1Senior Assistant Librarian, Professor, S.S. Basavanal Library, Karnatak University, Dharwad-580003, Karnataka, India; Email: anuyadavaraya@gmail.com
2Chairman, Department of Library and Information Science and University Librarian, Rani Channamma University, Vidhya Sangama, Belgavi–591156, Karnataka, India; Email: pvkonnur@gmail.com
3Librarian and HOD, Yashwantrao Chavan Warana Mahavidyalaya, Warananagar- 416113, Maharastra, India
Online published on 15 January, 2013.
The article explains the concept of collection development policy (CDP) and traces the need and benefits of CDP in academic libraries. It highlights the issues involved in collection development of e-resources and the need to incorporate e-resource in the CDP. A study is conducted in six University Libraries of Karnataka to know regarding their acquisition and the CDP in their libraries. The results show that all the libraries have a CDP.
Collection development policy, Academic libraries, Karnataka state
