To answer this question, which props up the 2^nd assessment, I needed to revisit the first module, in order to properly nut-out definitions, the assessment task and annotate a CDP. I’d avoided this question long enough! While the two terms are often used synonymously, there are also times when a distinction is made. Johnson (2009) clarifies the term collection management as “an umbrella term under which collection development was to be subsumed” (p.1). Corrall (2018) supports this definition of collection management as the broader term, adding that historically, a CDP describes the collection goals of the library; it is the ‘why?’ or the strategy within the collection development hierarchy (p.6). A line of argument I particularly like, is Corrall’s view that in the contemporary context, we should continue to “differentiate developmental and managerial aspects of work with collections” (2018, p 7). ALIA Schools and VCTL state that a CDP is essential, as it explains why the school library collection exists (2017). Clearly, providing the purpose for a school library collection is the core of a CDP. My current view is that a Collection Management policy would include greater detail of managing access to resources (Corrall, 2018), including specific procedures as well as policy statements, given that the managerial aspects would require breakdowns of how things happen. Whether this is correct I’m still not sure! In her revised publication, Johnson (2018) discusses the two-fold purposes that a CDP serves: to inform and to protect (p.86).  Armed with this clarification, it’s back to the assessment task.

References

Australian Library and Information Association (ALIA) Schools and Victorian Catholic Teacher Librarians (VCTL). (2017). A manual for developing policies and procedures in Australian school library resource centres (Revised edition). file:///E:/CSU/ETL503%20Resourcing%20the%20Curriculum/ALIA%20Schools%20policies%20and%20procedures%20manual_FINAL.pdf

Corrall, S. (2018). The concept of collection development in the digital world. In M. Fieldhouse & A. Marshall (Eds.), Collection development in the digital age (pp. 3-43). Cambridge University Press.

Johnson, P. (2009). Fundamentals of collection development and management. American Library Association Edition.

Johnson, P. (2018). Fundamentals of collection development and management (4^th Ed.). American Library Association Edition.