the selector's ability to address and manage these changes.
• Collection Development Librarians of Academic Libraries
  Provides a discussion forum for issues in collection development and collection management by academic and research libraries.
• Collection Management in Public Libraries
  Provides a discussion forum for library professionals who are interested in selection, collection development, and collection management in public libraries of all sizes.
• Chief Collection Development Officers
  Forum for discussing the various collection development and collection management issues of concern to large research libraries and for exchanging information on new developments, techniques, and problems in managing the development of library collections.
• Collection Evaluation and Assessment
  Dedicated to quantitative measures based on commonly defined data; managing information resources and developing institutional benchmarking; exploring, developing, and promoting the use of both descriptive data and outcomes/impacts data.
• Collection Management & Electronic Resources
  Addresses issues related to collection management and development of electronic resources, their funding, and selection.

Award

• Coutts Award for Innovation in Electronic Resources Management