Collection Development Committee (CDC)

Years active: 1998-2013

NOTE: Beginning July 2013, the University of California Libraries launched a revised advisory structure. The groups within the previous structure are no longer active, including this group. See UC Libraries Advisory Structure (UCLAS) for information about the current structure.

Group Description

The Collection Development Committee (CDC) was comprised of one representative from each campus library system appointed by the University Librarian, one representative from the California Digital Library (CDL), one representative from the UC Libraries’ Shared Print Program, and one representative from the Librarians’ Association of the University of California (LAUC).

The CDC was an all-campus group reporting to SOPAG. The CDC Chair was selected by the membership for a two-year term. The CDC:

Advised SOPAG on collection development issues.
Coordinated systemwide activities relating to collection development with the California Digital Library (CDL) and the Joint Steering Committee on Shared Collections (JSC).
Coordinated systemwide activities relating to preservation, special collections, and archives with its subcommittees Preservation Advisory Group (PAG) , Heads of Special Collections (HOSC), and the University of California Archivists Council (UCAC), respectively.
Served as a discussion group among the members on collection development issues.
Communicated with other all-campus groups, SOPAG, appointed task forces, and other common interest groups on collection development issues.
Coordinated UC bibliographer consortial groups.
In conjunction with the Directors for Shared Digital and Print Collections, arranged funding for systemwide or multi-campus acquisition of resources as appropriate.

Key Documents

UC Libraries E-Book Value Statement [PDF] (February, 2013)
CDC Journal Evaluation Project 2011-2012 (December, 2011)
Guidelines for Replacement of Persistent Deposits in RLFs and Shared Print in Place Monographs [PDF] (November, 2011)
Shared Monographs Planning Group Report (Public Version) (October, 2010) [PDF]
Shared Monographs Planning Group Report [PDF] (October, 2010)
Criteria for Evaluating News Resources and for Collaborating among Bibliographer Groups on Acquisition of News Resources [PDF] (June, 2008)
Guiding Principles for Collecting Books in Electronic Format (Report of the CDC Task Force on E-books) [PDF] (May, 2008)
The Promise of Value-based Journal Prices and Negotiation: A UC Report and View Forward [PDF] (January, 2007) Press Release [PDF]
OPAG/CDC Task Force on CDL-Licensed News Resources Report to the Collection Development Committee [DOC] (December, 2006)
Series Study Summary Totals Last 2 Years [XLS]
UC System Serial Overlap Study 2 [XLS]

Roster at Time of Disbandment

UC Berkeley	Bernie Hurley Director for Collection Services, Library Technologies, Preservation and the NRLF University of California, Berkeley
UC Davis	Gail Yokote Associate University Librarian for Sciences & Technical Services University of California, Davis
UC Irvine	Lorelei Tanji Assistant University Librarian, Collections University of California, Irvine
UC Los Angeles	Sharon Farb (Chair) Associate University Librarian for Collection Management and Scholarly Communication University of California, Los Angeles
UC Merced	Jim Dooley Head, Collection Services University of California, Merced
UC Riverside	Kuei Chiu Head, Collection Development Department University of California, Riverside
UC San Diego	Martha Hruska Associate University Librarian, Collection Services University of California, San Diego
UC San Francisco	Julia Kochi Director, Digital Library and Collections University of California, San Francisco
UC Santa Barbara	Janet Martorana Head, Collection Development Department University of California, Santa Barbara
UC Santa Cruz	Robin L. Chandler Associate University Librarian, Collections & Library Information Systems University of California, Santa Cruz
California Digital Library	Ivy Anderson Director of Collections California Digital Library
California Digital Library	Patricia Cruse Director, Digital Preservation California Digital Library
LAUC Rep.	Michael R. Oppenheim Collections and Reference Services Librarian University of California, Los Angeles
Ex Officio	Catherine Mitchell Director, eScholarship Publishing Program California Digital Library

Reporting Groups

Links to documents are password protected.

Negotiations with Elsevier/Academic Press Planning Task Group

Report to UC Collection Development Committee and the CDL Director of Shared Content (Academic, 10/02/02) [DOC]
Report to UC Collection Development Committee and the CDL Director of Shared Content (Elsevier, 1/23/03) [DOC]