Interviews with collection development managers

Abstract

Purpose

The purpose of this paper is to present interviews of two collection development managers: David Magier, Princeton University and Daniel Dollar, Yale University.

Design/methodology/approach

The approach was interviews.

Findings

These interviews showed what goes into the thinking of collection development officers in large university libraries. There are probably more similarities than differences.

Originality/value

This is the first of a series of interviews with collection development managers.

Citation

Cassell, K.A. (2015), "Interviews with collection development managers", Collection Building, Vol. 34 No. 4, pp. 134-135. https://doi.org/10.1108/CB-08-2015-0016