Advanced Collection Development project in partnership with a vendor

Purpose - The purpose of this article is to discuss a project to enhance Texas A&M University at Qatar Library's (TAMUQL's) engineering curriculum, graduate, and research programs with newly acquired monographs and maps.Design methodology approach - The project was carried out with the...

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Published in:Collection building 2008-01, Vol.27 (2), p.56-62
Main Author: Gyeszly, Suzanne
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Academic libraries
Acquisition and access: development policy, licenses, censorship
Acquisition. Collection development policy
Campuses
Chemical engineering
Collection development
Collection management
College students
Cooperation
Electrical engineering
Engineering research
English language
Exact sciences and technology
Information and communication sciences
Information science. Documentation
Information service management
Library and documentation centre management
Library collections
Research methodology
Science
Sciences and techniques of general use
Vendors
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Summary:Purpose - The purpose of this article is to discuss a project to enhance Texas A&M University at Qatar Library's (TAMUQL's) engineering curriculum, graduate, and research programs with newly acquired monographs and maps.Design methodology approach - The project was carried out with the partnership and cooperation of TAMUQL, YBP Library Services and TAMUL.Findings - The project succeeded in meeting the objectives of the project, which included supporting the needs of freshmen to senior levels of the liberal arts curriculum as well as those of the faculty.Originality value - This paper adds to the growing documentation of the value of working partnerships between libraries and vendors.
ISSN:0160-4953
2514-9326
2054-5592
2514-9334
DOI:10.1108/01604950810870209