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Unit 5: Collection Development Section

A set of principles founded on user folkways Notes

the benefit principle is founded on the fact that the appraisal object has value only if it is
useful to anyone;
the principle of surrogating is founded on the fact that the subject properties being appraised
are comparable to one another in the context of an ability to cater needs;
the principle of expectation is founded on the fact that potential benefits have greater impor-
tance rather than the prior ones.

A set of principles related to the market environment

the principle of dependence is subject to the site location;
supply and demand matching principle;
the principle of competitiveness;
the cost variation principle is subject to the changes in market conditions.
A principle of the best and most effective use. The principles of establishing the system of an
enterprise security are articulated clearly.

They are the principles of

complexity,
continuity,
legality,
planning,
parsimony,
mutual interaction,
confidence and transparency combination,
functional authority.

Task Make a chart on-A set of principles related to the market environment.
Self Assessment

Fill in the blanks:
1. A ………… is a kind of framework and set of parameters within which staff and user
works.
2. A ………… provides a sound foundation for future planning, thereby assisting in deter-
mining priorities.
State whether the following statements are true or false:
3. Libraries primary task is to select, maintain, and provide access to relevent and represen-
tative information resources.
4. A policy statement is a kind of a framework and set of parameters within which staff and
user works.

5.4 Summary

The library’s primary task is to select, maintain, and provide access to relevant and repre-
sentative information resources. Due to technological developments, libraries are, in the
main, moving from holdings (‘just in case’) to access (‘just in time’) strategies. This implies
that collecting policies are significantly changing and that libraries need to disseminate
widely information on their collecting policies.

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