A. Other Subjects That Overlap and Utilize Materials:
Education, Business, Computer Science, Juvenile Literature
B. Special Populations Outside University That Utilize Materials:
Local librarians, regional library school students, and interlibrary loan
A. Methods of Acquiring Materials:
Approval plan for books from Blackwell North America, faculty requests, and
memberships in ALA, ARL, OCLC, and Council on Library and Information Resources
(CLIR). Also used are reviews from Library Journal, Publisher's Weekly,
and other library publications. Gifts are accepted based on the needs of
the collection.
B. Languages:
English only (with minor exceptions)
C. Chronological Guidelines:
Current publications.
D Geographical Guidelines:
Emphasis is placed on the United States.
E. Treatment of Subject:
Collection emphasizes the operation and administration of libraries and the
management and organization of information.
F. Types of Materials:
Materials include monographs, serials, bibliographies in print and electronic
formats.
G. Date of Publication:
Emphasis is on selection from current publishing and there is little retrospective
buying.
H. Other General Considerations:
Major bibliographic reference works are located in the Reference Department
and online. Older, less-used materials are housed in off-site storage (PASCAL).
Duplicates are discouraged.
