This paper aims to discuss collection development and management in academic libraries in the digital age. The progress of information and communication technology (ICT) led to an increase in digital content and its various ways of distributions. While operating the "hybrid library" which has both print materials and electronic resources, academic libraries need to prepare the environment for information access and use suitable for user behaviors in the digital era.

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This paper reports on the E-book PDA(Patron-Driven Acquisitions) Experiment, a programs of the Three Universities Cooperation Project, organized by Chiba University, Ochanomizu University, and Yokohama National University. This experiment lasts from April to September 2015. These universities differ from one another in terms of book selection policies, status of e-book collection, and problems of collection development. Meanwhile, they have a common challenge to select and acquire a bigger number of Japanese e-books. With the cooperation of a prominent book company, in the PDA experiment, the students at the three universities were able to sample many e-books. At the end of May 2015, the users' potential needs and the effect on promotion of utilization were observed. At the same time, the study indicated that more consideration is required to set adequate purchasing terms between venders and librarians.

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American university libraries develop a growing number of shared print programs: physical or virtual preservation of low-use print resources because of the shift from print to digital, in order to reclaim spaces for active learning. This paper shows key characteristics of shared print by clarifying terms and differences between shared storage and shared print, and also reviews shared print policies. Lastly I will discuss implementation of shared print in Japan.

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University library has four functions: function of learning library, research library, lending library, and reference library. Library activities like collection development, etc. must take the balance of four functions combined with function of deposit library. Author tried three times to open to the public the volunteer-based search system of Japanese open and free access e-journals in order to power-up of small and medium sized university libraries without requiring the expense cost and physical space. From my experience, I describe the measures and issues about maintenance of e-journals information.

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Reservation service of the public library, are supported in this and smooth interlibrary cooperation accumulated. Prefectural Library of Japan has a cross-search site, it will be easier to search for public libraries in the prefecture. Since the capacity of the archive there is a limit, and expulsion forced to routinely books in any library. Check the Fine other libraries, there is a thought that Leave unusual title is certainly on the region. We want to pay attention to the movement of the new prefectural library to try to make a joint storage system in the prefecture. The Tama area of Tokyo, there is a movement to try to make it in the alliance of the city library, there is the NPO activities to support it.

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