Updating Library and Information Systems Resource

Purpose

To support the educational mission of the institution.

Collection Development Policy

Is prepared to serve as guide to the collection development with a

purpose of promoting guidance and consistency in building balance

collection and maintenance of the resources

• is designed to provide guidelines for developing and managing the collections,

• Provides guidelines regarding selection, retention, preservation and withdrawal of resources in all formats.

Selection Responsibility

Faculty members Librarian Staff Students

General Criteria for Selection of Materials

Relevance to the curriculum Demand for materials in the subject

area Currency and expected longevity as

valuable source Appropriate content level for

projected audience and use

Accuracy of information and data Readability and clarity Appropriateness of format Literary merit and artistic quality Scarcity of material on subject

Professional reviewing media recommendations

Price Inclusion of bibliographies and

indexes

Types and Formats of Materials Collected

o Printed Books

o E-books

o Media Resources/AV materialso DVDs, CDs, slides, films

o Serials/Periodicals/Newspapers

Electronic formats identical to print format of peer reviewed scholarly journals

Microform subscription to periodical titles

Foreign language materials

Multi-format items

Books with computer disk

Gifts

Are welcomed and will be evaluated for the addition to the collection using the same policy used for the materials.

Collection Maintenance

Removal of materials from the collection is necessary to

Prevent shelves from becoming cluttered with materials of questionable usefulness and value.

Due to obsolescence Damage Multiple copies

Superseded editions

Outdated and inaccurate information and duplicated content

Cooperative Collection Development

Cooperation with other libraries to leverage purchasing power and improve access to a wider range of bibliographic resources.

Resource Sharing Consortial purchasing

Thank You