Abstract
This chapter starts with an introduction to the history and definitions of collection development. Next, the chapter examines key elements of digital collection development policy and associated collection selection criteria, and delves into collection development assessment. Most importantly, this chapter discusses legal issues in digital collection development ranging from copyright protection, exemptions for libraries and archives, the Digital Millennium Copyright Act, to fair use and copyright infringement. Moreover, this chapter analyses the trend of collection sharing and large-scale digitization, and associated collection development policies. Finally, the challenges of digital collection development are discussed.
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