the Collection Development and Management

This paper reviews the literature of collection development and management from 2009 and 2010. Themes and trends reflect the profound effect of environmental forces on libraries, including the economic recession, changes in scholarly com-munication, and an increasingly networked environment. Libraries reduced print collections and moved them to storage or shared repositories and assessed collec-tions to find efficiencies and demonstrate value. Research libraries moved away from collecting everything toward mission-focused collecting, with an emphasis on unique collections. Collaboration across libraries, within institutions, and with nonlibrary partners continued as a key management strategy. Libraries shifted from a just-in-case to a just-in-time approach to collection development, and subject specialists identified new areas of responsibility, such as data curation. The literature of collection development and management in 2009 and 2010 reflects the disruptive and ever-changing environment in which libraries operate. The chorus of calls for fundamental change to the way that libraries do business grew stronger and more urgent. Many of the trends and issues identi-fied in this review are accelerated, refined, or mature versions of those found i