This page is the up-to-date summary of all activity in the Six Key Challenges originally presented at the Janus Confererence on Research Library Collections, Cornell University, October 9-11, 2005.

Six Key Challenges for Collection Development in Research Libraries

• Challenge #1 -
  • RECON Group Redraft 12/5/05
  • RECON Breakout Session Summary 1/21/06
  • RECON Action Report 1/21/06
• Challenge #2 -
  • PROCON Group Redraft 12/6/05
  • PROCON Breakout Session Summary 1/21/06
  • PROCON Action Report 1/21/06
• Challenge #3 -
  • Core Definition Group Redraft 11/4/05
  • Core Defiinition Breakout Session Summary 1/21/06
  • Core Definition Action Report 1/21/06
• Challenge #4 -
  • Publisher Relations Group Redraft 11/28/05
  • Licensing Principles (AKA Publisher Relations) Breakout Session Summary 1/21/06
  • Licensing Principles Action Report 1/21/06
• Challenge #5 -
  • Archiving Group Redraft 12/12/05
  • Archiving Breakout Session Summary 1/21/06
  • Archiving Action Report 1/21/06
• Challenge #6 -
  • Alternative Channels Group Redraft 12/12/05
  • Alternative Channels Breakout Session Summary 1/21/06
  • Alternative Channels Action Report 1/21/06

Background Documents

• Six Key Challenges in Collection Development, original document 10/8/05
• Six Key Challenge Redrafts. Based upon the plenary discussion on the final morning of the conference, a re-reading of the notes from each of the break-out groups, and some slight but unavoidable interpolation. 10/25/05
• Presentation and open discussion of the Janus Conference key challenges from the minutes of the Chief Collection Development Officers (CCDO) of Large Research libraries Discussion Group ALA Midwinter Meeting, San Antonio, Saturday, January 21, 2006

This page updated 2/27/06