Abstract

Library is a trinity of books, staff and readers and book is the foundation of the library. Collection Building is a very important function of a library which should be given for the most careful attention. The collection building programme is a plan to carry out the objectives of any library in relation to the development of library collections. Several studies are being conducted at the national and international levels for assessing the user satisfaction level, evaluation of collections and how to update the existing collections to meet the changing requirements. This study intends to analyze the strategy for developing the library collection in increasing competitiveness in the current era of globalization. This paper describes various trends in collection development in digital environment. The advent of IT has made a clear and pervasive impact in almost every area of library services. As such, the library environment has undergone a rapid changes leading to new generation of libraries with an emphasis on e- resources. Moreover, as the popularity of e-resources increases, the librarians and staff are also concerned about e-resources, their methods accessing, evaluation, selection, organization etc. The changes that have occurred in acquisition, retrieval and storage of information due to technological developments have been discussed. Limitations, restrictions and problems being faced by librarians and readers due to the same have also been discussed