• Monographs: books, dissertation, pamphlets, unpublished manuscripts, etc.
• Serials: annuals, catalogs, newsletters, proceedings, magazines, newspapers, etc.
• Microforms
• Government publications
• Sound recordings: cylinders, discs, wire recordings, audiotape, minidiscs, CDs, etc.
• Video recordings: videotape, laserdiscs, other video discs, etc.
• Film: 35mm, 16mm, 8mm, etc.
• Filmstrips
• Slides
• Photographs
• Posters
• Art works: paintings, drawings, sculpture, ceramics and pottery, etc.
• Maps
• Vertical files
• Post cards, collectors cards, etc.
• Realia
• Historical artifacts, geological phenomena, biological specimens, collectibles, etc.
• Computer software
• Electronic databases

Issues to consider as a collection development librarian

1. Which of the above formats should be regularly purchased by school libraries?
2. Which of the above formats might be acquired on an occasional basis?
3. Would any of the remaining formats still be consider by libraries in some other capacity? For example, temporary displays.
4. Which formats are likely to become less (more) useful in the future?