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 ...

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 Hope College Library collection continuously evolves to support the curriculum, college mission, and student needs. Periodically, items will be removed using the following criteria and guidelines: ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 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 York County Library Board of Trustees voted 6 to 1 to change its Collection Development Policy not to include “gender ...

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 ...

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 ...