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Collection management and development through selecting and evaluating all types of library materials in all types of institutions.

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  • CMDS Administration of Collection Development Committee
    Through continuing education programs, publications, and other means, addresses issues related to the administration of collection management and development, including but not limited to budgeting and fund allocation, organization and staffing, collection development policies, resource-sharing, preservation, and library development and fund-raising.
  • CMDS Collection Assessment Committee
    Investigates and encourages the use of appropriate quantitative measures, based on commonly defined data, to assist in the management of information resources and the development of institutional benchmarking.
  • CMDS Collection Development & Electronic Resources
    Addresses issues related to collection management and development of electronic resources, their funding, and selection.
  • CMDS Education Committee
    Furthers educational efforts in the area of collection management and development librarianship.
  • CMDS Executive Committee
    Contributes to library service and librarianship through encouragement, promotion of, and responsibility for ALCTS activities relating to collection management and development, selection, and evaluation of library materials in all types of institutions; and to plan and monitor activities using the Association's Strategic and Tactical Plan as a framework.
  • CMDS Nominating Committee
    The committee is responsible for nominating candidates for open elective offices in CMDS.
  • CMDS Policy and Planning Committee
    Group serves as a focal point or clearinghouse for activities and ideas relating to collection management in ALA and other organizations, the library profession at large, the scholarly world and other communities.
  • CMDS Publications Committee
    Group initiates suggestions for new or revised publications and develops publications.

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