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Collection Spaces and Management, Virtual and Physical, in the User Environment
Abstract
Today's sophistication dictates that we assimilate all the critical functions that assure the viability of the collection under one comprehensive concept of “collection management.” These individual processes not only have to be developed to a high sophistication on their own, but also be integrated into a comprehensive system complete with supporting technologies and guiding methodologies. In a diverse library collection, these core processes of collection management would be broken down into the following workflows coordinated together: content management, physical space management, and virtual space management. Management of a physical space encompasses its space management, collection layout, and the physical and efficient access to the stacks. Content management—this overarching purpose and vision of the entire collection is what some library professionals confuse as the sole component of collection management—is controlled through content selection including purchasing and weeding, quality control of the shelving order, and the institution's indexing system for information access. The elements of management most important to the virtual space management are data-portal access to the content, maintenance of the information technology infrastructure, and the database model and its management system used to store and manipulate the data in its electronic form. Surveyed in this chapter is a selection of those important and driving technologies and changes.
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