Overview

The Collection Development Program’s function is to determine what the library will collect to best serve the university’s needs. It involves collaboration and consultation between librarians and faculty members to address the needs of existing and new programs, departmental curriculum and research interests. It involves approaches to material selection as well as methods for evaluating subject collections. Policies and procedures governing this program are found in the Collection Development Policy.

Each academic department of Texas State University has a faculty library representative, as well as a subject librarian, assigned to select, collect and submit material requests for their department. The Collection Development unit is the library contact for academic department library collection assessments such as program reviews and accreditations.

For further information, contact Selene Hinojosa, the Collection Development Librarian at 245-1843. For material selections related to specific academic departments, you may contact the department faculty library representative or the subject librarian under the name of the academic department in the Liaison List.

Links

Collection Development Policy
Collection Development Procedures
Order Request Form
Collection Development Suggestion
Liaison List
Library Liaison Program
Library Collection Assessments