Collection guidelines

Overview

• Introduction
• Deakin University Library collections history
• Deakin University Strategic Direction

Collection policies and procedures

• Library Policy
• Library Donations Procedure
• Library Conditions of Use Procedure

Collection development

• Selection criteria for the acquisition of information resources
• Collection development, including
  • Requesting books
  • E-preferred policy
  • Reading list ordering formula
  • Requesting journals and databases
  • Trial databases
  • Licenses and copyright
  • Open access
• Intellectual freedom and censorship
• Donations
• Specific collections
  • Special Collections
  • Alfred Deakin Collections
  • Curriculum Resources Collection
  • Exam papers
  • Theses
  • Reading Nook

Collection management

• Preservation
• Binding
• Deselection (weeding) and retention guidelines
• Disposal of library materials
• Subscription reviews
• Microform