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crl-14777	Cyzyk, Mark	Canon Formation, Library Collections, and the Dilemma of Collection Development	1993	9	.pdf	application/pdf	5677	248	49	The purpose of this paper is to discuss in broad terms (1) the notion of canon formation and evolution, (2) its importance with regard to collection development (essentially, to draw out the connection between the canon as collection development officers find it-ready- made-and the theoretical foundations of collection development), (3) to swvey the main instruments of collection evaluation and development, and assess how well they contribute to adequate collection develop- ment in what will be referred to as tem- porally parochial or cosmopolitan terms, and (4) to show how the dilemma of collec- tion development arises through the conflict of present-day literature with the possi- bility of future disparate canons. The worth of a work is insidiously, fundamentally, so- cially, and historically mediated.7 COLLECTION DEVELOPMENT Such a relativistic stance regarding how canons are formed and evolve, if accepted, has profound importance for the self-conception of the goals and pur- poses of library collection development.	cache/crl-14777.pdf	txt/crl-14777.txt