Collection Development Framework

The Library has developed a draft Collection Development Framework which outlines the principles that ensure information resources are acquired in line with the University’s strategic teaching and research directions.

We invite you to look at the draft Collection Development Framework and give us your feedback via the online form.

Contents of the Draft Framework include:

• collection development and the Strategic Plan
• responsibility for library information resources
• library clientele
• access to collections
• background of the collection
• resource selection principles
• gifts and donations
• digital repository and ADT
• storage
• deselection
• cooperative relationships with other libraries
• preservation and conservation
• collection evaluation