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Collection Development 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.

In addition the Collection Development Council has begun working on Core Principles to guide the overall development of the collection.

Collection Development Selection Policy Statements

Individual Collection Development Statements are listed below. Please note: All statements will open as Word documents. New or modified policy statements should be sent to Deb Richner for loading on this site.

African American Studies
African Studies
Agriculture and Biology
Anthropology
Art History
Business
Classics and Ancient Mediterranean Studies
Communications
Communication Arts & Sciences
Comparative Literature
Contemporary Topics
Crime, Law, and Justice
Dance
Earth Sciences
EMS Group Fund
Economics
Engineering
English Literature
Ethnic Studies
Federal Documents
Foreign Documents
Forensic Sciences
General Science
Geography
German Languages and Literatures
Global Studies
Health
History
History & Philosophy of Science
Horticulture
Hotel Restaurant & Recreation Management
Information Sciences and Technology
International Documents
Italian
Jewish Studies
Kinesiology
Labor
Law
Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Studies
Leisure Reading
Library Science
Linguistics
Maps
Math
Middle East Studies
Military Studies
Mineral Industries
Music
Philosophy
Physical Sciences
Plant Pathology
Political Science
Religious Studies
Social Science Statistical and Numeric Data
Sociology
Slavic Languages and Literatures
Theatre
Women’s Studies

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