Read about our policy, strategy, and criteria for acquiring material. As LSE Library, we select, acquire, catalogue and manage material to support teaching, learning and research at LSE. In our ...

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 ...

With funding provided by the Wellcome Trust this project is intended to improve the accessibility of the British Library of Development Studies (BLDS) Legacy Collection, ensuring it becomes an ...

Collection Management Basics sheds light on many facets of collection management. When it was first published in 1979, the landscape of library collections was much different, and this all-inclusive ...

Managing our Collections The Library’s collections provide access to the content required for teaching and research at the University, as well as being of ongoing cultural value that showcases the ...

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 ...

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 ...

One of my far-flung correspondents (well, not that far-flung; he lives in the Fargo-Moorhead area) sent me an intriguing job announcement today, with editorial comments. The position was at a good ...

The mission of the library is to serve as a vibrant center of intellectual and cultural life at Hope College by assuming a significant educational role in a college community committed to excellence ...

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 ...

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 ...