Building collections for accreditation: a case study

Abstract

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A study on collection development and its organizational pattern of university libraries in Uttar Pradesh (India)

“…Jones (1999) states that though the basic functions of collection development in the digital library are identical to the traditional science technology and math library, it requires increased collaboration and a broadening of the skills and experience of collection development personnel when applying these functions in electronic resources. White (1999) outlines the activities performed by librarians to aid in the accreditation process, with an emphasis on collection development activities. White and Crawford (1999) extended the horizon of the study and focused on electronic resources that are becoming increasingly vital to all libraries and thus there is a need to develop a policy regarding the same for guiding the Penn State Harrisburg in the selection of electronic reference resources.…”

Perceptions of Students towards Quality of Services at Private Higher Education Institution in Bosnia and Herzegovina

“…The quality study was also focus of White (1999) whose main focus of study was Capital College of Pennsylvania State University and he provides some framework toward accreditation which is closely related with a quality. Book of Klarić (2005) was important source for literature of this work since it goes briefly through quality definitions, quality systems, quality management, preparation of organization for quality, quality documents system, measurement, examination, control, costs of quality, information system, audits, certification of quality system, accreditation and systems for it.…”

Untapped Resources: Graduate Assistants and Collection Development

“…Collection development has been tied to accreditation for new programs for some time, guided by ACRL (Association of College and Research Libraries) and its standards produced in the 1980s (White, 1999). In order for new programs to become officially degree-granting, they have to meet a certain qualifications, aimed at determining if the potential students will receive a quality education, which meets the expectation of being fully supported by the department, faculty, as well as university resources at large.…”

“…Another dimension of this analysis includes conducting peer or aspirant institution evaluation, to determine if there are any gaps in the collection. In the case study described by White (1999), the college library created a report, outlining a description of library services (circulation, access, instruction & reference, etc. ), the collections, as well as types and methods of coordination between the department and subject librarians, for the purposes of purchasing materials.…”

“…However, it is also expensive, time consuming, and laborious. Although White (1999) did not specify how the report was researched and generated, it is more than likely that various individuals were involved in its creation. It is easy to suspect that many academic libraries today struggle to devote the personnel, time, and effort into conducting these accreditation reports, as valuable as they may be to the overall recruitment and retention of students, leading to the general the financial stability of the university and organization.…”