追溯館藏發展歷史的軌跡，美國圖書館的館藏發展橫跨1950年到1985 年，圖書館館藏在資金充裕、高度需求與資源豐厚的情況下發展順利。其後 因受到經費短缺與資訊爆炸的壓力下取而代之的觀念爲館藏管理，2000年 受到資訊科技發展、高等敎育改革與學術傳播改變等影響，館藏發展館員面 對世紀的改變，必須發展新思維來面對未來挑戰，知識管理於是融入成爲新 的訴求。本文由過去發展演進探討「館藏發展」與「館藏管理」，並對新思 維「知識管理」勾勒未來館藏發展館員的挑戰。

According to the history of collection development in the United States, American libraries advocated the notion of collection development from 1950 to 1985 because of the abundant resources. With the shortage of budget and increase of information, the concept of collection management is substituted by the collection development. Due to the changes of information technology, higher education, and scholarly communication, librarians have to generate new ideas to meet the new challenges ahead. This article examines the collection development and management from a historical perspective and at the same time tackles the concept of knowledge management as the future trend in this field.