Penn State University Libraries - Collection Development Information (Staff Only)

Welcome! This site offers selectors the resources they need
for collection development
at The Pennsylvania State University Libraries.  

• Budget Organization
• Collection Development & EReference Group Wants List
• Collection Development Fiscal Calendar
• E-Resources Expenditure History (PDF)
• IT Increases-Inflation Charts (PDF)  -- to be renamed
  
• Endowments
• Materials Budget Status
  
• Serials and Acquisitions Services Fiscal Page

• Collection Services Advisory Group
• Collection Development Clusters -- keep, but update
  
• Collection Development Council -- to be updated to show past tense, etc.(includes meeting minutes)
• Selector Forums and Retreats
• Taskforces and Committees

• Approval Plans
• Collection Development and E-Reference Group Wants List
  
• Faculty Interest Survey
• Gifts in Kind
• Measuring Diversity in Collection Development
• Principles and Policies
  • Collection Development Selection Policy Statements
  • Material Selection Principles
  • Selector Responsibilities
• Ordering Processes
  • E-Resource Ordering
  • Monographic Electronic Reference Works - Ordering Process
  • Serials Ordering
  • Firm Orders
• Selection Sources

• Cataloging
• Collection Development Policy on Duplication of Content (staff only)
• Collection Maintenance Principles (staff only)
• Policy Statement for the Annex Storage Facilities
• Preservation and Bindery
• Serials Canceling
• Transfer Locations
• Withdrawing Materials

• Accreditation Reports Submitted by UL Faculty
• Theses and Dissertation Holding List

• Durable Links for Sources in LexisNexis
• Durable/Dynamic Links in the CAT
• Excel Tutorial for Fund Managers and Selectors  (PDF)
• Excel Tutorial for Selectors (PDF)

Site currently maintained by Sandy Confer

Site previously maintained by Deborah Richner (2006-2011)

Most recent revision by: Helen Smith (August 2006)

Revised by:
Diane Zabel, Jason Reuscher, David Van de Streek, Robert Tolliver, Stephen Woods (Febr. 2012)
Emily Forwood, Doris Herr, Daniel Mack, Bruce Reid, Stephen Woods and Diane Zabel (2004)
Roberta Astroff, Nan Butkovich, Joe Fennewald, Dolores Fidishun, and Justina Osa (Feb. 2001)
Roberta Astroff, Nan Butkovich, and Dolores Fidishun (Mar. 2000)
Lisa Recupero and Carol Wright (Sept. 1996)
Amanda Maple and Linda Musser (Sept. 1995)

Originally compiled in 1994 by: Kim Fisher, Nan Butkovich, Katie Clark, Bob Seeds, and Diane Zabel

 
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10/31/07
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