Library Acquisitions Policy by Consultation out of Conspectus

ABSTRACTDuring 1987, the ANU Library drew up a collection development policy based on the format of the RLG Conspectus. It is proposed at a later stage to develop this further, so that it describes and evaluates the entire existing collection. This paper outlines the development of the Library Acquisitions Policy, as it came to be known, and discusses the problems foreseen in using this format to evaluate the collection in detail.