Guidelines for Acquisition

Librarians and faculty members alike who order books and other materials for the library are encouraged to note the following priorities:

1. Materials necessary or useful to members for courses they are teaching or planning and to students taking those courses;
2. Works necessary to a strong reference collection (print or electronic) and works of recognized merit;
3. Works that contribute to core collections in disciplines not now in the curriculum or in areas of disciplines not now represented by a member of the faculty;
4. Books of general interest and for recreational reading;
5. Materials that support the research of a single faculty member, when this research is not relevant to instructional activity.