Over the last year or so I’ve been busy co-editing a book on collection development with Maggie Fieldhouse from UCL. Our book has now been published and we’re very pleased with it. It’s a Facet publication: Collection Development in the Digital Age.
The book is aimed at students but is also useful to practitioners. Those of you working in collection development and management will be only too aware of the changes taking place in the market, the technologies and user expectations. The book addresses those challenges and explores how collection development, as both a concept and a practical activity, is evolving to meet them. The book draws together the perspectives of academics and practitioners at the forefront of modern collection development.
Check it out here: CD Book and get your library to order a few copies!







I’m looking forward to going to the LILAC Conference in Cardiff in just over a week’s time where I’m presenting at one of the parallel sessions on the Tuesday afternoon – 31st March at 3.30pm. I’ll be reporting back from our Net.Weight project, which is a study on the role that ICTs might play in supporting people who are trying to manage their weight. I’m looking specifically at the information literacy angle. Hope to see you there!

