Welcome to the home page for Collection Development at Wichita State University Libraries with information and news about library collections, collection policies and statistics, departmental contacts and staff, information about issues aaffecting collection development, and links to useful resources and tools.

 Collection Policies and Forms

• What is Collection Development?
• Collection Development Policies
• Collections at WSU Libraries
• Consortium Partners and Purchases
• Gifts to the Libraries
• Purchase Request Form

Collection Statistics

• Collection Statistics
• Results of 2003 Survey on Electronic and Print Collections

Contacts

• Collection Development Staff
• Liaison Librarians (by Subject)
• Liaison Librarians (by Librarian)

Issues in Scholarly Communication

• General, Antitrust, Copyright, Mergers, National Policy
• Journal Pricing and Open Access
• Managing  and Using Electronic Resources

Tools for Selecting and Purchasing Library Materials

• Online Bookstores, Serial Vendors, Publishers, etc.
• Orientation and Training Materials for Liaison Librarians
• Purchase Request Form