Preus Library acquires a wide range of information materials designed to enhance and support the educational mission of the College. The policies below help guide the development of our strategic ...

The potential revisions would remove most mentions of “diversity” and outline certain new standards of acceptance for books ...

The Hope College Library is not part of a depository program for any government publications. Materials produced by any unit of the government (federal or state) are purchased “as appropriate.” Only ...

The mission of Snowden Library is to support the faculty, students, and staff of Lycoming College by providing a learning environment essential to the liberal arts through instruction, services, and ...

Kaitlin Booth, the collection development coordinator, fills the deputy director spot left empty when Michelle Alleman was ...

The library endeavors to develop its collections in cooperation with other libraries to limit duplication of effort and resources. Van Wylen Library seeks partners for cooperative collection ...

Materials in the Library are selected to support the instructional and research needs of the Santa Clara University community according to this Collection Development Philosophy. A patron who would ...

The Library tailors collections to meet the changing academic environment of greater collaboration, rapid rate of information generation, and the migration to online scholarship. New methods of ...

Building the collection is a core activity in any library. A school library collection is built to support the curriculum and provide for voluntary reading; an academic library collection is developed ...

After years of practicing adult collection development skills in a medium-sized suburban public library, I have discovered that specific “shortcut” rules have become second nature to me. I present ...

Corpus Christi Public Libraries has an updated collection development policy — a move some believe may mean an end to lengthy discussions that have spanned more than a year on whether some of the ...