Table of Contents: EIU, UW-S, UD, CSC, WPC, CCPL, NYSL, EPL

Index: SDSU

Authorization Section; Signature Page: LCL, OPL, FML

Introduction (background re. compilation): UW-S

See also: Purpose Statement.

Background (re. library history): FML

General Guidelines; Goals and Objectives; Mission Statements:

SDSU, TA&M, GC, UW-S, UD, CSC, WPC, SSCC, CCPL, VSL, CLP, NYSL,

VBPL, BPL, LCL, OPL, C-GLS, SJPL, MPL, FML

Ground Rules for Selection: UW-S

Liaison Program: UD

Legal Responsibilities (re. acquisition): VSL

Feedback (from patrons)/Requests: UD

Defined User Groups; Eligible Users; Community Background:

VSL, CLP, BPL, SJPL

Definitions: GC, CCPL

Approval Plans: SDSU

Materials Selected/Library Collection (w/format breakdowns):

GC, CSC, NYSL, VBPL, SJPL

Central Library Selection Policy: LCL

Books; Adult Circulating Collection: EPL, C-GLS, MPL

Extension Services: EPL

Branch Libraries: EPL

Special Service Areas (for handicapped patrons): LCL

Reserve: UD

Archives/Special Collections: EIU, UW-S, UD, CSC, WPC, NYSL,

BPL See also: Local History.

Best Sellers: UD

Fiction: CLP

Braille & Other Special Media for the Blind: NYSL

Continuations/Series: SDSU, WPC See also: Periodicals.

Data Base Search Service; Computerized Databases: SDSU, UD,

NYSL

Dissertations and Theses: SDSU, EIU, UW-S, WPC, NYSL

Duplicate Copies; Bibliographic Variants: SDSU, UD, NYSL, MPL

Ephemeral Materials: CLP

Faculty Publications: SDSU

Foreign Languages and Translations: SDSU, EIU, WPC

Framed Art; Pictures: VBPL, SJPL

Gifts/Commercially Sponsored Materials: SDSU, EIU, GC, UW-S,

UD, CSC, WPC, SSCC, VSL, CLP, NYSL, VBPL, LCL, OPL, C-GLS,

SJPL, FML

Government Publications: SDSU, EIU, UD, WPC, VSL, NYSL, VBPL,

LCL, C-GLS, SJPL

Interlibrary Loan: SDSU, UD

Large Print Books: NYSL, C-GLS

(Role of) Library Networks and Consortia; Cooperative Collection

Development; Relationship to Other Libraries: TA&M, EIU, UD,

VSL, CLP, NYSL, BPL, OPL, MPL

Limited Loan Service: SDSU

Local History; Local Authors: VBPL, C-GLS

Looseleaf Services: NYSL

Juvenile Collection; YA/Children's Materials: EIU, UD, CCPL,

CLP, VBPL, LCL, EPL, C-GLS, MPL

Manuscripts: NYSL, LCL, SJPL

Maps: SDSU, EIU, UW-S, UD, NYSL, LCL, C-GLS, SJPL

Media (Non-Print) Materials/AV: SDSU, EIU, GC, UW-S, UD, WPC,

SSCC, VSL, CLP, LCL, EPL, C-GLS, MPL See also: Recorded

Sound.

Film Selection Policy; Films and Video; Films and Filmstrips:

SSCC, NYSL, SJPL

Slides: SJPL

Integrated Shelving of Resources: UW-S

Library Science Collection: VSL

Microforms: SDSU, EIU, GC, UW-S, WPC, CLP, VBPL, C-GLS, SJPL

Monographs: UD, WPC

Music Scores; Sheet Music: EIU, LCL, SJPL

Newspapers: SDSU, EIU, GC, UW-S, VSL, NYSL, VBPL, LCL, C-GLS,

SJPL

Out-of-Print Materials: UD. WPC

Pamphlet Materials/Clippings; Vertical Files: SDSU, GC, UW-S,

WPC, CLP, NYSL, VBPL, LCL, C-GLS, SJPL

Paperbacks; Rotating Collections: UW-S, UD, LCL, SJPL

Patents: NYSL

Pattern Collection: LCL

Periodicals; Serials: SDSU, EIU, GC, UW-S, UD, WPC, SSCC, VSL,

NYSL, VBPL, LCL, SJPL

Problem Areas: GC

Rare Books: EIU, UD, VSL, NYSL See also: Manuscripts.

Recorded Sound; Records and Cassettes: NYSL, VBPL, SJPL

Reference Collection: EIU, UD, WPC, VSL, NYSL; EPL, C-GLS,

MPL

Renting/Leasing Materials; McNaughton Plan: WPC, CLP, C-GLS

Replacements: UD

Reprints: UW-S

Research Materials: EIU

Textbooks and Readings/Curriculum Materials; Instructional

Materials; Workbooks: SDSU, EIU, UW-S, UD, WPC, VBPL, LCL,

C-GLS, SJPL

Translations: NYSL

Preview Policy: UW-S

(Table of) Selection Levels by Subject/Subject Areas for

Collection Development Levels; Policies by Subject: UW-S,

VSL, NYSL, SJPL

Subject Specialties of the Regionals: CCPL See also: General

Selection Guidelines.

Selection Tools: SSCC, LCL, C-GLS See also: Selection Area.

Selection Area: EPL

Physical Facilities: OPL

Service and Programs: FML

Intellectual Freedom (Philosophy): GC, UD, CSC, NIACC, FVRL,

BPL, LCL, OPL, C-GLS, MPL, FML

Intellectual Freedom (Procedures for Handling Complaints): CSC,

NIACC, FVRL, VBPL, C-GLS, SJPL, MPL

Weeding; Collection Maintenance; Collection Review: SDSU, EIU,

GC, UW-S, UD, CSC, WPC, SSCC, VSL, CLP, FVRL, VBPL, LCL, OPL,

C-GLS, MPL

(includes: Discarding, Storage, Replacement, Rebinding)

Copyright: GC

Purpose/Philosophy Statement (re. role of coll. dev. policy):

SDSU, TA&M, EIU, GC, UD, CSC, WPC, NIACC, VSL, NYSL, LCL, EPL,

SJPL, MPL

Revision of Policy: VSL, NYSL, VBPL, EPL, SJPL

Right to Privacy (e.g., circulation records): FVRL, OPL

Collection Development Responsibilities: EIU, GC, TA&M, UW-S,

UD, CSC, SSCC, NIACC, VSL, FVRL, VBPL, BPL, LCL, C-GLS, MPL,

FML

Collection Development Methodologies: TA&M, CSC

General Selection/Rejection Guidelines; Evaluative Criteria:

TA&M, GC, UD, CSC, WPC, NIACC, CCPL, VSL, CLP, FVRL, VBPL,

BPL, LCL, OPL, C-GLS, SJPL, MPL, FML

Allocation of Funds: EIU, GC, UD

Organization Chart: EPL

Public Relations: OPL

Levels of Collection Intensity: EIU, UD, VSL, NYSL

Inventory/Survey of Holdings: UD, CCPL

Technical Services: EPL

Bibliography: NYSL

Appendices/Forms (usually relate to above categories): UW-S,

UD, CSC, SSCC, NYSL, LCL, C-GLS, MPL

Some categories are noted briefly under different headings.

Institution Abbreviation Code:

SDSU San Diego State University

TA&M Texas A&M University

EIU Eastern Illinois University

GC Gallaudet College

UW-S University of Wisconsin--Stout

UD University of Detroit

CSC College of St. Catherine

WPC William Paterson College

SSCC South Seattle Community College

NIACC North Iowa Area Community College

CCPL Cuyahoga County Public Library

VSL Virginia State Library

CLP Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh

NYSL New York State Library

FVRL Fort Vancouver Regional Library

VBPL Virginia Beach Department of Public Libraries

BPL Boise Public Library

LCL Lancaster Public Library

EPL Elkhart Public Library

OPL Oceanside Public Library

C-GLS Charlotte-Glades Library System

SJPL St. Joseph Public Library

MPL Middleton Public Library

FML Flint Memorial Library

Adapted from: Library Acquisition Policies and Procedures,

edited by Elizabeth Futas. second edition. Phoenix: Neal-

Schuman/Oryx, 1984.

The Functions of Collection Development Policies

G. Edward Evans, in his work, Developing Library and Information

Center Collections, indicates that written policies serve the

following purposes:

(1) To inform regarding the nature and scope of the

collection.

(2) To communicate collecting priorities.

(3) To force addressing organizational goals to be met

by the collection.

(4) To generate some degree of commitment to meeting

organizational goals.

(5) To set standards for inclusion and exclusion of

library materials.

(6) To reduce the influence of a single selector and

personal biases.

(7) To provide a training/orientation tool for new staff.

(8) To help ensure a degree of consistency over time and

despite staff turnover.

(9) To guide staff in handling complaints.

(10) To aid in weeding and evaluating the collection.

(11) To assist in rationalizing budget allocations.

(12) To provide a public relations document.

(13) To provide a means of assessing the overall

performance of the collection development program.

(14) To provide outsiders with information rgarding

the purpose of collection development; i.e., an

accountability tool.

(15) To act as a useful means of communication with the

patron. (Evans, pp. 67-68)

David Farrell offers a more condensed rationale, albeit

from an academic library perspective, for why librarians

should compile a formal collection policy:

(1) To establish control, maintain communications and

improve their ability to compete for resources within

a complex institutional environment.

(2) To define consistent practices for selecting,

processing, and providing access to collections for

effective service to faculty and scholars.

(3) To guide those responsible for the management of

personnel, fiscal, material, and other resources

in support of collections. (Osburn and Atkinson,

p. 54)