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Dance Collection Development Policy, Anita Breckbill

UNL Libraries: Collection Development Policies

The dance collection supports the teaching, research, and service activities of the entire university community. Its primary audience is the faculty, staff, and students of the Dance Division of the Hixson-Lied College of Fine and Performing Arts. Its primary focus is support for the undergraduate curricula for dance. 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 numbers GV1580-1799 , research support is also provided by …

Music Collection Development Policy, Anita Breckbill

UNL Libraries: Collection Development Policies

The music 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 Music in the Hixson-Lied College of Fine and Performing Arts. Its primary focus is support for the undergraduate and graduate curricula for music. 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 numbers M, ML and MT, and …

Agronomy & Horticulture Collection Development Policy, Elaine Maytag Nowick

UNL Libraries: Collection Development Policies

The Agronomy & Horticulture Collection supports the RESEARCH, graduate, and undergraduate education mission of the department. It also provides information resources for related groups in the university such as Cooperative Extension, RESEARCH & Extension Centers, the Statewide Arboretum, and the Water Center. The Department is also supported by materials in other subject areas such as Plant Pathology, Biology, Biochemistry, Microbiology, and Statistics.

Biochemistry Collection Development Policy, Jacquelyn Petzold

UNL Libraries: Collection Development Policies

The biochemistry collection exists to support the teaching, research, and service endeavors of the Department of Biochemistry and the University of Nebraska-Lincoln community. The public may benefit from the biological sciences collection, although specific materials are not collected to meet their needs. Biochemistry-related materials not available in the library’s collection are generally readily available through Interlibrary Loan. The collection is focused on the QD Library of Congress call number range, although the heavily interdisciplinary nature of scientific study necessitates some overlap with the rest of Q, R, S, T, and other areas.

Criminal Justice Collection Development Policy, Suping Lu

UNL Libraries: Collection Development Policies

The criminal justice collection supports the teaching, learning, research, and other related service activities of the entire university community. Its primary users are faculty, staff, and students of the School of Criminology and Criminal Justice (Lincoln Program) in the College of Public Affairs and Community Service, which is based at University of Nebraska-Omaha. Its essential focus is support for the undergraduate curricula for criminal justice. The collection is supplemented through interlibrary loan services whenever special curriculum and research needs of criminal justice faculty and students arise. Although the collection is not developed for the general public and community users, they …

Economics Collection Development Policy, Suping Lu

UNL Libraries: Collection Development Policies

The economics collection supports the teaching, learning, research, needs for economic information, and other related service activities of the entire university community. Its primary users are faculty, staff, and students of the Economics Department in the College of Business Administration (CBA). Its essential focus is support for the undergraduate and graduate curricula for economics. The collection is supplemented through interlibrary loan services whenever special curriculum and research needs of economics faculty and students arise. Although the collection is not developed for the general public and community users, they may benefit from the collection for their information needs. The main focus …

Political Science Collection Development Policy, Suping Lu

UNL Libraries: Collection Development Policies

The political science collection supports the teaching, learning, research, needs for political information, international exchanges and communications, and other related service activities of the entire university community. Its primary users are faculty, staff, and students of the Department of Political Science in the College of Arts and Sciences. Its essential focus is support for the undergraduate and graduate curricula for political science. The collection is supplemented through interlibrary loan services whenever special curriculum and research needs of political science faculty and students arise. Although the collection is not developed for the general public and community users, they may benefit from …

Love Library Print Reference Collection Development Policy, University Of Nebraska At Lincoln

UNL Libraries: Collection Development Policies

The Love Library print reference collection provides access to information essential to the instructional, research, and service programs of the University community. It integrates with the library electronic reference collection and operates according to principles stated in the University Libraries Reference Collection Development Policy. As a result it primarily contains items preferred in print because of cost, availability, use patterns, ease of use, archival needs, completeness, need for official text, need for cumulative data, delays in the publication of electronic versions, or instability of online sources. The Love Library print reference collection offers general reference materials and supports the curricula …

Reference Collection Development Policy, University Of Nebraska At Lincoln

UNL Libraries: Collection Development Policies

Reference works provide essential support for the instructional, research and service programs of the university community. Primary audiences are university students, faculty, and staff. Secondary audiences include local and state governmental agencies, local businesses, local nonprofit organizations, students from other Nebraska colleges, high school students and other community users. Reference works provide a range of information that serves a diverse clientele. They support basic and advanced research; provide curriculum support for undergraduate and graduate students; and serve people working in a wide range of disciplines. They are necessary to the work of librarians and other library staff. Reference works are …

Withdrawal Policy, University Of Nebraska-Lincoln

UNL Libraries: Collection Development Policies

1 Philosophy

1.1 To keep collections current and usable, materials may need to be withdrawn.

1.2 Materials to be withdrawn often include extra copies, outdated and little used (including in building use and circulation) materials, and mutilated items.

Art And Art History Collection Development Policy, Jeanetta Drueke

UNL Libraries: Collection Development Policies

The art and art history 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 Art and Art History in the Hixson-Lied College of Fine and Performing Arts. Its primary focus is support for the undergraduate and graduate curricula for art and art history. Specific and transient research needs of art and art history faculty and graduate students are supplemented through Interlibrary Loan. Materials are not purchased for the general public though they may benefit from the collection. While the collection focuses on works …