Collection Development

• Librarians work collaboratively with faculty to develop specific subject collections that support their instructional and research needs  

• Sets goals and priorities for future collections and other management functions

• Provides leadership in the development and implementation of policies and procedures

• Keeps faculty abreast of new publications in their fields of interest

• Develops and distributes information to aid faculty and librarians in the selection of resources

• Prepares periodic academic departmental reports of collection development progress

• Promotes collections through support of seminars, colloquia and speaker series

• Campus Outreach
• Resource Policy

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Assessment & Management

• Special attention is given to the assessment of specific collections prior to internal or accreditation review.
• Monitoring collection strengths and weaknesses.
• Managing Approval Plans.
• Identifying collections for de-selection, replacement, or preservation.
• Providing annual collection reports to departments.
• Facilitating faculty requests for resource acquisition.