Collection Management & Special Services

Collection Management Policy

Introduction

Scope and Focus of Library Collections and Resources

Outline of the Collection Management Program

            Library Liaisons Program
            Special Legal and Policy Requirements
            Guide to Materials Fund Lines

Collection Development Policies

            Audio-Visual Materials
            Depository Collections
            Duplication of Formats and Periodical Titles
            Electronic Resources Collection Management Policy
            Faculty-Staff Publications
            Gifts-In-Kind
            Multiple Copies
            Periodicals, Abstracts and Indexes, and Newspapers
            Newspaper Collection
            Out-of-Print Items
            Reprints
            Single Periodical Issues
            Software
            Textbooks
            Videos

Collection Statements

            Art and Music Collection
            Browsing Collection
            Career Collection
            Documents and Maps Collection
            Reference Collection
            Special Collections and University Archives
                    Materials Gifts for Special Collections
            Youth Collection
                    Youth Historical Collection Policy

Collection Maintenance Policies

            Mending and Binding
            Replacement Copies
            Weeding

Other Related Policies

            Allocation of Funds
            Items for Reserves
            Recommendations for Library Acquisitions

Flowchart Detailing Monographs from Selection to Stacks