Subject specialists and selectors are responsible for keeping their Group Leaders and the Assistant Dean for Collections informed of collection development issues and initiatives within the scope of the selector's responsibilities. Collegiate representatives are normally appointed or elected within the academic departments. They may change from year to year. Library Selectors and Collegiate Representatives Listing of CCL selectors . The responsibility of the mentor is to provide the new selector with the basic foundations of collection development.
Collection development is a complex process.
The new selector must have knowledge of faculty interests, budget cycles, publishing, etc. The best way to learn how to be a selector is by working closely with an experienced selector. Whenever possible mentors should be at the same campus as the new selectors they are mentoring. This may not always be possible. Mentors should be familiar with publishing patterns and subject matter of disciplines assigned to the new selector.