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POLICIES AND PROCEDURES >> COLLECTION
DEVELOPMENT |
 Selection
Procedures
McNaughton
Guidelines
Serials
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Responsibilities
Ordering
Processing
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 COMPONENTS |
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• McNaughton,
for popular works of fiction and nonfiction, both in print and
as audio tapes.
• Baker
& Taylor, for continuations and videos.
• Title source,
(a service of Baker & Taylor) used to register selections/order
books and other materials for the library collection.
• EBSCO,
for serials and standing orders.
• Special
one-time orders, as currently for the School of Education.
• Publisher or vendor catalogs, for specialized books and other materials unavailable through the above sources
• Donations.
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| SELECTION
PROCEDURES |
The
InterAmerican Campus Library shall follow the mission statement and selection
procedures set forth in the Collection Development Policy of
the Miami-Dade College Libraries.
Detailed analysis of the circulation statistics at this campus,
initially and on an ongoing (monthly) basis, can aid in providing
the collection developer with an indicator of what subjects are
heavily used. Selections should emphasize these subject areas.
In addition, it is recommended that a Subject Gaps page be kept
at the reference desk, to record areas that are weak or absent in
the collection.
Materials considered for acquisition may come from the
following sources:
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Suggestions made by faculty, staff, or any library user.
2. Materials reviewed in the library literature, publishing media,
reputable online sources, journals, etc.
3. Catalogs from various publishers, vendors, etc. |
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| McNAUGHTON
GUIDELINES
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Because
funds for purchasing books and audiotapes from this vendor are
relatively limited, the following priorities should be observed:
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For nonfiction books, titles which are deemed to have either lasting
relevance to the collection, or high topical merit have priority.
2. For fiction books, titles with literary merit, or those supporting
one of the educational missions of the college,
should be given first consideration.
3. For audio tapes (at this time, we should not yet collect audio
CD’s due to lack of budget in this area): unabridged tape
titles that have either a print version available to be ordered,
or one already in the library
collection, should be selected first. This is due to student requests
for both a book and an audio tape of the
same title. |
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| SERIALS |
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other materials, serials should be selected to support programs emphasized
at the InterAmerican Campus. Because of limited space in the library, and
ever-increasing availability of online full-text titles, the most studied
consideration should be given to what serial titles should be subscribed
to and/or retained. |
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| RESPONSIBILITIES |
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Collection Development Librarian at InterAmerican Campus will have responsibility
for selections made, weeding, etc., taking full account of input from colleagues
and Faculty, and students, and subject to approval by the Library Director. |
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| ORDERING |
| Ordering
should be done in accordance with the size of the budget/monies available
in a given year. |
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| PROCESSING |
•Most
print materials are received from Baker and Taylor completely processed.
The only step to be done at the library is linking them to the catalog.
•Journals
are processed at the library as well as continuations, standing
orders, McNaughton titles, videos, and
donations.
The collection development librarian will keep his colleagues
(especially those involved with processing) informed of what materials
are currently on order
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