Abstract: The first Symposium on the Collection Development and Performance Management of University Libraries, sponsored by Academic Library and Information Committee of Shanghai and the University Library Union of Yangtze River Delta, was held in Shanghai Jiao Tong University Library from November 23 to 24, 2017. Based on the goal of being “Double First-rate” in colleges and universities, the symposium focused on the subject information resource construction, collection evaluation and performance management of the libraries. It discussed the main problems and challenges in the development of information resource in the new era, as well as innovated related theories and practices in the digital environment. It thus helps university libraries of the Yangtze River Delta region to strengthen collection development performance, and obtain a consensus in the construction of first-rate information resource.

Key words:  , Academic library, Double First-rate, Collection development, Performance management, Symposium review