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 Collection Development Discussion Group, part of ACRL’s Rare Books and Manuscripts Section, held a well-attended discussion of collaboration and competition in collection development in rare books ...

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 ...

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 ...

This Policy provides guidelines to be practiced by Memorial Library, and its Liaison Librarians, in the curation and development of its collections. The policies for the Archives and Special ...

The library collections at Connecticut College support the College’s teaching and research activities. The purpose of the Collection Development Policy is to establish principles and direction for the ...

Regular visitors of the Reedsburg Public Library may notice that in some sections of the library previously crowded shelves may have a little more room. It may be easier to pull that paperback off the ...

There has been a secret treasure trove lurking in the basement of the Institute of Development Studies building, adjoining the University of Sussex Library – until now. We are delighted to be ...

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 ...

I. Introduction and Purpose The library collections at Connecticut College support the College’s teaching and research activities. The purpose of the Collection Development Policy is to establish ...