88 · Representative Documents: Collection Development Policies
Ohio State University
Byrd Polar Research Center Archival Program. Collection Management and Development Policy
http://library.osu.edu/documents/byrd-polar-archives/collection_development_policy.pdf
 Documentation of prominent contemporary polar researchers/scientists of
the Byrd Polar Research Center.
Secondary Priorities (Collections acceptable only if resources exist without
jeopardizing priorities identified above.)
 Artifacts
 Documentation concerning oral history interviewees created during
the course of their careers.
 Prominent scientists who were not members of the Byrd Polar
Research Center.
 Collections available for purchase only.
[Note: If collections of the above are not accepted, prospective donors should be
directed to other colleges and universities and historical agencies and members of
the International Polar Libraries Colloquy.]
Not collected by the BPRCAP
 Raw scientific data (accepted on a case by case basis).
 Books and other published materials may be retained by the BPRCAP as
reference materials. Otherwise, these are referred to the Goldthwait
Library of the Byrd Polar Research Center.
 Collections that have indefinite restrictions on use.