UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN-MILWAUKEE

LIBRARIES

COLLECTION POLICY
MANUAL

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Compiled by
R. James Tobin
John Sieracki
and
the Collection Policy Committee

Ewa Barczyk
Timothy Ericson
Alberto Herrera, Jr.
Rebecca Littman
Janet Padway
Susan Peschel
Andrea Van Groll
Lisa Weikel
Max Yela
Wendy Young


First edition 1999
Revised 2003
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Please direct questions concerning the policies or procedures in this manual to the Collection Development Manager.

Janet G. Padway
414-229-6814
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CONTENTS

  1. Introduction
     
    Nature and Purpose of this Manual
    Information Mission of the Libraries
    Collection Levels and Support for Research
    Support for Undergraduate Education
    Disciplines and Sub-disciplines
    Language Considerations
    Duplication of Materials
    Gifts
    Weeding or De-selection
    Textbooks
    Dissertations and Theses

    COLLECTION FORMATS
    Books/monographs
    Monographic Series
    Journals/Serials
    Newsletters
    Newspapers
    Microforms
    Electronic Sources
    Videotapes
    Other Formats

    THE SELECTION PROCESS
    Approval Plan
    Yankee Book Peddler's "Memorandum of Agreement & Approval Plan Profile"
    Recommendations and Firm Orders From Approval Forms

    Allocations for Discretionary Spending
    Retrospective Collecting
    Replacements
    Access to Materials the Libraries Do Not Own
    Intellectual Freedom

  2. Subject Collections

    Africology
    American Indian Studies
    Anthropology
    Architecture
    Art
    Art History
    Atmospheric Sciences
    Biological Sciences
    Business Administration
    Chemistry
    Classics
    Communication
    Comparative Literature
    Comparative Study of Religion
    Criminal Justice
    Economics
    Education
    Engineering
    English
    Film
    French
    Geography
    Geosciences
    German
    Great Lakes
    Health Sciences
    Hebrew Studies
    History
    Human Resources and Labor Relations
    Information Studies
    International Studies
    Italian
    Latin American and Caribbean Studies
    Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Studies
    Linguistics
    Mass Communication
    Mathematical Sciences
    Music, see the Music Library
    Nursing
    Peace Studies
    Philosophy
    Physics
    Political Science
    Psychology
    Public Administration
    Slavic Languages
    Social Work
    Sociology
    Spanish and Portuguese
    Theatre and Dance
    Urban Planning
    Urban Studies
    Women's Studies

  3. Collections Maintained by Units of the Libraries

    American Geographical Society Library
    Archives
    Curriculum Library
    Government Information
    Multimedia Library
    Music Library
    Reference Collection
    Special Collections and Rare Books