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The basic purpose of a library is to collect, preserve and disseminate knowledge available in any documentary form. However, the major objective of libraries now is being transformed from preservation to providing information to the utmost satisfaction of the users. The mechanism of garnering the requisite materials, their organisation and provision for library services are known as collection development. Both the unfolding of globalisation and the onslaught of information technology in tandem with the dissemination of knowledge and information has elevated the role of libraries in general and University Libraries in particular. In this complex proviso the role of librarian is becoming more and more significant. For the dissemination of quality information the availability of requisite resources -- both print and non-print -- are indispensable. The present study deals with the policy aspects and dimensions of Collection Development, its organisation and services from the view point of the librarians as well as users in academic libraries, viz. faculty members, research scholars, students and administrators.

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Abdul Mannan Khan (b. 1977) was educated at Aligarh Muslim University and has obtained BA; MA (Medieval History); BLISc; MLISc and Ph.D. degree in Library and Information Science. He was awarded Kaula-Basheeruddin medal in MLIS programmes. Dr. Khan is at present working as the Librarian, Intgral University, Lucknow since 2011. Prior to this he has worked at Crescent Institute as Librarian and at Aligarh College of Engineering and Management. In addition to his duties as librarian, he is also looking after the development of all the faculty and departmental libraries of the Integral University. Dr. Khan is also actively involved in teaching MLIS classes and guiding research for Ph.D. students. He has been a keen researcher and a prolific writer and has published more than 20 research papers in journals of repute in India as well as abroad. His areas of interest are collection development, organization and development of institutional repositories and information technology application in libraries.

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