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Library Collection Development
Librarian: Tamiko Lawrence contact at 229-245-3751or tbrown@valdosta.edu
The mission of Odum Library is to be a major educational and cultural resource of the University, primarily by providing bibliographic and reference support to its academic programs.
The goal of the Library’s collection development program is to develop and maintain a collection of materials that will further the purpose and mission of VSU by meeting the needs of its faculty and students. Our collection is shaped via a collaborative effort between librarians and faculty. Each department is assigned a library faculty member (library liaison) who collects and reviews orders, keep records, and informs the departmental coordinator of deadlines, priorities and budget issues. The library liaison may also request materials for the general reference collection that will enhance coverage of the assigned department's library collection. The primary emphasis of Odum’s collection is on materials used by faculty in conducting research and preparing courses as well as by students conducting research related to their course work.
The Collection Development (CD) Policy provides a rationale for the Library’s collection development program. The policy serves as a means of defining and communicating the library’s collection goals and policies to the VSU community and to the public at large. We invite you to read the collection development policy and subject/discipline specific collection development policies and encourage you to participate in shaping the Library's collection.
If you have a title suggestion, please complete the Recommend a Library Purchase form. (Note to Faculty: The Recommend a Library Purchase form is intended for your personal recommendations and RUSH orders only, independent of the annual school/department/program allocation provided by the library. Orders using your allocation should be submitted in the customary way to the departmental coordinator who will add your requests to a library materials order database submitted to the BlazeVIEW Acquisitions Page.) Further information on Material Ordering Procedures and the Allocation of Funds is published by the Library's Acquisition/Serials Department. See a list of the Library's Newest Acquisitions.
| Complete Collection Development Policy (Revised December, 2008) | Pages 1-146 |
Collection Development Policy - Table of Contents - Individual Sections
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| Table of Contents | Pages 2-3 | |
Introduction
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| Collection Levels |
Pages 7-10 |
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| College of Arts and Sciences |
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| Harvey Langdale, Jr. College of Business Administration | Pages 65-76 | |
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Pages 66-68 | |
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| College of Education | Pages 77-103 | |
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Pages 78-80 | |
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| College of the Arts | Pages 104-117 | |
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Pages 108-110 | |
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Pages 111-112 | |
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Pages 115-117 | |
| College of Nursing | Pages 118-120 | |
| Division of Library and Information Science | Pages 121-125 | |
| Division of Social Work | Pages 126-128 | |
| International Studies Program | Pages 129-131 | |
| Library Collection Policies | Pages 132-145 | |
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Page 133 | |
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