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Selectors
Dr. Dolores Fidishun
Head Librarian
dxf19@pu.edu
610-648-3227
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Purpose of the Collection
This policy serves as a guide to developing the library's collection in a manner that supports the present and anticipated teaching and research needs at the Masters level in Education, Management, Engineering and Information Science at the Pennsylvania State University Great Valley School of Graduate Professional Studies. In addition, we provide our patrons with recreational materials such as popular books and books on tape/CD.
Education
Master of Education in Curriculum and Instruction
Master of Education in Instructional Systems
Master of Education in Special Education
Master of Science in Special Education
Teacher Certification in Special Education Instructional I
Supervisory I Certification in Special Education
Principal Certification (Administrative Level I)
Workplace Learning and Performance Improvement Design
Differentiated Instruction in General Education Classrooms
Management
MBA in Business Administration
MBA in New Ventures and Entrepreneurial Studies
MBA in Biotechnology and Health Industry Management
Master of Leadership Development
Post-baccalaureate Certificate in Business
Post-Master's Certificate Programs in Finance, Biotechnology and Health Industry Management, Human Resources Management, Management Information Systems, Marketing, and New Ventures and Entrepreneurial Studies
Engineering
Master of Science in Information Science
Master of Engineering in Systems Engineering
Master of Software Engineering
Graduate Minor in Bioinformatics
Graduate Certificates in Bioinformatics, Enterprise Integration, Industrial Statistics, Informatics Graduate Certificate, Information Security, Problem Solving, and Research Methods.
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Scope of the Collection
Primary Library of Congress Classification
BF - Psychology
H - Social Sciences (general)
HA - Statistics
HB - Economic Theory
HD - Industries. Labor
HF - Commerce
HG - Finance
HQ - The family. Marriage. Women
HV - Social and public welfare |
LB - Theory and practice of education
LC - Special aspects of education
Q - Science (general)
QA - Mathematics
QC - Physics
RA - Public Health
T- Technology (general)
TA - Engineering (general) TK - Electrical engineering |
Core Electronic Resources
| Management |
Education |
Engineering |
| ABI/INFORM |
ERIC |
IEEE Explore |
| Factiva |
Professional Development Collection
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ACM digital library |
LexisNexis
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Education Abstracts Full Text |
INSPEC |
Standard & Poor's NetAdvantage
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PsycINFO |
COMPENDEX |
Languages Collected
English is the primary language of the collection; exceptions include foreign language dictionaries.
Geographical Limits
Material is primarily collected from the United States; significant works from other areas are selectively considered.
Chronological Limits
Current materials are emphasized; other time periods are selectively considered.
Types of Materials collected:
- Monographs
- Scholarly serials, Periodicals, Newspapers
- Non-print materials (videos and audio books)
- Reference Works
Materials not collected:
- Textbooks
- Dissertations and theses other than those produced by Penn State Great Valley students
Vendors
Gifts
Materials donated to the library should be evaluated, for inclusion in the collection, using the same criteria as would be used when acquiring new titles. The acceptance of gift material is at the discretion of the Head Librarian. Donations are made with the understanding that materials may be kept by the library, offered to other Penn State libraries or discarded. The library will acknowledge the number of items donated but cannot legally provide an appraisal or estimate the value of the donated material.
Overlap with other collections
Because the goal of each campus library is to provide immediate, timely, and topically significant resources for users, overlap with collections at other locations is inevitable, resulting in considerable duplication throughout the system. As an alternate for purchasing materials, intracampus loan can be an efficient and reliable method of providing needed materials for users. Where feasible, locations should also consider collaborative purchasing and sharing of materials.
Selection Resources:
Monographs
The following resources direct selectors to sources of book reviews, links to reviews, or provide other ideas for selection.
Reference Resources
Video Resources
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Evaluation
Maintenance of campus collections should be driven by the same guidelines used in acquiring materials so that collections remain consistent with campus directions and can meet both program specific and broadly based user needs. Collections should be systematically evaluated using this criteria, with consideration given to withdrawing materials, adding to underrepresented areas of the collection, or replacing or preserving damaged or worn items. As with the selection of new materials, teaching faculty or others with specific subject expertise may be consulted for assistance with this process.
Assessment Tools:
- Check the collection against core lists, bibliographies, literature guides, and accreditation guidelines
- Compare to other respected collections or institutions
- Use and user studies
- In house statistics
- Citation analysis
- National Shelf List Count
- Consult the faculty (submit questionnaire or interview faculty about their research interests)
- Analyze interlibrary loan records (consider buying certain items instead of borrowing them
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Weeding
Weeding (deselecting) the collection has several advantages:
- Increased usage will likely to occur when a collection is no longer overcrowded with outdate, unattractive and irrelevant materials
- Reader satisfaction increases with a revitalized collection
- As more materials are acquired available shelving tends to remain constant
- Failure to weed irrelevant material can weaken the strength of the collection
Factors for deselecting materials from the collection include:
- Material no longer relevant to the academic curriculum
- Outdated materials which do not hold historical value (i.e. medical/health, legal, tax, travel, computer manuals)
- Items that have received little use or are likely to remain unused
- Damaged items
- Unneeded duplicate copies or older editions
- Fragmented sets
- Duplication in another format
Removal:
- Materials that are withdrawn are either recycled or offered to other Penn State campuses.
Implementation:
- Weeding should be done gradually on a regular basis.
- Consultation with staff, faculty and/or patrons should be considered when necessary.
Serial and Standing Order Deselection:
Due to escalating costs of many journals, canceling certain titles are necessary.
Considerations include:
- is the publication available in full-text online
- is there a print copy available at another Penn State location
- low in-house usage statistics
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Preservation
The preservation of materials may include binding, rebinding, or digitization and should be done in accordance with the importance of those materials for the campus library program. For more information visit the Penn State Libraries Preservation Department online at www.lias.psu.edu/preservation
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Consortia and Other Collaborative Agreements
Tri-State Library Cooperative (TCLC)
http://www.tclclibs.org/
TCLC is a consortium of libraries in Southeast Pennsylvania, Southern New Jersey, and Northern Delaware.
Association of Research Libraries (ARL)
http://www.arl.org/
ARL is composed of over 120 North American research libraries.
Center for Research Libraries (CRL)
http://www.crl.edu/
CRL is another consortium of North American research libraries. Unusual materials, such as foreign dissertations, which may not be cost-effective for member institutions to collect, are purchased and held by CRL for use by the member institutions.
Committee on Institutional Cooperation (CIC)
http://www.cic.uiuc.edu/
Consisting of the Big Ten schools plus the University of Chicago, this consortium has a tradition of collaborative projects.
Virtual Electronic Library (VEL)
http://www.lias.psu.edu/webzwelcome.html
Authorized users can then borrow materials online from any of the participating institutions.
Pennsylvania Academic Library Connection Initiative (PALCI)
http://www.lehigh.edu/%7Einpalci/
PALCI is a consortium of Pennsylvania academic libraries.
Research Libraries Group (RLG)
http://www.rlg.org/
RLG is an international association of research libraries, both academic and non-academic.
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Mission Statements
Penn State Great Valley Mission Statement:
The Penn State Great Valley School of Graduate Professional Studies is committed to providing high quality, innovative, and technologically progressive opportunities for lifelong learning through graduate and continuing education and other professional development programs.
To directly respond to the learning needs of working adult professionals and their organizations, we strive to develop and offer convenient, competitively priced, and technically advanced programming that improves the career potential and enhances the work effectiveness of our students and graduates.
Through the research of our faculty, our graduate programming, our continuing education programs, and conferences organized by PSGV, we seek to promote the intellectual and economic vitality of our region. In all of our teaching, research, and service endeavors, the rigor, quality, and relevance of our programs bridge the gap between theory and practice.
Several key values drive our decisions at PSGV. As an organization, we are committed to managed growth of our programs and services. Quality and diversity are part of our ongoing commitments in terms of curriculum, students, faculty, and staff. We view teaching, along with applied and theoretical research, as fundamental to faculty development and promotion. Service to the School, to the University, and to the community is a commitment shared across all disciplines and divisions by faculty, staff, and administration. We strive to be an exemplar of the integration of teaching, research, and service by our emphasis on the intersection of professional relevance and traditional academic quality.
Mission of the University:
Penn State is a multi-campus public land-grant university that improves the lives of the people of Pennsylvania , the nation, and the world through integrated, high-quality programs in teaching, research, and service.
Our instructional mission includes undergraduate, graduate, and continuing and distance education informed by scholarship and research. Our research, scholarship, and creative activities promote human and economic development through the expansion of knowledge and its applications in the natural and applied sciences, social sciences, arts, humanities, and the professions.
As a land-grant university, we also hold a unique responsibility for outreach and public service to support the citizens of Pennsylvania . We engage in collaborative activities with industrial, educational and agricultural partners here and abroad to disseminate and apply knowledge.
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Links
Collection Development Policies
Collection Development Companion Penn State University
MHL: Collection Development Manual: Weeding
http://www.mhl.org/about/policies/cd/maintenance/weeding.htm
University of Texas Libraries
http://www.lib.utexas.edu/admin/cird/index.html
University of Pennsylvania Library
http://www.library.upenn.edu/collections/policies/
Rochester Institute of Technology, RIT Wallace Library
http://wally.rit.edu/collections/wallace.html
Vassar College, Vassar College Libraries
http://library.vassar.edu/vcl/cmr/policy.html
Bowling Green State University, University Libraries http://www.bgsu.edu/colleges/library/infosrv/cdpolicy/cdpolicy.htm
Carnegie Mellon University, University Libraries
http://www.library.cmu.edu/Libraries/sp.html.
Illinois Institute of Technology, Paul V. Galvin Library http://www.gl.iit.edu/policy/CollectionDevelopment/index.htm
Statistics
NCES National Center for Education Statistics - Library Statistics Program
http://nces.ed.gov/surveys/libraries/
Library Statistics
http://www.libraryhq.com/libstats.html
Library Research Service
http://www.lrs.org/
ARL Statistics
http://www.arl.org/stats/arlstat/index.html
ACRL Academic Library Statistics Products
http://www.ala.org/ala/acrl/acrlpubs/acadlibrarystats/academiclibrary.htm
U.S. National Commission on Libraries and Information Science
http://www.nclis.gov/
Associations
SPARC - The Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources Coalition
http://www.arl.org/sparc/
Association for Library Collections & Technical Services (ALCTS)
http://www.ala.org/ALCTSTemplate.cfm?Section=alcts
Collection Development and Evaluation Section (CODES) of RUSA
http://www.ala.org/CODESmainTemplate.cfm?Section=CODES
Association of American University Presses (AAUP)
http://aaupnet.org/
Association of American Publishers (AAP)
http://www.publishers.org/
The Publishers Association - UK
http://www.publishers.org.uk/paweb/paweb.nsf/pubframe!Open
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Bibliography
Alabaster, C. (2002). Developing an Outstanding Core Collection: a guide for libraries. Chicago: American Library Association.
Baird, Brian J. (2004). Library Collection Assessment Through Statistical Sampling. Lanham, MD: Scarecrow Press, Inc.
Bryant, Bonita (1989). Guide for Written Collection Policy Statements. Chicago: American Library Association.
Lambert, Dennis K. and W. A., Douglas A. Litts, Lorraine H. Olley. (2002). Guide to Review of Library Collections: Preservation, Storage, and Withdrawal (2nd ed.). Lanham, MD: Scarecrow Press.
Lockett, Barbara. (1989). Guide to the Evaluation of Library Collections. Chicago: American Library Association.
Nisonger, T. E. (1992). Collection Evaluation in Academic Libraries: a literature guide and annotated bibliography. Englewood, Colorado: Libraries Unlimited, Inc.
Nolan, C. W. (1999). Managing the Reference Collection. Chicago: American Library Association.
Perkins, David L. (1979). Guidelines for Collection Development. Chicago: American Library Association.
Perez, Alice J. (2004). Reference Collection Development: A Manual, Chicago: American Library Association.
Slote, S. J. (1997). Weeding Library Collections: Library Weeding Methods (4th ed.). Englewood: Libraries Unlimited, Inc.
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