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Library Depository Selection Guidelines
Background
Item by item selection is extremely time and labor-intensive so we must rely, insofar as possible, on
selection criteria that can be mechanically applied to identify candidate materials for transfer to the
Library Depository. Candidate materials can then be reviewed on an exception basis by subject
specialists in consultation with faculty.
Operating assumptions
Items to be transferred to the Depository from open stack collections must be accessible
through the public online catalog.
Efforts will be made to retain in open stacks materials that are unlikely to be identified through
subject and keyword searches.
Monographic items requested three (3) times in a 12 month period will be automatically returned
to open stacks.
Because mechanical selection criteria do not take into account changing program needs and may
not reflect the need to retain core onsite collections, as program needs change or as items are
determined to need to be onsite, these will be returned to open stacks
From Collections in Open Stacks
The following classes of materials will be considered for transfer to the Library Depository. Subject
specialists, in consultation with faculty, may recommend to the Head of Collection Development
specific titles to be excepted from these general transfer criteria:
Monographic titles cataloged 10 years ago or before that have not circulated
Monographic titles published 35 years ago or before that have not circulated
Monographic titles published 25 years ago or before that have not circulated in the last seven
years
Print periodicals that ceased publication 10 or more years ago
Annuals and other noncirculating volumes dating from 20 or more years ago
Print runs of serial titles prior to specific dates
Science/Engineering: those dating from 15 or more years ago
Social Sciences: those dating from 20 or more years ago
Arts and Humanities (including History): those dating from 20 or more years ago
Print and microform back file volumes within online collections such as JSTOR or ProjectMuse
from which a publisher’s embargo has been lifted
Print and microform back file volumes for which electronic access has been acquired in the past
year
Duplicate titles between the Science &Engineering Library and Paley Library
Other materials may be considered periodically for potential transfer to the Library Depository such
as:
Books and journals forming disciplinary subcollections that are not of immediate relevance to
current programs.
Materials that are vulnerable to theft or that are in a physical condition that would benefit from
the controlled environment and security of the Depository.
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Library Depository Selection Guidelines
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Home » About » Policies and Guidelines » Library Depository Selection Guidelines
Library Depository Selection Guidelines
Background
Item by item selection is extremely time and labor-intensive so we must rely, insofar as possible, on
selection criteria that can be mechanically applied to identify candidate materials for transfer to the
Library Depository. Candidate materials can then be reviewed on an exception basis by subject
specialists in consultation with faculty.
Operating assumptions
Items to be transferred to the Depository from open stack collections must be accessible
through the public online catalog.
Efforts will be made to retain in open stacks materials that are unlikely to be identified through
subject and keyword searches.
Monographic items requested three (3) times in a 12 month period will be automatically returned
to open stacks.
Because mechanical selection criteria do not take into account changing program needs and may
not reflect the need to retain core onsite collections, as program needs change or as items are
determined to need to be onsite, these will be returned to open stacks
From Collections in Open Stacks
The following classes of materials will be considered for transfer to the Library Depository. Subject
specialists, in consultation with faculty, may recommend to the Head of Collection Development
specific titles to be excepted from these general transfer criteria:
Monographic titles cataloged 10 years ago or before that have not circulated
Monographic titles published 35 years ago or before that have not circulated
Monographic titles published 25 years ago or before that have not circulated in the last seven
years
Print periodicals that ceased publication 10 or more years ago
Annuals and other noncirculating volumes dating from 20 or more years ago
Print runs of serial titles prior to specific dates
Science/Engineering: those dating from 15 or more years ago
Social Sciences: those dating from 20 or more years ago
Arts and Humanities (including History): those dating from 20 or more years ago
Print and microform back file volumes within online collections such as JSTOR or ProjectMuse
from which a publisher’s embargo has been lifted
Print and microform back file volumes for which electronic access has been acquired in the past
year
Duplicate titles between the Science &Engineering Library and Paley Library
Other materials may be considered periodically for potential transfer to the Library Depository such
as:
Books and journals forming disciplinary subcollections that are not of immediate relevance to
current programs.
Materials that are vulnerable to theft or that are in a physical condition that would benefit from
the controlled environment and security of the Depository.
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