Responsibility for Collection Development and Management

Responsibility for site-based collection development resides with the Library and Tutoring Services team at each campus and center with input from faculty and students. The Library and Information Studies Discipline Council, along with the Executive Dean of Library and Tutoring Services, Director of Library Services, Director of Academic Support, and Library Technical Services Coordinator, collaboratively review recommendations for collections of e-resources and collegewide acquisitions.

The Library's holdings are managed by each campus Library team in collaboration with the Library Technical Services Program Coordinator. The physical collection is reviewed monthly for missing and lost items, and regular shelf-reading ensures items are in order. Inventory of the collection is conducted before program accreditation reviews and annually at each campus and center. This process is essential to collection management, as it identifies items for replacement, retention, or deselection (weeding).