This seminar-workshop intended to provide intensive discussion on collection development, focusing on maintaining a balanced collection in terms of print and non-print resources, as well as hands-on instruction on writing a collection development policy.

Specifically, it aimed to:

• provide knowledge on the changing trends of library collection development;

• discuss the methods and processes in selecting resources;

• provide techniques, strategies and current practices in collection acquisition;

• discuss the procedures in data gathering and statistical treatments for collection developers;

• emphasize the necessity of evaluating the collection through a carefully-designed collection development policy; and,

• provide hands-on workshop on writing a collection development policy to reinforce the knowledge, strategies and techniques discussed in the previous sessions.