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 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 ...

According to the International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions' guidelines (IFLA, 2001, p. 1), a collection development policy "assists with budgeting, serves as communication ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Academic librarians have long grappled with issues of collection size, quality versus quantity, and maintaining a core collection. In previous eras, libraries provided access to content by acquiring ...

Some call it multicultural, some call it Africana, some call it a “special collection.” Whatever it’s called, the procurement of materials that reflect African-American culture is part of a ...

UC Berkeley’s Art History/Classics Library recently received a $250,000 endowment from donor Alan Templeton to support collection development for its Fine Arts Collection with a focus on the field of ...