Collection policies

The management of the Library's collections is governed by the following general and specific policies.

All the links on this page are to PDF documents.

• Collection development policy: general statement
• Policy for placing items in the Course Collection

Subject collecting policies

• Agriculture, agricultural policy and development 
• Archaeology 
• Biological sciences 
• Chemistry 
• Classics 
• Construction management and engineering 
• Economics 
• Education
  - sub-policy for art, music and drama education
  -  sub-policy for literacy and language education
  - sub-policy for maths and science education
  - sub-policy for physical education
  - sub-policy for School Services
• English and American literature 
• Film, theatre and television 
• Fine art 
• Food biosciences 
• French studies 
• Geography 
• German studies 
• Health and social care 
• History 
• History of art and architecture 
• Italian 
• Language support 
• Law 
• Librarianship
• Linguistics 
• Management 
• Mathematics 
• Meteorology 
• Pharmacy 
• Philosophy 
• Physics 
• Politics and international relations 
• Psychology 
• Real estate and planning 
• Soil science 
• Systems engineering 
• Typography and graphic communication 

Please note: these policies are not updated with staff changes or University structure changes during the period that they apply. To find the current liaison librarian for a subject please consult our list of subject liaison librarians.

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