Learning Resources

Campus	Librarian	Email	Telephone
Hialeah Campus	Valda Adeyiga	vadeyiga@mdc.edu	305-237-8732
	Christina M. Dillon	cmachado@mdc.edu	305-237-8655
Homestead Campus	Lizeth Garcia	lgarci16@mdc.edu	305-237-5021
Kendall Campus	Shamsha Karim	skarim1@mdc.edu	305-237-2295
	Jenny Saxton	jsaxton@mdc.edu	305-237-2075
Medical Campus	Carla Clark	cclark3@mdc.edu	305-237-4342
North Campus	Maria Casado	mcasado@mdc.edu	305-237-1775
	Edwin Gilmore	egilmore@mdc.edu	305-237-8085
	Tiffany Walker	twalker4@mdc.edu	305-237-1471
Padrón Campus	Isabel Duque	iduque@mdc.edu	305-237-6088
West Campus	Kimberly Hughes	khughes1@mdc.edu	305-237-4815
Wolfson Campus	Adria Leal	aleal2@mdc.edu	305-237-3449
	Marta Frydman	mfrydman@mdc.edu	305-237-3446

 

I. Mission

Learning Resources at Miami Dade College provides a learning-centered environment that integrates academic support services, resources, technologies, and instruction to promote academic excellence.

II. Purpose

The purpose of the Collection Development Guidelines is to provide guidance to the Miami Dade Colleges Learning Resources Division in the acquisition and retention of relevant and quality materials that support the mission and curriculum of the College. The following major factors influence collection development decisions:

• Relevance to the educational programs of the College;
• Balance in the collection;
• Accuracy, objectivity, and suitability;
• Professional reviewing recommendations;
• Reputation of the author, publisher, and/or producer;
• Timeliness of the delivery of information;
• Current holdings in the subject area;
• Format;
• Price;

III. Responsibility for Selection

The Learning Resources Division relies primarily upon the librarians and discipline faculty of the College for purchase recommendations. It is the professional responsibility of these two groups to develop the collection in sync with curriculum goals. All library users, regardless of status, are invited to make purchase recommendations.

IV. Standards, Ethics, and Legal Principles

1. The Miami Dade College Learning Resources Division follows the standards for Library/Learning Resources of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools (SACS), as well as those of any other accrediting agency or association requiring library support for any of the specialized educational programs of the College. Since accrediting agencies may use the standards of the American Library Association (ALA) to evaluate Learning Resources Division and library collections, it is important that MDC Learning Resources Division strives toward meeting the most recent version of Standards for Libraries in Higher Education, as set and revised, by ALA's Association of College and Research libraries Division.
   
   
2. It is the responsibility of the librarians and other selectors to ensure that all points of view relevant to the College mission are represented in the collection. The Learning Resources Division endorses the American Library Association's Library Bill of Rights and Freedom to Read. The principles of these documents frame the MDC Learning Resources Division`s views of intellectual freedom and censorship. The Learning Resources Division does not, at the request of any individual or group, add or remove materials that do not meet the College's stated selection criteria. Library users with an issue about an item in the collection should direct their concerns to the campus Learning Resources Director. All issues will be considered in light of the Collection Development Guidelines and will receive a written response.

V. Selection Criteria

1. Curriculum Support
   The Learning Resources Division's first priority is to provide a current, core collection of print and non-print materials to students in support of curriculum requirements. Since the College's focus is on the first two years of an undergraduate curriculum, as well as four-year programs in certain subject areas, materials recommended for undergraduates will receive first priority for purchase.
   
   
2. Selection Criteria by Type of Material
   The Learning Resources Division of the College strives to maintain a balance of print and non-print materials. The Learning Resources Division uses and contribute to the selection of databases and full-text materials accessible from the state's Florida Academic Library Services Cooperative. These databases are not owned or archived by the College and thus are not a substitute to the development of purchased electronic collections of the Learning Resources Division.
   
   Examples of non-print /electronic resources include online databases, e-books and journals, web sites, and audiovisual sources.
   
   Access to library electronic resources is restricted to Miami Dade College students, faculty, staff, and alumni. The electronic resources are available at any time from any computer with Internet access on campus and off campus but do require confirmation via Borrower ID and pin number to establish the user's college status. 
   
   
3. Gifts
   The selection of materials as gifts will be governed by the same criteria as purchased items. The Learning Resources Division reserves the right to refuse donations and to dispose of unwanted material. The Learning Resources Division is not responsible for a monetary statement to the donor for tax purposes, but may acknowledge the number of items donated in writing. The Learning Resources Division assumes no responsibility for the use donors make of such acknowledgments.

VI. Collection Maintenance/Deselection

Library faculty and library administrators will withdraw library materials according to library science weeding criteria such as poor condition, outdated technological/scientific information, and target audience of the material. Continuous evaluation of holdings is an essential ongoing practice.

Whenever possible, classroom faculty members and other subject specialists are invited to participate in the weeding process to assure that materials of historical, literary, or research interest are retained. Weeded materials are officially withdrawn from the collection. Library materials reported missing may be replaced after evaluation of the item according to the same criteria for selection as regularly purchased items. Librarians responsible for collection development are responsible for assuring that missing, lost, and damaged materials are replaced as needed.