ABSTRACT
SUMMARY. The paper focuses on the responsibilities of collection development officers at American libraries, and on selection processes in general and for electronic serials and databases in particular. The author discusses the advantages and disadvantages of having electronic serials and databases in libraries and the ways these formats impact users, selectors, and reference services overall. [Article copies available for a fee from The Haworth Document Delivery Service: 1-800-HAWORTH. E-mail address: <https://getinfo@haworthpressinc.com" xmlns:xlink="https://www.w3.org/1999/xlink">getinfo@haworthpressinc.com> Website: <https://www.HaworthPress.com" xmlns:xlink="https://www.w3.org/1999/xlink">https://www.HaworthPress.com> ©2002 by The Haworth Press, Inc. All rights reserved.]
