Performance Evaluation of Collection Development and Acquisitions Librarians

Abstract : Collection development and acquisitions activities are of great and critical importance to libraries. Likewise, performance evaluations in libraries are deemed to be critical; a great deal of time, energy, and emotion is spent on this library activity. Although such importance is attached to both collection development/acquisitions activities and personnel evaluations, little has been written on the link between the two; how to evaluate effectively those with collection development and acquisitions responsibilities. There is a continuing need for thoughtful and constructive evaluation of those who select, acquire, and manage library collections. These evaluations need lo be geared to the responsibilities and expectations of such individuals, rather than to the librarians' general performance.