Table of Contents

University Libraries Collection Development Policy

Policy adopted August 1996

Introduction

• General Collection
• Statement of Purpose
• Collection Development Unit: Mission Statement
• Diversity
• Cooperative Collection Development
• Censorship/Intellectual Freedom

Collection Priorities

• Collection Development Priorities
• Core Selection Criteria
• Languages Collected
• Collection Levels
• Materials Not Collected

Approval Plan for Monographs

• Ordering materials "on approval"

Selection Guidelines for Monographs

• Multiple Copies
• Paper/Hardbound Books
• Textbooks
• E-Books Textbooks
• Mircorforms
• Popular Press
• BGSU/Local Authors
• Leisure Reading
• Replacements
• Dissertations/Theses

Selection Guidelines for Serials

• Serials Collection
• Selection Criteria for Journals
• Newspapers

Selection Guidelines for Electronic, Audio, Visual & Multimedia Materials  

• Electronic Databases
• Electronic Resources
• Electronic, Audio-Visual and Multimedia Materials
• Computer Applications
• Books with appended computer disks or audio recordings

Gifts

• Introduction
• Associated Costs of Gifts
• Donating Materials to BGSU Libraries--Main Collections--Critical Needs
• Sciences and social sciences
• Humanities
• Not Sought
• How to Donate
• Donating  Materials to BGSY Libraries--Specialized Collections
• Magazines and Journals
• Tax Information for Material Donations
• Transportation Costs

Subject Statements

(Under development)

• by College
• by Department
• SAMPLE OUTLINE of a Subject-Specific Statement (updated)
• Special Collections

Collections and Technical Services Procedures & Guidelines