J. Randolph Cox

Cooperative collection development between selective U.S. depository libraries

Abstract Active cooperative collection development by selective U.S. Government Printing Office depository libraries has been neglected as a means by which meaningful economies in staff and space can be realized while still maintaining, or even broadening, the quality of the depository collection. Based on a cooperative framework between the depository collections at Carleton and St. Olaf colleges, a model is offered to other selective depositories. The concept of cooperation is particularly timely during periods of fiscal exigency, as well as in light of the fact that over half of all depositories are within ten miles of another depository.