Collections 2007: Reinvigorating Collection Development and Management

Purpose This paper seeks to describe the Canadian Library Association's 2007 pre‐conference, Collections 2007: Reinvigorating Collection Development and Management. Design/methodology/approach This paper summarizes the various papers, describing actual collections practices in a variety of library and information center settings that made up the CLA Collections pre‐conference. Findings The paper finds that collections development activities in academic, public and special libraries are characterized by a diversity of approaches and methods. Originality/value This paper provides a brief summary of some of the practical approaches to collections building in a variety of library and information center settings.