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Collection Development Policy, Digital Commons Institutional Repository, University Of Nebraska–Lincoln Libraries, November 13, 2019, Sue Ann Gardner, Kathleen A. Johnson, Leslie Delserone, Erica Defrain

UNL Libraries: Collection Development Policies

Purpose of the UNL Digital Commons Institutional Repository

The UNL institutional repository (IR) comprises services that result in the stewardship and global online dissemination of content created and selected by UNL authors and affiliates. With the aim of contributing to the broader world of scholarship and facilitating discovery, the repository reflects the intellectual life of the institution.1 The IR drives a significant level of Web traffic to UNL. As such, the IR may serve as a promotional and marketing tool for authors, programs, and the university as a whole.

Purpose of the Collection Development Policy

This collection development policy is …

University Archives And Special Collections Collection Development Policy, Mary Ellen Ducey, Casey D. Hoeve, Katherine L. Walter

UNL Libraries: Collection Development Policies

History: A. Special Collections: While rare books and manuscripts have been acquired since the University of Nebraska Libraries were first established, it was some time before a separate Rare Books and Special Collections unit was created. During the 1970s, librarians identified rare books or special collections within the existing general collections, identified new space for these materials, cataloged them, created collection development criteria, and began providing services through the assignment of the first full-time special collections librarian. One role for the special collections librarian was to seek funding through donations for continued development of the special collections. B. The Archives: …

Unl Libraries Deposit Programs, Deeann Allison, Mary Ellen Ducey, Linnea Fredrickson, Sue A. Gardner, Blake Graham, Richard Graham, Margaret Mering, Traci Robison, Paul Royster, Jennifer L. Thoegersen, John Wiese, Harriet Wintermute

UNL Libraries: Collection Development Policies

The University of Nebraska–Lincoln Libraries offers several avenues for preserving and providing access to digital and physical research materials. This document outlines the four main avenues for depositing materials with UNL Libraries. Although there are separate repositories with specific missions—Archives & Special Collections, DigitalCommons@University of Nebraska–Lincoln, UNL Data Repository, and UNL Image & Multimedia Collections—all work together toward the goal of preserving the intellectual and creative output of the university and to make our contributions discoverable to state, national, and international communities. This document describes the operations of each repository. The Libraries policy is to publish, or provide online access …

Collection Development Policy, Digital Commons Institutional Repository, University Of Nebraska–Lincoln Libraries, Sue Ann Gardner, Paul Royster, Linnea Fredrickson, Kathleen A. Johnson, Leslie M. Delserone, Erica Defrain

UNL Libraries: Collection Development Policies

Purpose of the University of Nebraska-Lincoln Digital Commons Institutional Repository Collection Development Policy

This collection development policy is intended to provide guidance for content selection that anticipates and meets the needs of the communities of the University of Nebraska–Lincoln (UNL). It directly relates to the library's vision statement and defines the scope and standards that guide the services that generate the collection.

Purpose of the UNL Digital Commons Institutional Repository

The UNL institutional repository (IR) comprises services that result in the stewardship and global online dissemination of content created and selected by UNL authors and affiliates. With the aim of …

Agricultural Leadership, Education, And Communication (Aglec) Collection Development Policy, Judith Wolfe

UNL Libraries: Collection Development Policies

The ALEC collection supports the teaching, research and service activities of the entire university community. Its primary audience is the faculty, staff, and students of the ALEC department. The collections primary focus is support for the undergraduate and graduate curricula for agricultural education, tourism in agriculture, industrial technology education, leadership and communication. Specific and transient research needs of ALEC faculty and graduate students are supplemented through Interlibrary Loan. The focus of the ALEC collection is diverse in nature as it encompasses disciplines that are well established within colleges and departments in the university structure. The collection is multifaceted and is …

Textiles, Clothing And Design Collection Development Policy, Mary Cassner

UNL Libraries: Collection Development Policies

The textiles, clothing and design collection supports the teaching, research and service activities of the entire university community. Its primary audience is faculty, staff, and students of the Textiles, Clothing and Design Department in the College of Education and Human Sciences. The collection’s primary focus is support for the undergraduate and graduate curricula for textiles, clothing and design.

The textiles, clothing and design collection has strong interdisciplinary appeal and usage. The Department has a close relationship with the Johnny Carson School of Theatre and Film. Many students from the School, particularly those in the Master of Fine Arts in Costume …

Nutrition And Health Sciences Collection Development Policy, Mary Cassner

UNL Libraries: Collection Development Policies

The nutrition and health sciences collection supports the teaching, research and service activities of the entire university community. Its primary audience is the faculty, staff, and students of the Nutrition and Health Sciences Department in the College of Education and Human Sciences. The collections primary focus is support for the undergraduate and graduate curricula for nutrition and health sciences.

Women's And Gender Studies Collection Development Policy, Anchalee (Joy) Panigabutra-Roberts

UNL Libraries: Collection Development Policies

The Women's and Gender Studies collection supports the teaching, research and service activities of the entire university community and beyond. Its primary audience is the faculty, staff, and students of the Women's and Gender Studies Program primarily in the College of Arts and Sciences, as well as in the colleges of: Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources, Architecture, Business Administration, Education and Human Sciences, Engineering, Fine and Performing Arts, Journalism and Mass Communications and Law. Its primary focus is support for the undergraduate and graduate curricula and research in Women's and Gender Studies. Specific and transient research needs of Women’s and …

Teaching, Learning And Teacher Education Collection Development Policy, Mary Cassner

UNL Libraries: Collection Development Policies

The teaching, learning and teacher education collection supports the teaching, research and service activities of the entire university community. Its primary audience is the faculty, staff, and students of the Teaching, Learning and Teacher Education Department in the College of Education and Human Sciences. The collections primary focus is support for the undergraduate and graduate curricula for teaching, learning and teacher education.

Chemical And Biomolecular Engineering Collection Development Policy, Virginia Baldwin

UNL Libraries: Collection Development Policies

The Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering Department offers the Bachelor of Science degree, the Master of Science Chemical Engineering (M.S.Ch.E) degree and the Doctor of Philosophy in Engineering with Specialization in Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering (Ph.D.) degree. The Ph.D. is offered through the Unified Ph.D. Program in Engineering. Graduate courses include transport phenomena and operations, separation, thermodynamics and kinetics, diffusion, chemical engineering design, chemical processes, process control, automated operations, polymers, biochemical engineering, air pollution assessment and control, membrane principles and control, and system analysis. Research emphasis of the Department include absorption studies, distillation, applied thermodynamics, crystallization from solution, polymerization kinetics, heat …

Child, Youth And Family Studies Collection Development Policy, Mary Cassner

UNL Libraries: Collection Development Policies

The child, youth, and family studies collection supports the teaching, research and service activities of the entire university community. Its primary audience is the faculty, staff, and students of the Child, Youth, and Family Studies Department in the College of Education and Human Sciences. The collections primary focus is support for child, youth and family studies.

Communication Studies Collection Development Policy, Signe Boudreau

UNL Libraries: Collection Development Policies

The communication studies collection supports the teaching, research and service activities of the entire university community. Its primary audience is the faculty, staff, and students of the Communication Studies Department in the College of Arts & Sciences. Its primary focus is support for the undergraduate and graduate curricula for communication studies. Research needs of faculty and students are supplemented through Interlibrary Loan. The collection focuses on works related to intercultural communication, organizational communication, interpersonal communication, instructional communication, and rhetorical and communication theory (classified throughout the Library of Congress B’s, H’s, and P’s). The program also integrates relevant knowledge from diverse …

Electrical Engineering Collection Development Policy, Virginia A. Baldwin

UNL Libraries: Collection Development Policies

The Department of Electrical Engineering offers degrees of Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering, Master of Science in Electrical Engineering, and Doctor of Philosophy in the College of Engineering’s unified Ph.D. Program.

Medieval And Renaissance Collection Development Policy, Kathleen Johnson

UNL Libraries: Collection Development Policies

The Medieval and Renaissance Studies collections support the teaching, research, and service activities of the entire university community. The primary audience is the faculty and students in the College of Arts & Sciences, the Hixson-Lied College of Fine and Performing Arts, and the College of Architecture. The primary focus of the collections is support for the undergraduate and graduate curricula for Medieval and Renaissance Studies. Research needs of faculty and students are supplemented through Interlibrary Loan. Although the collection also benefits other citizens of the state of Nebraska, materials are not purchased with them in mind. Because of the multi-disciplinary …

Veterinary Medicine And Biomedical Sciences, Dana W. R. Boden

UNL Libraries: Collection Development Policies

The Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences collection supports the teaching, research and service activities of the entire university community. Its primary audience is the faculty, staff, and students of the School of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences in the College of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources within the Institute of Agriculture and Natural Resources. The collection’s primary focus is support for the undergraduate and graduate curricula for Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences and the Professional Program in Veterinary Medicine. Specific and transient research needs of Veterinary Medical and Biomedical Research faculty and graduate students are supplemented through Interlibrary Loan.

Materials …

Civil Engineering Collection Development Policy, Virginia A. Baldwin

UNL Libraries: Collection Development Policies

The Department of Civil Engineering offers Bachelor of Science, Masters, and Doctoral degrees. As a professional discipline, civil engineering is closely related to the total human environment. Undergraduate students are required to take classes in each of the following subject areas, and can emphasize one or more areas during their course of study: Environmental engineering Geotechnical/Materials engineering Structural engineering Transportation engineering Water resources engineering

Course offerings cover environmental quality, pollution control, chemical and microbiological wastewater treatment, soil mechanics, foundation engineering, structural analysis, reinforced concrete, steel design, plastic analysis, finite element analysis, water resources development, hydraulic engineering, hydrology, groundwater engineering, transportation …

Computer Science Collection Development Policy, Jolie Ogg Graybill

UNL Libraries: Collection Development Policies

The computer science collection supports the teaching, research, and service activities of the entire university community; although its primary audience is the faculty, staff, and students of the Department of Computer Science and Engineering, and secondary audience is the faculty, staff, and students in Computer Science. Its primary focus is support for the undergraduate and graduate curricula for computer science; its secondary focus is support for research and teaching in engineering. Specific and transient research needs of computer science faculty and graduate students should be supplemented through Interlibrary Loan. Materials are not purchased for the general public, though they may …

Educational Administration Collection Development Policy, Mary Cassner

UNL Libraries: Collection Development Policies

The educational administration collection supports the teaching, research and service activities of the entire university community. Its primary audience is the faculty, staff, and students of the Educational Administration Department in the College of Education and Human Sciences. The collections primary focus is support for graduate curricula for educational administration.

Educational Psychology Collection Development Policy, Mary Cassner

UNL Libraries: Collection Development Policies

The educational psychology collection supports the teaching, research and service activities of the entire university community. Its primary audience is the faculty, staff, and students of the Educational Psychology Department in the College of Education and Human Sciences. The collections primary focus is support for the undergraduate and graduate curricula for educational psychology.

English Collection Development Policy, Kathleen Johnson

UNL Libraries: Collection Development Policies

The English language and Literatures in English collection supports the teaching, research, and service activities of the entire university community. Its primary audience is the faculty, staff, and students of the Department of English in the College of Arts & Sciences and its primary focus is support for the undergraduate and graduate curricula for English and related programs. Specific and transient research needs of English faculty and graduate students are supplemented through Interlibrary Loan. Materials are not purchased for the general public though others may benefit from the collection. While the collection focuses on works classified in the Library of …

Entomology Collection Development Policy, Dana W. R. Boden

UNL Libraries: Collection Development Policies

The Entomology collection supports the teaching, research and service activities of the entire university community. Its primary audience is the faculty, staff, and students of the Entomology department in the College of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources and the Institute of Agriculture and Natural Resources. The collection’s primary focus is support for the undergraduate and graduate curricula for entomology. Specific and transient research needs of Entomology faculty and graduate students are supplemented through Interlibrary Loan. Materials are not purchased for the general public though they may benefit from the collection for their information needs.

Mathematics Collection Development Policy, Jolie Ogg Graybill

UNL Libraries: Collection Development Policies

The mathematics collection supports the teaching, research, and service activities of the entire university community; although its primary audience is the faculty, staff, and students of the Department of Mathematics in the College of Arts and Sciences, and secondary audience is the faculty, staff, and students in Computer Science. Its primary focus is support for the undergraduate and graduate curricula for mathematics; its secondary focus is support for research and teaching in mathematics. Specific and transient research needs of mathematics faculty and graduate students should be supplemented through Interlibrary Loan. Materials are not purchased for the general public, though they …

School Of Natural Resources Collection Development Policy, Joan Latta Konecky

UNL Libraries: Collection Development Policies

The collection supports the teaching, research and service activities of the School of Natural Resources and the related research endeavors of the University of Nebraska-Lincoln community.

School of Natural Resources cooperative research is conducted with various academic units including Institute of Agriculture and Natural Resources, Department of Geosciences, Department of Civil Engineering, Department of Biological Systems Engineering, Department of Agricultural Economics, Arsenic Info System, College of Law, Public Policy Center, and Cooperative Extension.

University Archives & Special Collections Collection Development Policy, Kay Walter

UNL Libraries: Collection Development Policies

I. History: While rare books and manuscripts have been acquired since the University of Nebraska was founded, it was not until the 1970s that a concerted effort was made to create a separate Rare Books and Special Collections unit. During the 1970s, librarians identified rare books or special collections within the existing general collections, identified new space for these materials, cataloged them, created collection development criteria, and began providing services through the assignment of the first full-time special collections librarian. One role for the special collections librarian was to seek funding through donations for continued development of the special collections. …

Animal Science Collection Development Policy, Dana W.R. Boden

UNL Libraries: Collection Development Policies

The Animal Science collection supports the teaching, research and service activities of the entire university community. Its primary audience is the faculty, staff, and students of the Animal Science department in the College of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources within the Institute of Agriculture and Natural Resources. The collection’s primary focus is support for the undergraduate and graduate curricula for Animal Science. Specific and transient research needs of Animal Science faculty and graduate students are supplemented through Interlibrary Loan.

The focus of the Animal Science collection is diverse in nature as it encompasses disciplines that are well established within colleges …

Classics And Religious Studies Collection Development Policy, Kathleen Johnson

UNL Libraries: Collection Development Policies

The Classics and Religious Studies collections support the teaching, research, and service activities of the entire university community. The primary audience is the faculty and students of the Department of Classics & Religious Studies in the College of Arts & Sciences. Its primary focus is support for the undergraduate and graduate curricula for Classics & Religious Studies. Research needs of faculty and students are supplemented through Interlibrary Loan. While the collection also benefits other citizens of the state of Nebraska, materials are not purchased with them in mind. While the collection focuses on works classified in Library of Congress call …

Food Science And Technology Collection Development Policy, Rebecca Bernthal

UNL Libraries: Collection Development Policies

The Department of Food Science and Technology is located in the Food Industry Complex on East Campus at UNL. The department started out as a part of many departments in the College of Agriculture, the most important being the Department of Dairy Science. Up until 1960, food processing was incorporated in the various College of Agriculture departments of dairy science, agronomy, animal science, poultry science, and agricultural engineering and in the Foods and Nutrition Department of the College of Home Economics. In 1960 the new Food Technology major was approved as an inter-departmental major involving all departments with food processing …

Library And Information Studies Collection Development Policy, Joan Giesecke

UNL Libraries: Collection Development Policies

UNL Libraries collects library and information studies materials to support the daily work, professional assignments, professional development, and research activities of the library faculty and staff. UNL does not have an undergraduate or graduate program in Library and Information studies, however, UNO offers undergraduate and masters programs in Library Media and works collaboratively with the University of Missouri School of Information Science and Learning Technologies to offer a Masters in Library Science program in Nebraska. UNL Libraries maintains basic collection of Library and Information Science indexing and abstracting services and scholarly electronic journals. Monographic collections currently focus on topics such …

Mechanical Engineering Collection Development Policy, Virginia A. Baldwin

UNL Libraries: Collection Development Policies

The Department of Mechanical Engineering offers a B.S. It also offers an M.S. degree and participates in the "Chemical and Materials Engineering Field" and the "Mechanics and Energetics Field" options of the Unified Ph.D. Program of the College of Engineering and Technology. The Department offers coursework in heat transfer, fluid mechanics, solar energy engineering, the design and construction of machinery, manufacturing processes, aerodynamics, metallurgy, and nuclear engineering. The major research interests of the Department include metallurgical engineering, thermal-fluid mechanics, and systems and design engineering.

College Of Nursing Collection Development Policy, Joan Latta Konecky

UNL Libraries: Collection Development Policies

The nursing collection supports the basic teaching, research and service activities of the College of Nursing—Lincoln Division. The College of Nursing—Lincoln Division faculty, staff and students heavily use the nursing and related biomedical research collections available from the UNMC McGoogan Library of Medicine. They have UNMC affiliate status and remote access privileges to the UNMC Library collections and subscriptions. They also have been granted UNL affiliate status and remote access privileges to the UNL collections and subscriptions by the UNL Dean of Libraries. Specific research needs are supplemented through interlibrary loan, primarily supplied by the UNMC McGoogan Library of Medicine.