Collection Development

True to the mission of the library, the development and management of the collection serve to support " the curriculum of the University by acquiring, organizing, and preserving a broad well-balanced spectrum of information." These responsibilities and the selecting, licensing and subscribing to electronic databases are those of the collection management librarian. Selection and weeding are accomplished with the cooperation of the teaching faculty and librarians.

Suggestions for library materials are welcomed from anyone in the University community.

A written Collection Development Policy is in place. The policy is intended as the operational and conceptual framework for management of library materials in the University Library. The collecting interests of Special Collection are identified as well as operational statements for handling gifts and donations and the deselect ion of materials.

The Collection Management Librarian is Sue Peterson (sjpeters@samford.edu) at 205 726-2518.