Collecting Global Resources, SPEC Kit 324 (September 2011)

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Duke University
Slavic, Eurasian, and East European Studies
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At A Glance
Of the 6 million volumes currently
held by Duke University Library:
453,547 (or 3.5%) are part of
the Slavic collection.
Of that number 329,434
volumes are in Slavic
languages
124,113 in Western
European languages.
TRLN
By the terms of the existing
cooperative collection development
agreement between the members of
TRLN, Duke is responsible for
acquiring and providing access to
Ukrainian and Polish imprints while
the University of North Carolina-
Chapel Hill (UNC-CH) develops a
comprehensive collection in Czech,
Slovak and Hungarian. In the case of
Russian-language materials, UNC-
CH is primarily responsible for
Russian history and literature
(particularly of the eighteenth and
nineteenth centuries), while Duke
collects comprehensively in Soviet
and contemporary Russian/Eurasian
history, economics, and linguistics.
Search TRLN, a unified, electronic
catalog facilitates browsing and
borrowing of holdings across all of
members of the Triangle Research
Library Network (TRLN).
Description
Duke University Libraries contains one of the oldest and most extensive Slavic collections
of all the academic libraries in the Southeastern United States. The bulk of the collection
relates to the former Soviet Union and its successor states in Eurasia and Eastern Europe,
that is, to the territories that share either a common Slavic linguistic heritage or a political
history with the lands and cultures of Slavic Eurasia. The Library's consortial
responsibilities vis-à-vis other institutional members of the Triangle Research Library
Network (TRLN), and the interests and support of Duke’s faculty, have laid the basis for
several significant collections, particularly in Russian visual culture and Polish studies.
2009 Duke-UNC Stats
Languages UNC/vol DUKE/vol TOTAL/vol
West European* 57,499 124,113 181,612
Russian 305,598 240,183 545,780
Czech 35,295 4,389 39,684
Polish 28,406 59,765 88,172
Slovak 9,845 642 10,487
Serbian 9,018 596 9,614
Bulgarian 8,908 1,896 10,804
Ukrainian 8,202 16,502 24,704
Croatian 7,322 1,562 8,884
Hungarian 5,698 1,076 6,774
Romanian 3,417 1,368 4,785
Belorussian 2,044 1,685 3,729
Macedonian 1,712 112 1,824
Slovenian 836 396 1,232
Yiddish 438 2,919 3,357
Estonian 427 187 614
Church Slavic 356 211 568
Albanian 343 136 479
Latvian 330 220 550
Lithuanian 293 246 539
Georgian 185 119 304
Armenian 169 667 836
Slavic (Other) 128 244 372
Moldavian 103 53 156
Bosnian 86 40 126
TOTAL VOLUMES: 486,655 459,329 945,984
*UNC: only D and P LC classes
Source: 2009 Title VI
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126 · Representative Documents: Collection Development Policies
University of Kansas
African Studies
Name/Responsibility for the Collection: African Studies
Bibliographer: Shiferaw Assefa
History of Collection: The African-‐American Studies department was founded in 1970 and the Kansas
African Studies Center originated from it in the 1980s. Immediately after the creation of the
department, the library started to selectively collect materials on Africa in order to support the
curriculum and the researches of faculty and students.
Objectives/Purpose: The purpose of the collection in African Studies is to support the teaching and
research of the Department of African-‐American Studies and faculty and students associated with the
Kansas African Studies Center. Due to the interdisciplinary nature of African Studies, the primary
clientele for the collections is the undergraduate and graduate students, faculty, and research staff in
various departments whose research focus is on Africa.
Description of Academic Programs Supported/Levels of Academic Programs Supported (very brief):
The Department of African-‐American Studies offers bachelors and masters degrees in African-‐American
and African Studies. In addition, there are significant numbers of graduate students who pursue Africa-‐
related topics for their dissertation across campus.
Subject Areas: Since African Studies is interdisciplinary, the fund covers all subject areas except Law and
Medicine. There is emphasis on African History, ethnography, local history and description (Call Number
DT1-‐3415). Other areas of focus are African Religions (BL2400-‐BL2490), Islam in Africa (BL64),
Christianity in Africa (BR1359-‐1470), Atlases (G2445-‐2739, African Literature (PL 8000-‐8839), African
national bibliography (Z3501-‐3979), etc.
Geographical Areas: Materials collected are from or about all the African countries with emphasis on
Sub-‐Saharan Africa.
Languages: At present time, the library’s first priority is to collect books and journals in English, with less
emphasis on corresponding materials in French, Portuguese, and German. A second priority is to select
materials needed for language study and cultural reading in the African languages taught by the
department.
Types of Materials:
Types Included: Print books and journals, databases, reference materials, and audiovisual
materials covering various topics will be purchased when feasible upon request.
Types Excluded: Textbooks
Publication Date: New publications only. We retrospectively collect if there is high demand for a
specific item by faculty and researchers.
Related Collections/Other Library Collections that Support this Subject: Since African Studies is
interdisciplinary, the collection supports all the departments except the Schools of Law and Medicine.

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