Results: The results indicated that the development of list was a valid method for creating a new twenty-first century, community-based medical school library. Thirty-seven identified for jou addition to the FSU COM core list based on use by the and areas of overlapping research interests between the university and the COM are identified based on use of specific journals by each population. Conclusions: The collection development approach that evolved at the FSU COM library was useful during the initial stages of identifying and evaluating journal selections and in assessing the relative value