Based on communication with librarians from Russia, Mongolia, the Baltic States, Bulgaria, Slovenia, the Czech Republic, and Romania, this paper discusses library collection development and preservation policies. Highlights include: mission statements of national and regional libraries; availability of a formal structure responsible for collection management that binds the relationship between collection development and preservation in the institution; and adherence to large-scale preservation programs versus title-for-title preservation, including strategies for storage and handling (e.g., new facilities, boxing, binding, microfilming, and deacidification). (MES)