Collection Development Manual 2005
Circulating Collection Formats

eAudio Digital Audio Books

Collection Goal: continue to add titles to the core collection started in 9/02

Major Subclasses	Collecting Guidelines	Selection Sources	Weeding Guidelines	Action Items
Class as a whole	Emphasis on best sellers and other new titles Collect fiction, mysteries, science fiction, biographies, and general nonfiction Collect some business, success and motivation titles Selection criteria are same as other audiobook formats, with heavy emphasis on current demand. Buy multiple copies to meet demand	audible.com AudioFile,LJ, PW Publishers catalogs Patron requests Popular media	No need to weed. Titles can be stored on Audible's servers, as well as our computers.	Add new players Expand subscription list of eAudio alerts
Unabridged	Our patrons prefer unabridged and our policy is to buy mostly unabridged recordings	audible.com
Abridged	Purchase sparingly to round out collection, when title is on booklists, when an unabridged edition is not yet available Purchase abridgements of very long nonfiction and biography	audible.com

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