Penn State University Libraries - Selection Policy Statements

Collection Development Principles

We are guided by the Collection Development Guideline adopted by the Dean's Library Council in 2001 that states there is one Pennsylvania State University collection that is shared by all campuses.

Collection Development Selection Policy Statements

Individual Collection Development Statements are listed below. New or modified policy statements should be sent to Deb Richner for loading on this site.

Accounting
African American Studies (Word document)
African Studies (Word document)
Agriculture and Biology
Anthropology
Architecture and Landscape Architecture (Word document)
Art History (Word document)
Business
Classics and Ancient Mediterranean Studies
Communication Arts and Sciences
Communications
Comparative Literature
Contemporary Topics
Crime, Law, and Justice
Dance
Earth Sciences
Economics
Engineering
English Literature
Ethnic Studies
Federal Documents
Finance
Foreign Documents
Forensic Sciences
General Science
Geography
George T. Harrell Health Sciences Library
German Languages and Literatures
Global Studies
Health
History
History and Philosophy of Science
Hospitality Management
Information Sciences and Technology
Insurance and Real Estate
International Documents
Italian
Jewish Studies
John M. Lilley Library at Penn State Erie
Kinesiology
Labor
Law
Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Studies
Leisure Reading
Library Science
Linguistics
Management
Maps
Marketing
Math
Middle East Studies
Military Studies
Mineral Industries
Music
News Collections Development Statement
Penn State Harrisburg Collection Development Statement (Word document)
Philosophy
Physical Sciences
Political Science
Quality Manufacturing Management
Recreation Park and Tourism Management
Religious Studies
Slavic Languages and Literatures
Social Science Statistical and Numeric Data
Sociology
Supply Chain and Information Systems
Theatre
Visual Arts (Word document)
Women’s Studies