藏书发展是与藏书管理和藏书建设、图书选择及图书采访等概念既有联系又有区别的范畴。藏书发展的内涵非常广泛,从图书馆社区分析和用户研究、藏书发展政策的制定,到图书的选择与采访和藏书的评价、剔除、维护,再到合作藏书发展与资源共享等都是其研究范围。 藏书发展中的核心问题是藏书发展政策的制定与实施,它不仅是各图书馆与情报中心有效地建设藏书、发展藏书的依据,也是图书馆界开展文献资源布局、协调发展藏书的基础。以美国为代表的西方图书馆界在过去的几十年里积极制定图书馆藏书发展政策、倡导图书馆间的合作藏书发展,在理论和实践两方面积累了大量的经验和教训。反观我国图书馆界,不仅对图 Book collection development and collection management and collection of books, book selection and book interviews and other concepts both linked and different categories. The content of collection development is very extensive. From the analysis of library community and user research, the development of collection policy, the selection and interview of books, the evaluation of collection, exclusion and maintenance, and the development of cooperative collection and resource sharing, range. The core issue in the development of books is the formulation and implementation of the development policy of books. It is not only the basis for libraries and intelligence centers to effectively build books and develop books, but also the basis for the library industry to carry out the layout of the literature resources and coordinate the development of books. In the past several decades, the western library community represented by the United States has actively formulated its policy of developing library collections and advocated the development of cooperative collections among libraries, accumulating a great deal of experience and lessons in both theory and practice. In contrast, our library community, not only on the map