The purpose of this guide is to provide initial training for new selectors as well as ongoing training and updating for experienced selectors.
Collection development is an ongoing process.
It is not a skill that can be acquired overnight. New selectors should work with a trainer appointed by the Collection Development Coordinator. The trainer, an experienced selector, should be familiar with both the subject area and publishing patterns in that discipline. The appointed trainer is not necessarily the section head or cluster leader. The responsibility of the trainer is to provide the new selector with the basic foundations of collection development.