Subject Collection Development Policies

Collection Development Statements and Policies

• Severn Library Collection Policy
• Collection Development Diversity Statement 
• Digitization Initiatives 
• Foreign Materials
• General & Special Collections Duplication 
• General to Special Collections Transfer 
• Gift-Acceptance 
• Free & Open Web-Based Resources
• Identifying Standard Portfolio of Reports to Collection Development 
• Library-wide Format Duplication 
• Non-traditional Library Materials Purchases & Locations 
• Policy on Policies 
• Public Fiscal & Data Information 
• Textbook Purchases 
• Weeding 
• Collection Development Policy for the General Collections 
• Policy for the Withdrawal of Print Journal Volumes and Replacement with an Electronic Version 
• JSTOR Retention Policy 
• Off-Site Shelving Guidelines 
• Reference Materials 

For questions or comments regarding these policies, please contact the Associate Dean for Collection Strategies and Services.

Subject Collection Development Policies

• African American Studies

• Agricultural and Resource Economics

• Agriculture

• American Studies

• Animal & Avian Sciences (included in Agriculture)

• Anthropology

• Arabic Studies

• Architecture

• Art History & Archaeology

• Astronomy

• Athletic Memorabilia

• Atmospheric & Oceanic Science (included in Astronomy)

• Bioengineering

• Biology (included in Life Sciences)

• Business & Management

• Cell Biology & Molecular Genetics (included in Life Sciences)

• Chemistry & Biochemistry

• Chinese (included in East Asia)

• Classics

• Communication

• Computer Science (included in Mathematics)

• Criminology & Criminal Justice

• Dance

• East Asia

• Economics

• Education

• Engineering (included in Bioengineering)

• English

• Environmental Science & Technology (included in Agriculture)

• Entomology (included in Life Sciences)

• Faculty Papers

• Family Science (included in Public & Community Health)

• Film Studies

• Fire Protection Engineering

• French & Italian

• Geography

• Geology (included in Astronomy)

• Germanic Studies

• Government & Politics

• Health (included in Public & Community Health)

• Hearing & Speech Sciences

• Historic Preservation

• History

• History of Science (included in History)

• Information Studies

• International Piano Archives at Maryland (IPAM)

• Japanese (included in East Asia)

• Jewish Studies

• Journalism

• Kinesiology (included in Public & Community Health)

• Korean (included in East Asia) 

• Labor History/Workplace Studies

• Landscape Architecture

• Latin American Studies

• Law

• Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Studies (included in Women's Studies)

• Life Sciences

• Linguistics

• Literary Manuscripts

• Maps & GIS

• Maryland & Historical Collections

• Maryland Institute for Technology in the Humanities (MITH)

• Mathematics

• Music

• Nutrition & Food Science (included in Agriculture)

• Performance Studies (included in Theatre, Dance and Performance Studies)

• Persian Studies

• Physics (included in Astronomy)

• Plant Sciences (included in Agriculture)

• Philosophy

• Psychology

• Public & Community Health

• Public Policy

• Rare Books

• Real Estate Development

• Religion

• Second Language Acquisition

• Slavic Studies

• Sociology

• Spanish & Portuguese

• Special Collections in Media & Culture

• Special Collections in Performing Arts

• Studio Art

• Theatre (included in Theatre, Dance and Performance Studies)

• University Archives

• Urban Studies & Planning

• US Government Information

• Women's Studies

 

Contact the appropriate subject specialist for more information on a specific policy.