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Cornell University Library Collection Development

The Library's collections are managed by more than forty bibliographers, curators and selectors. This page aggregates documents pertaining to collection development and scholarly communication in their application across the Cornell University Library system.

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Directory Information

• List of Subjects and Corresponding Selectors
• Collection Development Policy Statements
• Cornell Primary Collecting Responsibilities (pdf)

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Documents for Faculty Presentations

•Statement on the Crisis in Scholarly Communication
•Links to Key Resources on Scholarly Communication

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Collection Information

• E-Serials Review, 2008 (Humanities and Social Sciences)

• E-Serials Review, 2007 (Humanities and Social Sciences)

• Elsevier Turnoff 2005 (view as html) (download .xls)

• WorldCat Selection Tool Values for Selectors (Excel file)

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Policies & Procedures

• Collection Development Manual

• Disposition of CUL Materials
• Cornell Collection Priorities
• Cornell University Library Gift Policy
• Networked Electronic Selection Form (NERF)
• Fund Raising Opportunity Form
• Fund 519 Submisson Request Form v. 3.0
• Large Collections Workflow Guidelines
• Large Collection Selection & Processing Checklist
• Selection Policy for Shelf Space Adjustment
• Returning Annex Materials to Central Campus Libraries
• Policy on Duplication of Library Materials
• Policy on Returning or Destroying Materials on Request
• Policy on Transfer of General Material to Special Collections
• Responding to Requests from Vendors Relating to Security Abuse on the Cornell Network
• Selecting Traditional Library Materials for Digitization

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Reports

• Enhancing Scholarly Communication and Research Collections of the Cornell University Library:
      A Strategy for Change in Collection Development, 2006 - 2010.

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Individual Library Collection Development Sites

• Law Library Collection
• Collection Development/Preservation, Mann Library
• Collection Development, Catherwood (I&LR) Library
• Collection Development Staff, Kroch Library -Asia Collections

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http://www.library.cornell.edu/colldev/collectiondevelopment.html
Revised and updated, 10/5/07
Send changes to Fred Muratori