Collection Development Policies
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These policies were endorsed by the Academic Council on March 4, 2003

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Introduction

• Statement of Purpose

• Description of Community

• Mission Statement

Collection Development Responsibilities

• Introduction

• Librarians' Responsibilities for Collection Development

• Faculty Members' Role in Collection Development

• Current Library Subject Selectors & Faculty Library Liaisons

• The Role of Students and Staff in Collection Development

General Policies

• Duplication

• General Guidelines

• General Selection Criteria

• Gifts

• Hardback vs. Paperback

• Languages

• Reserve Materials

• Textbooks

Policies for Types and Formats of Materials Collected

• Audio Materials

• Children's Books

• Computer Software

• Electronic Resources

• Journals/Periodicals/Newspapers

• Microforms

• Theses/Dissertations

• Visual Materials

Special Collections

• Center for New Deal Studies

• Faculty Authored Books

• Performing Arts Library

• Paralegal Studies Program

• Reference Collections

• Special Book Collection

Collection Maintenance

• Binding/Repair

• Deselection of Materials:  Weeding

• Replacements

Budget Allocations

Special Areas and Legal Issues

• Confidentiality

• Copyright

• Intellectual freedom 

Consortia/Cooperative Agreements

• Illinois Cooperative Collection Mangement Program (ICCMP)

• Illinois Library Computer Systems Organization (ILCSO)

• Illinois Library Systems (CLS/NSLS)

• Online Computer Library Center, Inc (OCLC)

Revision Statement

Subject Area Policies

• Collection Goal Depth Definitions
  
  

• Accounting

• Actuarial Science

• African American Studies

• Allied Health

• Art

• Biology

• Biotechnology and Chemical Science

• Business Administration

• Chemistry

• Computer Science and Telecommunications

• Counseling

• Economics

• Education 

• English

• Environmental Science

• Finance

• Geography

• History

• Hospitality Management

• Human Resource Management

• Information Systems

• Integrated Communications/Integrated Marketing Communications

• International Business

• Journalism/Communications

• Management

• Marketing

• Mathematics

• Performing Arts Library

• Philosophy

• Physics

• Political Science

• Psychology/Counseling

• Public Administration

• Real Estate

• Risk Management

• Sociology

• Spanish/Languages

• Theatre and Dance

• Training and Development

• Women's Studies
   

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