TABLE OF CONTENTS

• INTRODUCTION
• THE MOUNT ALLISON UNIVERSITY LIBRARIES
• COLLECTION DEVELOPMENT GOALS
• THE FRAMEWORK
• COLLECTION ASSESSMENT
• COLLECTION MAINTENANCE
• COLLECTION BUILDING
• SELECTION OF LIBRARY MATERIALS
• FORMAT STANDARDS
• SPECIAL CATEGORIES OF MATERIAL
• ALLOCATION OF FUNDS
• SUBJECT AREA PROFILES (SAMPLES)
1. A and Z - GENERAL WORKS, BIBLIOGRAPHY AND BOOK ARTS
2. B-BD, BH-BJ - PHILOSOPHY AND ETHICS
3. BF - PSYCHOLOGY
4. BL-BX - RELIGION AND THEOLOGY
5. C-D - HISTORY AND CULTURE (EXCEPT NORTH AND SOUTH AMERICA)
6. E-F - THE HISTORY AND CULTURE OF THE AMERICAS
7. G-GF - GEOGRAPHY
8. GN-GV - ANTHROPOLOGY, FOLKLORE, CUSTOMS, RECREATION
9. H-HJ - GENERAL SOCIAL SCIENCES, ECONOMICS, COMMERCE, FINANCE
10. HM-HX - SOCIOLOGY, COMMUNITIES, SOCIAL PATHOLOGY, SOCIALISM
11. J - POLITICAL SCIENCE
12. K - LAW
13. L - EDUCATION
14. M - MUSIC
15. N - FINE ARTS
16. P - PHILOLOGY AND LINGUISTICS
17. PA - CLASSICAL LANGUAGES AND LITERATURE
18. PB-PM - MODERN EUROPEAN LANGUAGES, ORIENTAL LANGUAGES AND LITERATURE, AMERICAN AND ARTIFICIAL LANGUAGES
19. PN - LITERARY HISTORY
20. PQ - ROMANCE LITERATURES, FRENCH, SPANISH
21. PR-PS - ENGLISH LITERATURE
22. PT-PZ - GERMANIC LITERATURE AND JUVENILE BELLE LETTRES
23. Q - GENERAL SCIENCE
24. QA - MATHEMATICS AND COMPUTER SCIENCE
25. QB - ASTRONOMY
26. QC - PHYSICS
27. QD - CHEMISTRY AND BIOCHEMISTRY
28. QE - GEOSCIENCES
29. QH,QK,QL,QM,QP,QR - BIOLOGY AND BIOCHEMISTRY (QH-Biology; QK-Botany, QL-Zoology, QM-Human Physiology, QP-Physiology and QR-Microbiology)
30. R - MEDICINE
31. S - AGRICULTURE
32. T - TECHNOLOGY
33. U-V - MILITARY SCIENCE AND NAVAL SCIENCE
• APPENDIX A:  GOVERNMENT DOCUMENTS COLLECTIONS POLICY
• APPENDIX B:  MARY MELLISH ARCHIBALD MEMORIAL LIBRARY COLLECTIONS POLICY
• APPENDIX C:  WINTHROP PICKARD BELL COLLECTION OF ACADIANA COLLECTIONS POLICY
• APPENDIX D:  REQUESTING TITLES:  PROCEDURES
• APPENDICES E AND F:  LIBRARY ENDOWMENT FUNDS
• APPENDIX G:  GIFT POLICY
• APPENDIX H:  CURRENT ACCESS AND DELIVERY SYSTEMS
• APPENDIX I:  EDGAR AND DOROTHY DAVIDSON COLLECTION OF CANADIANA

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