Developing Library Collection: A Study of the Engineering College Libraries of Indore Division

Development of collection is a fundamental operation of libraries. Libraries develop basic collection in the form of books, reports, periodicals, non-print and electronic documents available in online and secondary storage media. The result of the study shows that development of print collection is more satisfactory than those of the development of electronic collection in the libraries of engineering colleges of Indore division. They are increasing collection to satisfy their academic needs and fulfill the requirements prescribed by AICTE. Availability of finance, collection development policy, automation activities and status of resources sharing practices directly affect to the developing library collection.