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 ...

The Jackson County Public Library board of trustees heard a report from Monica Riley, the head of collection development, when they met Feb. 16 at the Seymour Library.

The Hope College Library is not part of a depository program for any government publications. Materials produced by any unit of the government (federal or state) are purchased “as appropriate.” Only ...

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 Library tailors collections to meet the changing academic environment of greater collaboration, rapid rate of information generation, and the migration to online scholarship. New methods of ...

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 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 ...

Corpus Christi Public Libraries has an updated collection development policy — a move some believe may mean an end to lengthy discussions that have spanned more than a year on whether some of the ...

Editor's note: This story has been updated to correct the number of people who attended a Library Board meeting earlier this month. The number of people who spoke were nearly two dozen. How decisions ...

Customer service assessments have become increasingly popular with university libraries over the past decade, offering a way to enhance the student experience with a consistent, external review of ...