General Selection Criteria for All Electronic Resources

Content

Subject matter covered is clearly relevant to the curriculum and research needs of the primary WSU community, e.g. students, faculty and staff, as specified in the collection development policy for the subject area.

The electronic resource provides:

• content at the appropriate intellectual level
• depth of coverage and quality of information for user population
• content from a reputable, reliable, and authoritative producer
• current, accurate, unique, and complete information and updates
• greater accessibility to information over other formats

Access 

Access to the electronic resource should include the following:

• delivery via the Web
• authentication by IP address (rather than passwords or logins), e.g. the Class B subnet for campus-wide access is 156.26.*.*
• compatibility with the Library’s existing proxy server and software, E-Z Proxy
• The preferred number of simultaneous users is unlimited. If not unlimited, the number of simultaneous users must be adequate
• The Westside and Southside Centers considered authorized sites
• WSU faculty, staff, students, and walk-in users defined as authorized users

The following should be avoided:

• individual registration requirements
• passwords or any other methods of individual authentication or authorization, unless 1) optional, e.g. allowing users to voluntarily create profiles for notification of new content or 2) passwords may be posted online for authenticated users

Use and Functionality

Electronic resources should adhere to conventional user expectations such as:

• Availability of browsing and/or full-text searching
• Availability of on-screen help and/or tutorials
• Basic and guided/advanced searching
• Helpful error messages (i.e., error message indicates specific problem(s) and provides possible alternatives)
• Availability of value-added features such as multimedia and hyperlinks to and from other databases
• Ability to print, save, and email results and/or articles
• Discrete URL preferred for access at title level
   

Archiving

When appropriate, resources should be selected where the intellectual content of material is maintained in some form on a permanent basis. The following issues should be considered when selecting a resource:

• Publisher’s commitment to archiving
• Responsibility for archiving (publisher, vendor, or library)
• Content and form of archive
• Fees and restrictions
• Effect of cancellation or termination on maintaining the archive
• Technology required to maintain archive

Duplication and Substitution

When considering the replacement or duplication of a print subscription by an electronic resource, the following issues should be considered:

• Archiving of electronic version
• Need for different formats
• Cost benefit to funding one or the other or both
• Reliability of electronic format

In general, electronic bibliographic databases will not be duplicated in print except under special circumstances, e.g. exclusion of critical content in electronic version. At this time, the addition of an e-journal may or may not result in the cancellation of the equivalent print subscription. Print subscriptions are only canceled when cost effective and based on the recommendation of the Subject Librarian and the Coordinator of Collection Development with input from departmental faculty. E-books for the general and reference collection may be duplicated in print based on user needs.

Pricing and Cost Considerations

In considering the selection of an electronic resource, the following guidelines related to pricing and cost should be met:

• Resource is cost-effective in both core content and updates
• Library is able to sustain cost for the foreseeable future
• Potential usage and/or uniqueness of information justifies cost
• Pricing model is acceptable (e.g. one-time versus annual costs)

The following restrictions or situations should be avoided:

• per-use or transaction charges
• introductory pricing unless lock in reasonable increases over time
• non-cancellation clauses unless accompanied by inflation cap and escape clause
• bundling of electronic publications, e.g. can be purchased as package, but not individually

The availability of an electronic resource through consortium purchase should be considered first as such a purchase might be more cost-effective than an institutional purchase.

A multi-year agreement should be considered when appropriate as it may be more cost-effective than a one-year agreement.

Whenever possible, the pricing model should be based on student FTE. WSU’s official student FTE is reported on the Kansas BOR Web site at http://www.kansasregents.org/research/index.html.
 
Vendor Considerations

The following should be considered when selecting a resource:

• Vendor provides responsive customer service and technical support that is available during library working hours
• Availability and quality of training programs
• Vendor’s reputation and business record suggests continued support for the product via updates or new versions
• Documentation is thorough and clear

Technical Considerations

The resource should:

• Meet usual and customary technical standards in the industry
• Allow for local customizations via system administration access for the Library
• Be compatible with the Library’s existing and/or future hardware
• Be compatible with standard web browsers if accessible via the web

Usage Statistics

Usage statistics should be readily available in a user-friendly format, preferably COUNTER compliant (http://www.projectcounter.org)

Special Selection Criteria for Electronic Journals

A subscription to or purchase of an electronic journal will be considered if:

• The electronic format offers value-added enhancements to make it preferable over, or a significant addition to, its print equivalent. Examples of such enhancements include wider access, flexibility in searching, and frequent updates.
• It contains or covers the equivalent information compared to the print format.
• Acquiring the electronic version is cost-effective (e.g., the cost differential is justified by demonstrated or expected increase in use) and provides greater access to users
• Accessible through IP authentication to unlimited simultaneous users
• Requirements for individual registration or passwords should be avoided unless passwords can be posted online for authenticated users. Profiles voluntarily created by users for notification of new content are not a problem.
• Should only add journals with a significant run of issues or commitment to making a significant number of issues available electronically
• Trial versions of electronic journals should not be added
• Make note of time limits on access to back issues
• Availability of content published prior to initial subscription date
• Handling of backfiles

If a journal is acquired in the electronic format, the Subject Librarian and Coordinator of Collection Development (in conjunction with input from appropriate Library staff and departmental faculty) should determine if the print equivalent should be canceled.

Special Selection Criteria for E-Books

In general, the same selection criteria apply to electronic books as to books in print. E-books for the general and reference collections should be selected according to the appropriate subject collection development policy. Except under special circumstances, all e-books should be of a scholarly nature and supportive of the teaching and research mission of the University.

E-books may be purchased individually or part of a bundled package, e.g. BCR netLibrary collections. They may be purchased by WSU on its own or as part of a consortium purchase, e.g. BCR or RLDC. In either case, Subject Librarians (individually or through one of the subject Reference Collection Development Committees) will review the titles in their areas and make final purchase recommendations. For the purchase of a bundled collection, a majority of Subject Librarians must support the purchase.

At this time, an e-book may be selected without regard as to whether or not the title is currently held or being considered for purchase in print. An individual title may be purchased in print, electronic, or both formats as long as it meets appropriate selection criteria.

The following additional criteria for selecting e-books should be considered:

• Consistency with print version, e.g. complete text with all tables, graphics, etc.
• IP-authenticated access – either one user at a time or multiple simultaneous users (registration requirements, passwords, etc. should be avoided unless the passwords can be posted online for authenticated users)
• Ability to download and print at least some limited content
• Clearly understood rights to permanent access to the book, e.g. access in perpetuity versus annual subscription; outright purchase of books versus lease of content
• Clearly understood pricing structure, e.g. one-time payment, annual subscription fee, or both
• Individual purchase or part of bundle or package

Special Selection Criteria for Free Web-Based Resources

Selection of free web-based resources should follow the general guidelines for selecting all electronic resources, e.g. according to the appropriate subject collection development policy, of a scholarly nature, and supportive of the teaching and research mission of the University. However, due to the number of free resources available and often without print counterparts or longevity, additional criteria are listed below.

• Amount of content should be significant.
• Quality of the Web site should be indicated by peer review, review by other librarians, an authoritative sponsor or producers, and evidence of ongoing support (e.g. creation of archives, mirror sites, etc.
• Availability of effective support for browsing or searching. Relatively easy to use; intuitive.
• Reliable access to multiple simultaneous users
• If registration and/or licensing are required, licenses must be submitted for approval through formal review process.
• Resources selected as reference resources should meet the same selection criteria as resources that are purchased.
• The resource is appropriate for addition to the WSU Libraries Online Catalog.

The following free Web-based resources are not appropriate for selection:

• Fee-based resources available on a free-trial basis for limited period of time
• Resources that require individual user registration or click through license
• Password-protected Web sites available to single users, e.g. links publicized in print textbooks
• Frequently unavailable resources

Requesting New Electronic Resources

Generally, new electronic acquisitions are requested by Subject Librarians through the Electronic Resources Review process in Collection Development. Final approval is given by the Coordinator of Collection Development and the Library Administration, when appropriate.

1. In consultation with faculty, liaisons, appropriate library staff and others (as needed), the Subject Librarian will consider whether or not the product meets the selection criteria outlined in the Electronic Resources Collection Development Policy.
2. Collection Development will request pricing for the product and investigate consortial purchase options.
3. Collection Development will request a trial of the product, and all trials should be coordinated through the Coordinator of Collection Development. This will ensure that the trial is appropriately timed and publicized when necessary.
4. In consultation with faculty, liaisons, appropriate library staff and others (as needed), the Coordinator of Collection Development will solicit feedback and evaluate the product based on the trial.
5. Based on cost, perceived need, usage, the degree to which the electronic resource meets the selection criteria, and the priorities set by the Subject Librarians during the review process, the Coordinator of Collection Development, in consultation with the Library Administration, will: 1) decide whether or not to acquire and 2) if a decision to acquire is made, prioritize its purchase in relation to other electronic resources requested within budgetary constraints.

Post-Selection Process

Licensing

Once the decision has been made to purchase an electronic resource, the Coordinator of Collection Development reviews the license agreement, submits it to the University Counsel for review, and negotiates changes with the vendor/publisher. When negotiating license agreements, the Library keeps the interests of the user in mind and refrains from purchasing products where use restrictions would seriously impede research or be impossible to enforce. 

The following elements should be part of license agreements except under special circumstances:

• Clear indication that content is either licensed or purchased outright
• Listing of resources covered by license
• Definition of authorized users includes WSU faculty, staff, students, and walk-in users
• IP authentication as method of access
• Minimal or no limitations on ILL and course pack use when appropriate
• Listing of authorized sites

General Acquisitions and Cataloging Guidelines

The acquisition, cataloging, and withdrawal guidelines are under review by Collection Development and Technical Services with the hiring a new Electronic Resources Librarian in Technical Services in 2007. When the guidelines are finalized, they will be added to this document. 

Review of Electronic Resources for Cancellation

A subscription to a product may be cancelled if:

• Usage statistics are consistently low over a significant period of time.
• The product is no longer cost-effective.
• The content provided is no longer meeting the needs of WSU users.
• A competitive or better product becomes available either as an individual purchase or as a consortium purchase.
• The vendor fails to hold up their end of the agreement and/or provides poor service.
• A product’s price inflates such that it no longer is considered affordable.
• The product’s content is found to duplicate content in another database.
• A new vendor can deliver a superior product, including a more user-friendly search interface, providing greater and more reliable access at a reasonable cost, or meet other key criteria not met by a current vendor.

Prepared by Cathy Moore-Jansen, Coordinator of Collection Development, December 2006

Counseling, Educational & School Psychology

A. Purpose of Collection

1.  Program Information

The Department of Counseling, Educational & School Psychology (CESP) offers graduate programs only, with two degrees at the Masters level and one Specialist degree beyond the Master’s level.  One post-masters certificate program is also offered. Students completing these programs typically pursue careers as school counselors, community counselors, educational psychologists, or school psychologists.  Programs of study include:

•     Master of Education in Counseling (MEd)

Students who wish to become licensed School Counselors in Kansas must have valid professional teaching licenses as well as the MEd in counseling.  Students in this program may also choose to become Licensed Professional Counselors, and work within the community.  The course of study includes the following subject areas: psychological foundations; statistics and research methods; human development; assessment; ethics; and individual and group counseling theory and techniques.

•     Master of Education in Educational Psychology (MEd)

This program focuses on “how people learn from instruction, and with developing educational materials, programs and techniques that enhance learning” (CESP webpage).  Students of all stages of development are of interest, from infants to the elderly, both in school and in other settings (corporate, military, etc.). Assessment is a key component of the program.

•     Specialist in Education in School Psychology (EdS)

Students in this program must have completed a masters degree in educational psychology, counseling, or a directly related area to apply for admission to this program. An additional 39 credit hours of study are required to earn the Specialist degree.  The program of study includes courses in counseling theory, counseling techniques, psychopathology, ethics, multicultural issues, intelligence testing, diagnostic testing, school-based interventions, personality assessment, and mild exceptionalities.

2.  Collection Description

Monographs:  

The Library’s monograph collection currently contains nearly 7,000 titles in the core Library of Congress call number areas relevant to Counseling, Educational & School Psychology (portions of LB and LC—see Appendix A).  Materials in these call number areas circulated (were checked out) over 3,000 times in 2008, showing that this is a heavily used part of the Library’s collection.  The number shown above for materials most closely related to Counseling, Educational & School Psychology does not include the thousands of additional titles held in related disciplines such as Psychology, Sociology, Social Work, Pediatrics, etc., that are also used by students and faculty in this department.

Journals:

The Library maintains subscriptions to twenty-five journals directly related to Counseling, Educational, & School Psychology (Please see Appendix C).  In most cases, both print and online access are available, but a few titles are only available electronically, and several others are available in print format only.  This core collection of journals is supported by a large number of additional titles which are available electronically through numerous databases to which the library subscribes (see Databases section just below).  A substantial number of additional paper and full text electronic subscriptions are maintained in related subject areas such as psychology, sociology, social work, child development, and psychotherapy.

Databases:

Students and faculty have both on-campus and off-campus access to a number of abstracting and indexing databases to the journal literature in this subject area.  ERIC and PsycINFO are the most important databases, followed by Education Full Text, Mental Measurements Yearbook, MEDLINE, Sociological Abstracts, Social Work Abstracts, and Dissertation Abstracts.  Google Scholar and JSTOR were also noted by faculty in the department as being useful.

3.  Anticipated Trends

Counseling, Educational & School Psychology Faculty listed the following as emerging trends or subjects in their areas of specialization:

•     Accountability, diversity

•     Epistemological beliefs, cultural sensitivity, play therapy, school psychology, technology in education

•     Post modern constructivist approach to counseling, standards based assessment, globalization-international perspectives, technology applications

•     Interdisciplinary research

•     Mental health diagnosis, and interventions and treatment plans for specific populations

B. Scope of Coverage

1.  Chronological Focus

Emphasis will be placed on works dealing with contemporary issues and practice.

2.  Geographic Focus

Works related to Counseling, Educational & School Psychology as they are practiced in the United States will be the primary focus of the collection.  Materials on practice in other countries or on a global basis are also of high value, and will be collected on a somewhat more selective basis.

3.  Formats and Materials Collected

Department faculty listed (in order of importance) journals (especially electronic journals), monographs, internet sources, reference works (including indexes to periodicals, encyclopedias, handbooks, etc.), statistical sources, dissertations, conference proceedings, and government publications as useful formats for the collection. Both paper and electronic formats will be collected, with an emphasis on electronic formats for journals, when possible.  Videos will be collected at the request of faculty.

4.  Formats and Materials Not Collected

Materials in micro format (microfilm, microfiche) will be collected only when that is the sole format available.  Textbooks are not normally acquired, but may be purchased occasionally to provide broad overviews for foundational areas.

An emphasis will be placed on recently published materials; older materials will be collected very selectively.

6.  Place of Publication

Primary focus will be placed on materials published in the United States.  Materials published in other countries are also valued, and will be collected on a more selective basis.

7.  Languages Collected

English-language materials will be collected.  Materials in other languages will be collected at the request of faculty.

C. Summary of Subjects Collected and Collecting Levels (See Appendix A for Details)

D. Subjects Excluded

None

APPENDIX A – SPECIFIC SUBJECTS COLLECTED (with Collecting Levels)

Counseling, Educational & School Psychology

Materials that support teaching and research for this subject area fall within numerous areas of the Library of Congress Classification system, making it somewhat difficult to narrow the areas of primary interest into a few broad call number areas.  Care has been taken to ensure that subject areas noted by departmental faculty to be of primary interest are reflected in the call number areas below.  Those subject areas include: school counseling, educational psychology, learning, memory, epistemological beliefs (ways of knowing), career development and counseling, reading comprehension, program evaluation, research design, statistics, counseling at-risk populations, self- mutilation, animal-assisted therapy, play therapy, loss and grief, group counseling, child abuse, multicultural counseling, social and cognitive development, and technology in education.

APPENDIX B – EXPLANATION OF COLLECTING LEVELS AND CODES

1. COLLECTING LEVELS*

Current Collection (CL)  -- existing strength of collection  (required) Collection Goal (GL) -- desired or target collecting goal  (required)

Acquisitions Commitment (AC) -- current collecting level or growth rate  (optional)

Preservation Commitment (PA) – commitment to physical and/or content preservation (optional)

2. COLLECTING LEVEL CODES*

Each collecting level is assigned one of the following codes:

A                 Comprehensive Level

B                Research Level (doctoral)

C1              Advanced Study Level (advanced undergraduate, masters)

C2              Basic Study Level (undergraduate)

D                Basic Information Level

E                Minimal Level

NC              Not Collected

The following is a detailed definition of each code:

A             Comprehensive Level.   

A collection in which a library endeavors, so far as is reasonably possible, to include all significant works of recorded knowledge (publications, manuscripts, other forms) for a necessarily defined field.  This level of collecting intensity is that which maintains a “special collection”; the aim, if not the achievement, is exhaustiveness.

B             Research Level.

A collection includes the major published source materials required for dissertations and independent research including materials containing research reporting, new findings, scientific experimental results, and other information useful to researchers. It also includes all important reference works and a wide selection of specialized monographs, an extensive collection of journals and major indexing and abstracting services -- including electronic resources--  in the field. Supports doctoral and other original research.

C1           Advanced  Study  Level.  

A  collection  which  is  adequate  to  support  the  course  work  of  advanced undergraduate and master’s degree, or sustained independent study; that is, which is adequate to maintain knowledge of a subject required for limited or generalized purposes, of less than research intensity. It includes a wide range of basic monographs both current and retrospective, complete collections of the works  of  more  important  writers,  selections  from  the  works  of  secondary  writers,  a  selection  of representative journals, and the print and electronic reference tools and fundamental bibliographical apparatus pertaining to the subject.

C2           Basic Study Level.   

A collection  which is adequate to support undergraduate courses. It includes a judicious selection from currently published basic monographs (as represented by Choice selections) supported by seminal retrospective monographs (as represented by Books for College Libraries); a broad selection of works of more important writers; a selection of the major review journals; and current editions of the most significant print and electronic reference tools and bibliographies pertaining to the subject. Not adequate to support master’s degree programs.

D             Basic Information Level.  

A highly selective collection which serves to introduce and define the subject and indicates the variety of information available elsewhere. It includes major dictionaries and encyclopedias, selected editions of important works and bibliographies, historical surveys, a few major periodicals in the field, and a limited collection of basic electronic resources.

E        Minimal Level.

A subject area in which few selections are made beyond very basic works.

NC      Not Collected.  

A subject area in which no selections are made, i.e. out of scope.

* The collecting levels and codes assigned to each LC Class are derived from the WLN Conspectus.

APPENDIX C – CURRENT PRINT & ONLINE JOURNAL SUBSCRIPTIONS – CESP*

* List up-to-date as of 8/11/09

Curriculum & Instruction

A. Purpose of Collection

1. Program Information

The Department of Curriculum & Instruction offers degrees at both the Bachelors and Masters levels for both pre-service and in-service teachers.  It also provides several licensure, endorsement and certificate programs.  Programs of study include:

•     Undergraduate Teacher Education Program

Includes early childhood unified (birth through grade 3), elementary education (grades K-6), middle school (grades 5-8), and secondary school (grades 6-12).

•     Advanced Endorsement Programs

Includes Special Education endorsements in adaptive (mild to moderate disabilities), functional (severe and multiple disabilities), gifted (advanced) and early childhood unified (birth through grade 3) education; reading specialist; library media specialist; and TESOL (Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages).

•     Alternative Certification

Also called “Transition to Teaching,” this program allows students with majors in content areas where there are teacher shortages at the middle and high school levels to be employed while they complete teacher certification requirements.

•     Masters of Education in Curriculum and Instruction (M.Ed.)

Includes a thesis or portfolio requirement. Emphasis is on reflective inquiry, with each student selecting a specific subject area for specialization.  This program is offered both on-campus and at several distance sites in Kansas each year.

•     Masters in Special Education (M.Ed.)

Includes emphases in adaptive, functional, gifted, and early childhood unified education.  A thesis or portfolio is required.

•     Graduate Certificates

Certificates are available in the following areas:  Educational Technology (includes coursework on the use of computers in education, the integration of technology in the classroom, and the use of technology as a communication tool); Literacy; and National Board for Professional Teaching Standards (NBPTS).

•     Online Courses

Numerous C & I courses are currently offered completely online.  In March of 2007, the Department received approval from the Higher Learning Commission to pursue an online Masters degree in Curriculum & Instruction.  They also approved a future online Master of Arts in Teaching degree.

•     Programs in Development

An Urban Teacher Education Program will be piloted in Fall 2007.  A cooperative program in Rural Education is in process with Cowley County Community College.

2. Collection Description

Monographs:  

The Library’s monograph collection currently contains over 47,000 titles in the core Library of Congress call number area for Education -- “L.”  The majority of these titles fall within the LB (Theory and Practice of Education) and the LC (Special Aspects of Education) call number areas, with LB holding the highest number of titles (over 25,000), followed by LC (over 17,000).  Thousands of additional relevant titles are held in other parts of the Library collection, in subject areas such as Psychology, Sociology, Social Work, Pediatrics, Communication Sciences & Disorders, Juvenile and Young Adult Literature, and Library Science, as well as in the many subject areas that are taught by our teachers, such as geography, chemistry, literature, languages, history, art, music, etc. The Library provides access to over 800 electronic books in various areas of education.

Journals:  

The Library maintains print subscriptions to over 160 journals related to Curriculum & Instruction, and access to over 600 education journals in full text through direct subscriptions, database subscriptions, and those freely available through the Internet.  A substantial number of additional paper and full text electronic subscriptions are maintained in related subject areas.  Faculty have indicated that increased access to electronic journals in this subject area is very important.

Databases:  

Students and faculty have both on-campus and off-campus access to indexes to the journal literature in this subject area.  The ERIC database is the primary index to research in Curriculum & Instruction.  Departmental faculty have indicated that ERIC is the most important index for their teaching needs.  Researchers can also use databases such as Education Full Text, PsycINFO, MEDLINE, Sociological Abstracts, Social Sciences Abstracts, Social Work Abstracts, Mental Measurements Yearbook, Health and Wellness Resource Center, and Dissertation Abstracts.  Faculty have indicated that ERIC, PsycINFO, and the Social Sciences Abstracts are the most important databases for their research needs.

3. Anticipated Trends

Faculty in the Curriculum & Instruction Department have identified numerous emerging trends in their fields of teaching and research.  Those trends centered around the needs of exceptional students, classroom management techniques, and literacy.  Specific topics included:  poverty in the schools; mainstream classrooms; inclusion; accommodation of diverse students; differentiated instruction; gifted and special needs students; English language learners (ELL) and ESOL; cultural diversity; cultural proficiency of teachers, positive behavior supports; phonological awareness; fluency; vocabulary development; professional development schools; urban and rural education; educational technology; and global learning.

Faculty also indicated that current and electronic journals were of utmost importance to both their teaching and research needs.  In light of the upcoming development of the online Masters degree in Curriculum & Instruction and the Master of Arts in Teaching degree, electronic access to both journals and books in Curriculum & Instruction will be increasingly important.

B. Scope of Coverage

1.  Chronological Focus

Emphasis is placed on works dealing with contemporary issues and practice.  However, materials that provide information on the history of education and educational reform movements (especially in the United States) are also of value, and will be collected selectively.

2.  Geographic Focus

Works related to Curriculum & Instruction as they are practiced in the United States will be the primary focus of the collection.  As the educational systems in other countries are quite different from the United States, materials from these countries will be collected when they are deemed to add to the overall understanding of the subject area.  Materials on Global Education are an important aspect of the collection.

3.  Formats and Materials Collected

Collecting emphasis is placed on journals, monographs, reference works (including indexes to periodicals, encyclopedias, handbooks, etc.), and government publications. Both paper and electronic formats will be collected, with electronic formats becoming increasingly important, especially for journals.  Videos and DVD’s will be collected at the request of faculty.  Proceedings and conference papers will be collected selectively.

4.  Formats and Materials Not Collected

Materials in micro format (microfilm, microfiche) will be collected only when that is the sole format available.  Textbooks are not normally acquired, but may be purchased from time to time to provide broad overviews of some subject areas.

6.  Place of Publication

Primary focus will be placed on materials published in the United States.  Materials published in other countries will be collected selectively.

7.  Languages Collected

English-language materials will be collected.  Materials in other languages will be collected at the request of faculty.

C. Summary of Subjects Collected and Collecting Levels (See Appendix A for Details)

While a broad range of subjects is collected, special emphasis is placed on the following subject areas: principles and practice of teaching (pedagogy); learning theory; education research; reading, language arts, and literacy; classroom management; diversity and multicultural education; discrimination in education; special education; learning disabilities; all educational levels (early childhood, elementary, intermediate, and secondary); higher education; education reform; and assessment.

D. Subjects Excluded

Classroom textbooks and textbook series (such as Follett or McGraw-Hill Education).

E. Related Collections and Cooperative Efforts

The Wichita Public Schools Library Resource Center (Joyce Focht Instructional Support Center) is open to the public, and “supports the curriculum of the district with books, professional and reference materials.”  WebCat, the online catalog of the Wichita Public School Libraries, is available for searching. Students also have access to the collections of the Wichita Public Library, and may have access to materials in the libraries of the schools at which they are student teaching.

Dance

A. Purpose of Collection

1.       Program Information

A part of the School of Performing Arts, the dance program offers a Bachelor’s degree of Fine Arts in Performing Arts/Dance.  The program emphasizes modern dance with strong supportive classes in ballet and jazz.  Course offerings are designed to train and educate dance students pursuing a professional or liberal program.  Additionally, programs are structured to allow students from other academic disciplines to enroll in dance techniques courses to gain an understanding of dance and contribute to physical fitness. There are currently no graduate degree programs in dance.

In the Fall 2003 semester there were 34 Dance majors and approximately 440 students from all parts of the university enrolled in dance classes.  The dance program is an accredited member of the National Association of the Schools of Dance.

2.       Collection Description

Collection holdings were compared against the bibliography contained in A Core Collection in Dance, edited by Mary E. Edsall, 2001.  This bibliography is the first work to list core books, video materials and periodicals in the areas of dance.  Periodicals are not discussed here, as their acquisition is tied to different budgetary constraints.  The results show that Wichita State’s holdings currently contain only 46% of all sources listed (excluding periodicals).  This is expected in some areas, such as dance preservation (10%), in which WSU offers no courses related to this specialization.  Other collecting areas are currently under supported.  For example the subdivision of Modern and Postmodern Dance, the most emphasized component of the WSU dance program, is notably deficient as the library owns only 48% of the listed core titles.  In the area of Ballet, another major area of study at WSU, the library owns only 58% of the recommended titles.  The low percentage of titles owned overall appears to have developed over a long period of time due to a shrinking budget, economic inflation, and an expansion in the range of programs offered.

See Appendix C.

Edsall, Mary E., ed.  A Core Collection in Dance.  Chicago: The American Library Association, 2001.

3.       Anticipated Trends

As all undergraduate dance students are required to fulfill two semesters of modern dance and one semester of ballet, along with a minimum of 24 hours of modern dance technique, the collection should continue to build a solid foundation of works on modern dance and ballet.  However, as the program offers such diverse course offerings to such a broad range of students, the collection should also reflect the strong needs of these programs.  Notably, a small collection of recordings, specifically related to dance should be developed and maintained as funds allow.

1.      Chronological Focus

Modern dance is emphasized.  Historical works are collected more selectively to support the Modern and Ballet dance history classes.

2.       Geographic Focus

Western Europe and North America are emphasized, but important works in other geographic areas are acquired without limitations.

3.       Formats and Materials Collected

Acquisition is based on content.  As the subject matter is highly visual, videos are of prime importance. Monographs, serials and sound recordings will also continue to be maintained.

4.       Formats and Materials Not Collected

None

5.       Publication/Imprint Dates

Current publications are emphasized but older publications will be acquired to fill in collection gaps. Antiquarian collecting is not pursued.

6.       Place of Publication

Place of publication is not a limiting factor.

7.       Languages Collected

English is preferred.  French and Italian are appropriate for historical treatises.

C. Summary of Subjects Collected and Collecting Levels

(See Appendix A for Details)

D. Related Collection Evaluations

Please refer to: Collection Evaluation 2003 – Dance containing a description of the 2003 Faculty Survey and an analysis of Interlibrary Loan statistics.  This document may be found in the Collection Development and Subject Librarian offices.

E.  Related Collections and Cooperative Efforts

The Wichita Public Library offers a selection of dance videos, primarily classical ballet productions, dispersed throughout the library branches.  Students may also be referred to the performing arts collection at the central branch of the Wichita Public Library for monographs.

F. Other Factors

APPENDIX A – SPECIFIC SUBJECTS COLLECTED (WITH COLLECTING LEVELS)

APPENDIX B – EXPLANATION OF COLLECTING LEVELS AND CODES

1. Collecting Levels

Current Collection (CL) -- existing strength of collection (required)

Collection Goal (GL) -- desired or target collecting goal (required)

Acquisitions Commitment (AC) -- current collecting level or growth rate (optional) 

Preservation Commitment (PA) – commitment to physical and/or content preservation (optional)

2. Collecting Level Codes

Each collecting level is assigned one of the following codes:

A       Comprehensive Level

B       Research Level (doctoral)

C1     Advanced Study Level (advanced undergraduate, masters)

C2     Basic Study Level (undergraduate)

D       Basic Information Level

E       Minimal Level

NC     Not Collected

The following is a detailed definition of each code: 

•  A - Comprehensive Level
  • A collection in which a library endeavors, so far as is reasonably possible, to include all significant works of recorded knowledge (publications, manuscripts, other forms) for a necessarily defined field. This level of collecting intensity is that which maintains a “special collection”; the aim, if not the achievement, is exhaustiveness.
• B - Research Level
  • A collection includes the major published source materials required for dissertations and independent research including materials containing research reporting, new findings, scientific experimental results, and other information useful to researchers. It also includes all important reference works and a wide selection of specialized monographs, an extensive collection of journals and major indexing and abstracting services -- including electronic resources-- in the field. Supports doctoral and other original research.
• C1 - Advanced Study Level
  • A collection which is adequate to support the course work of advanced undergraduate and master’s degree, or sustained independent study; that is, which is adequate to maintain knowledge of a subject required for limited or generalized purposes, of less than research intensity. It includes a wide range of basic monographs both current and retrospective, complete collections of the works of more important writers, selections from the works of secondary writers, a selection of representative journals, and the print and electronic reference tools and fundamental bibliographical apparatus pertaining to the subject. 
• C2 - Basic Study Level
  • A collection which is adequate to support undergraduate courses. It includes a judicious selection from currently published basic monographs (as represented by Choice selections) supported by seminal retrospective monographs ( as represented by Books for College Libraries); a broad selection of works of more important writers; a selection of the major review journals; and current editions of the most significant print and electronic reference tools and bibliographies pertaining to the subject. Not adequate to support master’s degree programs.
• D - Basic Information Level
  • A highly selective collection which serves to introduce and define the subject and indicates the variety of information available elsewhere. It includes major dictionaries and encyclopedias, selected editions of important works and bibliographies, historical surveys, a few major periodicals in the field, and a limited collection of basic electronic resources.
• E - Minimal Level
  • A subject area in which few selections are made beyond very basic works.
• NC - Not Collected
  • A subject area in which no selections are made, i.e. out of scope.
  • The collecting levels and codes assigned to each LC Class are derived from the WLN Conspectus.

APPENDIX C – COLLECTION COMPARISON TO A CORE COLLECTION IN DANCE, ed, by Mary E. Edsal

General Reference

51%

Historical Overviews

87%

Dance Biographies and Autobiographies

62%

Geographical Traditions: Africa

53%

Geographical Traditions: Americas

45%

Geographical Traditions: Asia

18%

Geographical Traditions: Europe

33%

Geographical Traditions: Mediterranean and Near East

17%

Geographical Traditions: Oceania

36%

64%

African Caribbean Dance

53%

Latin American Dance

30%

Spanish Dance

33%

Sacred and Liturgical Dance

18%

Western European Renaissance and Baroque Dance

37%

Ballet

58%

Modern and Postmodern Dance

48%

Jazz Dance

53%

Tap Dance

16%

European and American Social Dance: Folk Dancing

24%

European and American Social Dance: Square, Old Time, Contra, and Round Dancing

16%

European and American Social Dance: Ballroom, Club Dancing, Competition Dancing, and Dance Sport

26%

Variety Dance: Minstrel

75%

Variety Dance: Vaudeville

67%

Variety Dance: Burlesque

20%

Dance in Commercial Theatre and Movies

24%

Television and Video Dance

12%

Choreography

40%

Dance Production and Administration

37%

Dance Notation

30%

Dance Criticism

English

A. Purpose of Collection

1.         Program Information

The Department of English of the Fairmount College of Liberal Arts and Sciences offers the Bachelor of Arts, Master of Arts, and Master of Fine Arts (Creative Writing) degrees. In addition, it participates in two interdisciplinary certificate programs, Film Studies and Medieval and Renaissance Studies. Students may concentrate in literature, creative writing, or English education. Those seeking the MFA specialize in fiction, nonfiction, or poetry.  Those seeking the MA follow one of three plans: Plan A emphasizes literature, composition, and pedagogy. Plan B emphasizes research, scholarly writing, and the study of literature.  The emphasis of Plan C is on creative writing. The department does not offer a doctorate.

There are 18 permanent faculty members in the Department with teaching and research interests in language and linguistics, all periods of British and American literature, drama, folklore, creative writing, and film.

The majority of the 210 undergraduates majoring in English concentrate in literature. Creative writing is the second most popular concentration. The department’s creative writing programs, both undergraduate and graduate, are strong in the areas of poetry, fiction, and creative nonfiction. In the graduate program, MFA candidates outnumber MAs.

Since all entering freshmen must take English composition and many of the department’s literature courses are options in the General Education program, virtually every undergraduate student on campus takes at least one English class, regardless of major.

2.         Collection Description

The English Language and Literature collection exists to support the teaching and research needs of the Department of English faculty and students. Materials are housed in Ablah Library. Included in the collection are monographs, scholarly journals, literary magazines, films on DVD or videocassette, non- music sound recordings, microforms, and electronic databases. Audiobooks are not collected; however, they are available at no cost to users through the Kansas State Library’s Overdrive program.

The library’s monograph collection contains titles in the following Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): Philology and Linguistics (P), English language (PE), Literary history (PN), English literature (PR), and American literature (PS). The library’s holdings are strongest in the PR and PS classifications. The holdings in Philology and Linguistics, while not extensive, are of high quality and the collection is kept current in the areas of sociolinguistics, language acquisition, and comparative linguistics.

3.         Anticipated Trends

The collection of Medieval and Renaissance texts and criticism will continue to increase to support the Medieval and Renaissance Certificate program established in 2006. In keeping with increased interest in multiculturalism at both the departmental and university levels, works on or by women, racial or ethnic minorities, homosexuals, and other traditionally marginalized groups are increasingly collected. The English Department recently added courses in Postmodern literature, Race Relations in America, African- American literature, women’s literature, and Irish literature (in connection with a Travel Study course). The new collection of personal memoir graphic novels will help support the established course in popular culture. Three new Americanists were added to the English Department’s faculty in Fall 2007 and it is expected that requests for American literature and criticism will increase.

B.         Scope of Coverage

1.         Chronological Focus

All time periods are collected.

2.         Geographic Focus

The collection focuses on the British Isles and the United States, including indigenous peoples of North America.  Literature and some criticism from English Canada is also collected to a lesser extent. Authors writing in English from former British colonies or protectorates such as India, Jamaica, Kenya, Hong Kong, and Australia are also collected.

3.         Formats and Materials Collected

The bulk of the English language and literature collection is made up of books and print journals. This includes bibliographies, literary guides, handbooks, casebooks, specialized dictionaries, encyclopedias, atlases, concordances, literary biographies, essays, novels, poetry, short stories, creative nonfiction, plays, filmscripts, literary theory and criticism, writing theory, and linguistic theory. Material is collected when it meets certain criteria:

•      The work is relevant to courses taught at Wichita State University;

•      The work is of interest because of literary qualities, author, genre, experimental nature, etc. to the WSU community;

•      The work shows promise of enduring literary worth;

•      The work is of high quality and deals with topics related to Kansas or the Midwest;

•      The author is associated with the English Department, including current and former faculty and current and former students of the Creative Writing Program.

Material requested by departmental faculty, even when not fitting into the categories above, will be added to the extent practicable.

4.         Formats and Materials Not Collected

The only expressly excluded format is audiobooks (regardless of format). E-books, whether for use on a personal computer or on portable devices, are collected only in rare circumstances and are not favored by the English Department faculty. Literary criticism of authors whose work is not in the library’s collection, chapbooks, self-published work, textbooks, collections of aphorisms, most anthologies, and rhetoric handbooks for use in instruction are generally not collected.

5.         Publication/Imprint Dates

Current publications are emphasized. Older publications are added to fill gaps in the collection or when requested by faculty, students, or staff and deemed appropriate to the collection. Currency is not a critical factor in the study of English literature.

6.         Place of Publication

There is no strict limit to place of publication, but material published in the United States is generally preferred for cost reasons. While linguistic studies and literary criticism are often published simultaneously in the UK and the US, British fiction, poetry, plays and so on are not. The bibliographer would normally wait until a US edition is published to add it to the collection. Materials published exclusively in Canada, Australia, New Zealand, and other Anglophone countries are collected only selectively.

7.         Languages Collected

Materials are acquired in modern English, old or middle English, and translations of old or middle English into modern English. Very few materials are collected in Welsh, Irish, or Gaelic.

Ethnic Studies

A. Purpose of Collection

1. Program Information

The Ethnic Studies program at WSU is interdisciplinary with a focus on diversity and cross-cultural communication. Students in this program also learn about the unique experiences of major U.S. ethnic groups and how those experiences shape current race relations.

Current course offerings include the following: Introduction to Ethnic Studies; Fundamentals of Cross-Cultural Communication; Ethnic Women in America; Martin Luther King; Ethnic America, 1500-1924; The Black Family; The Native American; Issues in the Chicano Community; Ethnic America in the 20th Century; Dealing with Diversity; Prominent Ethnic People in the Making of America; The Black Experience in America; Native American Tribal Systems; The Black Child; The African-American Male; Urban Seminar; Issues in Minority Aging; Advanced Cross-Cultural Communications; Cross-Cultural Communication Theory; and Concepts of Cross-Cultural Communications. Dealing with Diversity is a popular course that is required for the Criminal Justice major.

This program offers undergraduate degrees through a field studies major and as a Bachelor of General Studies (BGS). The field major requires 18 hours of coursework including several required courses. A minor in ethnic studies is also available to undergraduates and consists of at least 18 hours of coursework. The BA program was eliminated in 2003 due to low enrollment and small number of faculty.

2. Collection Description

There is no LC call number range specifically for ethnic studies. Being an interdisciplinary field, ethnic studies materials are found under many headings, including B—BX (philosophy, psychology, and religion), E and F (history of America), G (geography and anthropology), H (social sciences), and PN (literature). Much of the Ethnic Studies program is focused on aspects of African American history and experience (including slavery). These subjects correspond to the LC call number ranges E184.5—185.97 and E441—453. The Libraries has a good number of recommended books in these ranges, with a few small gaps. The titles currently in the Libraries’ collection reflect some emerging trends in the ethnic studies field, including the influx of Latino and African immigrants and the increasing number of multi-racial/multi-ethnic children. Although the number of titles in the Libraries’ collection compares favorably to peer institutions, more materials on these emerging trends should be added.

Some of sociology journals in the WSU Libraries’ collection are well-regarded and have long publication histories. For instance, of the 16 sociology serials ranked the highest according to impact factor from 1981—2007, WSU Libraries currently receives 12 of them. All but one of these serials are available in both print and electronic formats.

Faculty and students have both on-campus and off-campus access to a number of indexes to journal literature in ethnic studies, including Sociological Abstracts, Social Sciences Full Text, and the Spanish-language Informe. Access to databases in related areas includes PsycINFO, America's Historical Newspapers, and Project Muse. Many of these databases have access to at least some full-text.

3. Anticipated Trends

The Ethnic Studies program is currently in transition, recently losing full-time faculty. Some instructors have been pulled from other parts of the university to temporarily fill the gaps. The Libraries will need to stay aware of future changes in this program. Some of the courses, including Martin Luther King, The Black Family, Dealing with Diversity, and Advanced Cross-Cultural Communications are currently being taught at least partly online. Therefore, there may be a need for more monographs and serials in electronic format that may be accessed from off-campus. Faculty may continue to demand full-text books and articles in electronic format for instant desktop delivery. The cross- disciplinary nature of ethnic studies demands that materials continue to be added in many areas, including history, psychology, and social work. Finally, the following topics have been identified as emerging interest in the ethnic studies field: influx of Latino and African immigrants to the U.S.; increase in multi-racial/multi-ethnic children.

B. Scope of Coverage

1. Chronological Focus

No time period is excluded from selection, although emphasis is placed on current works dealing with contemporary ethnic studies issues.

2. Geographic Focus

The focus is on racial and ethnic groups from the United States.

4. Formats and Materials Not Collected

Materials in micro format (microfilm, microfiche) will not be collected unless it is the sole format available. Lower level textbooks are usually not collected. To minimize duplication of resources, collected/selected works and journal reprints are avoided.

5. Publication/Imprint Dates

An emphasis will be placed on recently published materials. Older materials, such as seminal works, will be added selectively.

6. Place of Publication

Primary emphasis will be placed on materials published in the United States. Materials published in other countries will be collected selectively.

7. Languages Collected

English-language materials will be collected. Materials in other languages will be collected selectively, primarily at the request of faculty.

C. Summary of Subjects Collected and Collecting Levels

A broad range of ethnic studies materials is collected in a variety of fields including psychology, anthropology, history, sociology, and literature. Special emphasis is placed on the experiences and history of African Americans, U.S. Latinos, and Native Americans. Diversity and cross-cultural communications are also emphasized. (See Appendix A for details)

D. Subjects Excluded

None.

E. Related Collections and Cooperative Efforts

Cooperative efforts such as the Kansas Regents Library Database Consortium (RLDC) allow for cooperative purchases and substantial discounts on electronic resources. The ethnic studies collection at WSU Libraries is supplemented by other Kansas universities with similar programs including the University of Kansas and Kansas State University.

These collections may be searched through online catalogs and accessed through interlibrary loan or on-site visits.

Segments of WSU Libraries’ collection related to ethnic studies research include anthropology, psychology, sociology, history, literature, and government documents.

Finance, Real Estate and Decision Sciences

A. Purpose of Collection

1. Program Information

The Finance, Real Estate, and Decision Sciences Department (FREDS) in the Barton School of Business offers degrees at the Bachelor level in Finance.  Degrees which place an emphasis on Real Estate and Decision Sciences related areas are offered at the Bachelor level.  An MBA is offered with a Finance or Decision Sciences related concentration.  Students pursuing business degrees/concentrations/interests in Finance, Real Estate, and Decision Sciences (FREDS) at the undergraduate and graduate level should receive the maximum benefit from this collection.

Within FREDS, Finance students prepare for careers in investments, corporate finance, investment banking, and other financial institutions.  Real Estate students prepare for careers in property development, managing a real estate company, and real estate investing. Students with an interest in Decision Sciences pursue careers in e-business, Management Information Systems, and other technology focused areas.

The collection should help support faculty research interests.  In other areas, many patrons including students and community users take interest in FREDS materials on the stock market or real estate.

2. Collection Description

WSU Libraries presently has over 9,800 Finance (HG1-9999) related items. These items are part of a total collection of business monographs in excess of 87,000.  In addition, WSU Libraries offers access to 77 finance serials, over 20 real estate serials, and approximately 10 decision sciences serial publications.  A significant proportion of these periodicals are available electronically. There is considerable interdisciplinary overlap between FREDS and other business subject areas.

Some electronic resources that appeal to FREDS faculty include:

ABI/Inform, Business and Company Resource Center, Compustat PC Plus, Lexis-Nexis Academic Universe, Management and Organizational Studies: A Sage Full-Text Collection, Mergent, PsycINFO, Reference USA, Standard and Poor’s Net Advantage, Value Line Online, and Westlaw Campus Research.  Among these, ABI/Inform, Lexis-Nexis Academic, and Management and Organizational Studies: A Sage Full-Text Collection are considered to be most useful among FREDS faculty.

3. Anticipated Trends

Online access will continue to create value for WSU Libraries clients.  Recently added databases such as Management and Organizational Studies: A Sage Full-Text Collection and Value Line Online have overall been well received by FREDS faculty. Nonetheless, the traditional book remains an integral part of the FREDS collection. Weak areas in the collection outlined in Part C of this policy need to be addressed. Items will be purchased in those areas as funding and new publications become available.

Decision Sciences and its related areas are expected to grow.  New majors/concentrations within Decision Sciences and MIS are possible.  To anticipate this change, a greater emphasis is placed on materials dealing with group decision making, technology, and other Decision Sciences related areas.  Faculty indicate an interest in more MIS journals and note this as an area of increasing importance. Online access is highly valued by faculty, particularly for retrieving journal articles.  As a whole, journals are a highly valued format for FREDS faculty.

B. Scope of Coverage

1.  Chronological Focus

Emphasis is on works dealing with the middle to late 20th and early 21st centuries. Works dealing with earlier periods are less frequently collected.

2.  Geographic Focus

Major emphasis is placed on the United States (with particular interest in Wichita and Kansas).  This is especially true for the Real Estate collection. Secondary emphasis is placed on the EU, Japan, China, India, and industrialized countries. Information on developing countries is collected selectively.

3.  Formats and Materials Collected

Scholarly monographs, books, journals, publications of professional associations (i.e. Urban Land Institute), government and trade statistical publications (i.e. Federal government and international organization publications), encyclopedias, dictionaries, indexes, and databases.  Graduate, upper division textbooks and popular works are collected selectively.

Lower division textbooks are not collected.  In general, proceedings are rarely collected.

5.  Publication/Imprint Dates

Date of Publications: Emphasis is on current works, with retrospective materials purchased selectively.

6.  Place of Publication

Primary emphasis will be placed on materials published in the United States. Materials published in other countries will be collected selectively.

7.  Languages Collected

Material is collected only in the English language.

C. Summary of Subjects Collected and Collecting Levels

(See Appendix A for Details) Materials in this policy support Finance, Real Estate, and Decision Sciences. Within Finance, subjects such as Finance – Biography and Investing in Developing Countries need improvement. Within Real Estate, encyclopedia, dictionaries, and Industrial Real Estate need updating.  Within Decision Sciences, Teams in the Workplace is an area that is important and underrepresented in the collection.  MIS journal offerings need some improvement.  In Finance other significant interests include: Corporate Finance, Municipal Securities, Public Finance, and Taxation.  Within Real Estate, Housing Economics and Insurance are important interests.  In Decision Sciences, Group Decision Support Systems, Human Side of Computing, Information Technology Acceptance and Impacts, Management of Information Systems, Online Behavior and Supply Chain Management represent significant areas.  Other faculty research interests outside of Finance, Real Estate, and Decision Sciences include: Business, Constitutional and Employment Law, E-commerce, General Insurance, and Torts.

D. Subjects Excluded

Materials focusing on “how to get rich quick” in Finance and Real Estate are not typically collected.  Materials by authors offering “free money” are also to be avoided. In addition, books presenting research and making scholarly claims must be backed up with thorough bibliographies and research.

A. Purpose of Collection

1.  Program Information

French is one of the languages taught within the Modern Languages and Literatures department here at WSU.  At the moment, two professors, Dr. Brigitte Roussel (medieval and early modern literature) and Dr. Wilson Baldridge (modern literature) handle the mainly undergraduate level language courses with a few literature classes thrown in.  In addition, Dr. Marat Santallov teaches French language classes.  Undergraduate classes are offered in Elementary French, Intermediate French, Intermediate French readings, Intermediate Conversation and Cooperative Education. Graduate classes are taught in French Phonetics, Advanced Conversation, French Literature of Africa and the Caribbean in translation, French Civilization: Middle Ages to the Restoration, Contemporary French Civilization, Renaissance French Literature, 17th Century French Literature, 18th Century French Literature, 19th Century French Literature, 20th Century French Literature and Contemporary French Literature.

The main areas of research in this area are late medieval and early modern literature (specializing in feminist literature in this regard) in addition to modern literature.  Once again, the new faculty member’s research area has yet to be determined.

The students taking French are from a variety of disciplines across the WSU campus including English literature, religion, gender studies, old world history, philosophy and political theory.

2.  Collection Description

The French collection consists of paper books, some journals, database access and limited e-book access.

Due to our collaboration with the two professors noted above, the Libraries’ book holdings in this regard are quality selections even if they are smaller than other MCLL areas such as Spanish.  Two analyses illustrated this fact.  The first test compared our holdings to the bibliography in The Oxford Companion to French Literature. In terms of works prior to 1970, we had half of the English language reference items and a few original language entries.  The second test, using the recently published A Short History of French Literature rendered positive results showing that we have 85 percent of the core works written in English for this area.[i]

We tend not to collect dissertations, essay collections or conference proceedings for this area, as it is an undergraduate program.  However, these items are available upon request.

Our journal holdings in this regard are not as strong as they could be.  Interdisciplinary journals as well as those literary journals in English provide the bulk of our coverage.  We do have a few French language journals, which we are still receiving and several historical runs up in the general stacks.  However recent budget cuts have taken their toll on those items.  Running our historical and present-day collections up against the MLA Bibliography reveals that our original language collections are weak in this regard, not even having core journals in most regards and only a few of the English language serials.  As such, researchers rely heavily on Interlibrary Loan/Document Delivery for most of their materials.  These journals need to be protected whenever possible in future serials reviews.

Database access remains limited to mostly English language works.  The only access we have for French language works comes the MLA Bibliography.  That database, however, provides citations and abstracts only.  While there are links to full text, they are from other databases and then, only those that we subscribe to.  Full text access to articles in English comes from JSTOR (retrospective coverage) and Project Muse (mostly the last fifteen years’ of publication runs).  Humanities Index and InfoTrac Web’s Expanded Academic provide some additional coverage for English works. Yet in the latter’s case, only 1 out of every 4 academic works is available in full text.

E-Book coverage remains in flux as well.  Netlibrary does not have a great deal of French literature, historical or cultural works in its holdings.  With the possible addition of the ACLS Humanities E-Book and other packages may offer possibilities in this regard.

3.  Anticipated Trends

As with other areas within the Humanities, two items will drive our collecting efforts for French: access and budgets. The balance between print and electronic media may help to bridge several gaps in the future. Certainly, in terms of electronic journals, we could stand to benefit if publishers provide affordable foreign language journal packages here in the United States.  Even so, French journals would rank behind Spanish in this regard.  The same can be said for French monographs and source materials.  Fortunately, the interdisciplinary coverage in JSTOR and Project Muse does assist in bridging this gap.  Once again, however, this balance can change depending upon budgets and which databases we can acquire/hang on to in the future.  While the Libraries probably will not increase its holdings in foreign language journals or databases in a large way, our access to materials in English could benefit from adding JSTOR’s Arts & Humanities II and III packages to our repertoire.  Cost could determine whether we keep Project Muse beyond 2005 so we need to plan accordingly.  A switch to EBSCOHost Expanded Academic could increase access as well.  In terms of e-book coverage, an increase in Netlibrary, ACLS History E-Book Collection and/or other collections in this regard can only help narrow this gap while providing quality materials to our patrons.

With French, due to the collaboration between Dr. Roussel, Dr. Baldridge and the liaison librarians, we have strong core collections for the most part, emphasizing quality over quantity.  Given the budgetary situation and priorities both for the MCLL department and the Libraries as a whole, this activity will need to be monitored carefully to insure a balance between a general collecting base, meeting faculty research needs and satisfying patron’s needs.  To their credit, these two professors make it a point to balance all three of these components in their requests for books and our discussions.  Also, since French literature does touch on the other subject areas across campus noted above, we do need to keep some literary works (mainly in translation but with some original holdings) available for patron use as well.  These issues are concerns for the French CD area.

B.     Scope of Coverage

1.  Chronological Focus

For French literature, the primary chronological areas are Medieval, Renaissance, Early Modern and Modern.  This could be expanded depending upon the interests of the new faculty hire. Other areas can be collected depending upon available budgetary resources; the importance of the analyzed work(s) within the scope of French literary history in general and the quality of the scholarship in that work.  In any event, that activity would never exceed C2 or D Levels as explained in Appendix B.

The primary geographic focus is France.  Other areas include Quebec, the Low Countries (medieval—see Burgundian holdings) and the Maghrib (Northern Africa).  Once again, the new person’s research interests could affect the geographic coverage as well.

3.  Formats and Materials Collected

For French literature, the collecting efforts include printed works both in English and French.  The following formats are collected:  books, journals and serials.  As noted above, when the appropriate opportunity arises to investigate electronic access for French language journals and electronic works, we will do so.

4.  Formats and Materials Not Collected

Although the focus will primarily be on those formats and materials noted in Section 3 above, other formats will be considered according to the relevance to the overall major and department (MCLL), courses of study, areas of faculty research/teaching, and overall continuity of the collection.  As mentioned in Section 3, such endeavors will be subject to availability, overall collecting priorities and budgetary constraints.

5.  Publication/Imprint Dates

Most purchases will be recently published works although out of print works will also be considered. Retrospective projects conducted between faculty members and the subject librarians will be considered as well depending upon available budget, collection priorities, the time involved and the project scope.

6.   Place of Publication

All academic publishers’ works are considered.  However, some publishers’ works will tend to be purchased more than others.  For French, Peter Lang and Librarie Droz are two such cases. Distributors such as BNA and Schoenhoff’s will also be considered.  In all cases, the work’s overall quality not just the publisher or its reputation will determine a purchase.

7.   Languages Collected

Works in this field are collected in both English and French.  All secondary works (unless requested by the faculty members) are collected in English.  Primary sources can be collected in other languages.  However again, foreign language sources will be collected in translation whenever possible.  If a faculty member requests that a source be acquired in the original language, every effort will be made to get the work as permitted by availability and available funds.

C.      Summary of Subjects Collected and Collecting Levels

D.     Subjects Excluded

There are no excluded subjects.  Although some may only be collected at a minimal (re: level as spelled out in Appendix B.

E.      Related Collections and Cooperative Efforts

Any French literature collecting effort should interact with those from the other MCLL subject areas for budgetary reasons. Other subjects affected are: history, English literature, Gender Studies, Philosophy, Religion and other Humanities areas.

F.       Related Collection Development Policies

Any French literature CD Policy should interact with those from the other MCLL subject areas for budgetary reasons. this occurs due to all foreign languages being under the same fund code (FLN2D). Other subjects affected are: history, English literature, Gender Studies, Philosophy, Religion and other Humanities areas.

G.     Related Collection Evaluations

See E and F above.

H.     Other Factors

Access to French literature sources (largely in English language interdisciplinary sources) is available through Project Muse and JSTOR.  Bibliographic citations can be found in the MLA Bibliography and Humanities Index (WilsonWeb) .

Appendix A—Specific Subjects Collected (with Collecting Levels)

APPENDIX B - EXPLANATION OF COLLECTING LEVELS AND CODES

1. Collecting Levels

Current Collection (CL) -- existing strength of collection (required)

Collection Goal (GL) -- desired or target collecting goal (required)

Acquisitions Commitment (AC) -- current collecting level or growth rate (optional) 

Preservation Commitment (PA) – commitment to physical and/or content preservation (optional)

2. Collecting Level Codes

Each collecting level is assigned one of the following codes:

A       Comprehensive Level

B       Research Level (doctoral)

C1     Advanced Study Level (advanced undergraduate, masters)

C2     Basic Study Level (undergraduate)

D       Basic Information Level

E       Minimal Level

NC     Not Collected

The following is a detailed definition of each code: 

•  A - Comprehensive Level
  • A collection in which a library endeavors, so far as is reasonably possible, to include all significant works of recorded knowledge (publications, manuscripts, other forms) for a necessarily defined field. This level of collecting intensity is that which maintains a “special collection”; the aim, if not the achievement, is exhaustiveness.
• B - Research Level
  • A collection includes the major published source materials required for dissertations and independent research including materials containing research reporting, new findings, scientific experimental results, and other information useful to researchers. It also includes all important reference works and a wide selection of specialized monographs, an extensive collection of journals and major indexing and abstracting services -- including electronic resources-- in the field. Supports doctoral and other original research.
• C1 - Advanced Study Level
  • A collection which is adequate to support the course work of advanced undergraduate and master’s degree, or sustained independent study; that is, which is adequate to maintain knowledge of a subject required for limited or generalized purposes, of less than research intensity. It includes a wide range of basic monographs both current and retrospective, complete collections of the works of more important writers, selections from the works of secondary writers, a selection of representative journals, and the print and electronic reference tools and fundamental bibliographical apparatus pertaining to the subject. 
• C2 - Basic Study Level
  • A collection which is adequate to support undergraduate courses. It includes a judicious selection from currently published basic monographs (as represented by Choice selections) supported by seminal retrospective monographs ( as represented by Books for College Libraries); a broad selection of works of more important writers; a selection of the major review journals; and current editions of the most significant print and electronic reference tools and bibliographies pertaining to the subject. Not adequate to support master’s degree programs.
• D - Basic Information Level
  • A highly selective collection which serves to introduce and define the subject and indicates the variety of information available elsewhere. It includes major dictionaries and encyclopedias, selected editions of important works and bibliographies, historical surveys, a few major periodicals in the field, and a limited collection of basic electronic resources.
• E - Minimal Level
  • A subject area in which few selections are made beyond very basic works.
• NC - Not Collected
  • A subject area in which no selections are made, i.e. out of scope.
  • The collecting levels and codes assigned to each LC Class are derived from the WLN Conspectus.

German

A.  Purpose of Collection

1.  Program Information

German is one of the languages taught within the Modern Languages and Literatures department here at WSU.  Until his retirement in June 2004, Dr. Dieter Saalmann handled the mainly undergraduate level language courses with a few literature classes thrown in.  These courses include elementary German, Intermediary German, Continuing German, German conversation, Culture of Contemporary Germany and Advanced German conversation.

Dr. Saalmann’s area of interest covered nineteenth and twentieth century German literature.  This could change depending upon the MCLL department’s next hire.

The students taking German are from a variety of disciplines across the WSU campus including history, the humanities, fine arts, physical sciences and social sciences.

2.  Collection Description

The German collection consists of paper books, some journals, database coverage and a little electronic book coverage. Due to our collaboration with Dr. Saalmann, the Libraries’ book holdings in this regard are heavily weighted between 1720 and the present.  When checked against The Cambridge History of German Literature, that part of the collection is strong, holding 50 percent of the titles listed in the bibliography.  However, the other eras of German literature contain sparse holdings at best.  For ancient and medieval, the WSU Libraries had 10-15 percent of the core titles.  That number jumps to 20 percent for the Enlightenment.

The libraries tend not to collect conference proceedings, essay collections or dissertations as German is an undergraduate program.  However, these items would be available through Interlibrary Loan or for purchase as funds and departmental collecting priorities permit.

Our journal holdings in this regard are not as strong as they could be.  Interdisciplinary journals as well as those literary journals in English provide the bulk of our coverage.  We do have a few German language journals but recent budget cuts have taken their toll on those items.  The collections on hand include the Zeitschrift fur Deutsche Philologie and the Zeitschrift fur Germanistik.  However, as a careful search of the MLA Bibliography’s title list reveals, our collection lacks major research titles and even many core journals, forcing researchers to resort to Interlibrary Loan for most of their materials.

Our database coverage centers around English titles.  The MLA Bibliography provides our only bibliographic listing of German scholarship.  Any full text access will be in English and that comes from JSTOR, Project Muse, Wilson Web Humanities and a small amount in InfoTrac Expanded Academic.

In terms of electronic books, we do not have very many texts in this regard.  NetLibrary does not focus on this area. Fortunately, in terms of history and academic works, the ACLS Humanities E- Book may provide some assistance in this regard.

For more information on our holdings, please refer to the attached “German Languages and Literatures Collection Analysis”.

3.  Anticipated Trends

As with other areas within the Humanities, two items will drive our collecting efforts for German: access and budgets. The balance between print and electronic media may help to bridge several gaps in the future. Certainly, in terms of electronic journals, we could stand to benefit if publishers provide affordable foreign language journal packages here in the United States.  Even so, German journals would rank beneath Spanish and French in this regard due to the MCLL’s priorities vis-à-vis faculty research and credit hour production.  The same can be said for German monographs and source materials.  Fortunately, the interdisciplinary coverage in JSTOR and Project Muse does assist in bridging this gap.  However, we will need to watch this divide carefully, due to both shifting budgets and the introduction of new e-book, e-journal and database packages on the market.  Certainly, the addition of the ACLS Humanities E-Book shortens the gap a bit, albeit again, with more English titles.  If WSU acquires JSTOR’s Arts and Humanities II and III packages, this coverage would improve greatly again.

With German, due to the collaboration between Dr. Saalmann and the liaison librarians, we have strong collections in some regards and spotty areas in others.  Given the budgetary situation and priorities both for the MCLL department and the Libraries as a whole, this activity needs to be monitored carefully.  Dr. Saalmann requested a great deal for his subject area of expertise but not for the rest of the collection.  (There are a couple of courses in the Undergraduate Catalog for those areas.)  This trend could be troublesome for the collection when the next faculty member is hired.  However it should be noted that the upcoming hire provides an opportunity to possibly develop other pieces of this collection.  Also, since German literature does touch on other subject areas across campus, we do need to keep minimal works (in translation) available for patron use as well.  These areas include history, philosophy, religion, fine arts, English, the physical sciences and the social sciences. These issues are concerns for the German CD area.

B.  Scope of Coverage

1.  Chronological Focus

For German literature, the primary chronological area has been nineteenth and twentieth century German literature. This focus could change depending upon the next German faculty member’s research interests. Other areas can be collected depending upon available budgetary resources; the importance of the analyzed work(s) within the scope of German literary history in general and the quality of the scholarship in that work.  In any event, that activity would never exceed C2 or D Levels as explained in Appendix B

2.  Geographic Focus

2. Collecting Level Codes

     Each collecting level is assigned one of the following codes: 

          A       Comprehensive Level

          B       Research Level (doctoral)

          C1     Advanced Study Level (advanced undergraduate, masters)

          C2     Basic Study Level (undergraduate)

          D       Basic Information Level

          E       Minimal Level

          NC     Not Collected

     The following is a detailed definition of each code: 

•  A - Comprehensive Level
  • A collection in which a library endeavors, so far as is reasonably possible, to include all significant works of recorded knowledge (publications, manuscripts, other forms) for a necessarily defined field. This level of collecting intensity is that which maintains a “special collection”; the aim, if not the achievement, is exhaustiveness.
• B - Research Level
  • A collection includes the major published source materials required for dissertations and independent research including materials containing research reporting, new findings, scientific experimental results, and other information useful to researchers. It also includes all important reference works and a wide selection of specialized monographs, an extensive collection of journals and major indexing and abstracting services -- including electronic resources-- in the field. Supports doctoral and other original research.
• C1 - Advanced Study Level
  • A collection which is adequate to support the course work of advanced undergraduate and master’s degree, or sustained independent study; that is, which is adequate to maintain knowledge of a subject required for limited or generalized purposes, of less than research intensity. It includes a wide range of basic monographs both current and retrospective, complete collections of the works of more important writers, selections from the works of secondary writers, a selection of representative journals, and the print and electronic reference tools and fundamental bibliographical apparatus pertaining to the subject. 
• C2 - Basic Study Level
  • A collection which is adequate to support undergraduate courses. It includes a judicious selection from currently published basic monographs (as represented by Choice selections) supported by seminal retrospective monographs ( as represented by Books for College Libraries); a broad selection of works of more important writers; a selection of the major review journals; and current editions of the most significant print and electronic reference tools and bibliographies pertaining to the subject. Not adequate to support master’s degree programs.
• D - Basic Information Level
  • A highly selective collection which serves to introduce and define the subject and indicates the variety of information available elsewhere. It includes major dictionaries and encyclopedias, selected editions of important works and bibliographies, historical surveys, a few major periodicals in the field, and a limited collection of basic electronic resources.
• E - Minimal Level
  • A subject area in which few selections are made beyond very basic works.
• NC - Not Collected
  • A subject area in which no selections are made, i.e. out of scope.
• The collecting levels and codes assigned to each LC Class are derived from the WLN Conspectus

Human Performance Studies

A.  Purpose of Collection

1. Program Information

The Department of Kinesiology & Sport Studies in the College of Education reorganized into two units in the Fall of 2007 – the Department of Sport Management (formerly Sport Administration) and the Department of Human Performance Studies.  The Department of Human  Performance  Studies  offers  Bachelor  degree  programs  in  Exercise  Science, Physical Education, and Athletic Training.  A Masters degree is also offered in Exercise Science.

The Exercise Science program “involves the exploration and understanding of the functional and  structural   mechanisms   underlying   human   performance   in   all   its manifestations from fundamental motor skills to sustained and demanding exercise.” Graduates may find employment in a variety of fields, such as physical therapy, health administration, personal training, and more.   The Physical Education program offers coursework and training in both K-12 and Pre-K-12 education, and is accredited by NCATE. The Athletic Training program “incorporates academic course requirements with clinical experiences to encompass the entry-level professional qualifications of the athletic trainer.” Athletic trainers serve as members of health care teams in a variety of settings, ranging from schools to professional sports, and manage health care problems such as athletic injuries, physical therapy, prevention of injuries, emergency care, sports medicine, etc.  The program is accredited through the Commission on Accreditation of Athletic Training Education (CAATE).

The Department of Human Performance Studies also maintains The Center for Physical Activity and Aging (CPAA) and the Human Performance Laboratory (HPL).  The CPAA is engaged in research on exercise and aging, and offers physical activities and fitness testing to older adults in the community.  The HPL provides students and faculty with opportunities for research and study in the areas of kinesiology, exercise biomechanics, exercise physiology, cardiac physiology, and exercise prescription.   Finally, as part of the Department’s mission to support the physical activity experiences of the University Community, one-hour courses in popular sporting activities such as golf, bowling, weight training, rock climbing, pilates, swimming and more are offered through the Physical Education Activity Program (PEAP).

The Human Performance Studies collection serves the needs of the department’s six permanent faculty members and nearly 250 students in its undergraduate and graduate programs.  The majority of Undergraduate students are enrolled in the Exercise Science program.

2. Collection Description

The Library’s monograph collection currently contains over 7,000 titles in the core Library of Congress  call  number  range  relevant  to  Recreation,  Leisure,  Physical  Education,  and Sports Administration (GV).   The collection also includes well over 1,000 additional monographs in related areas such as Nutrition (QP 141), Kinesiology and Exercise (QP 303), Sports Medicine and Injuries (RC & RD), and Physical Therapy for Sports (RM). These numbers do not include the thousands of titles held in other relevant parts of the collection, such as Medicine, Physical Therapy, Curriculum and Instruction, Business, etc., that are also used by students and faculty in Exercise Science, Physical Education, and Athletic Training.

The Library maintains subscriptions to nineteen journals closely aligned with Human Performance Studies.  Sixteen of these are also available electronically and in full text.  A substantial number of additional paper and full text electronic subscriptions are maintained in related subject areas.  For example, an additional twenty-nine electronic journals are available in the Curriculum & Instruction collection for those in the Physical Education program, and several hundred electronic journals are available in the Library’s medical collection for those in Exercise Science.   Overall, the journal collection for Human Performance Studies needs to be improved.   Faculty have cited a limited number of electronic subscriptions and a lack of international journals as weaknesses of the journal collection.

Researchers have both on-campus and off-campus access to a number of indexes to the journal literature. MEDLINE, ERIC, SportDiscus Full Text, and the Physical Education Index are the primary indexes for this discipline.  Other useful indexes maintained by the Library include Health & Wellness Resource Center, and Expanded Academic ASAP (general database with good coverage of the areas within Kinesiology & Sport Studies). Faculty have indicated that MEDLINE, ERIC, and Health & Wellness Resource Center are the most important indexes for their research.  For their teaching needs, faculty cited ERIC, SportDiscus Full Text, and MEDLINE as being of greatest importance.  They have also expressed an interest in acquiring an electronic subscription to the Physical Education Index to replace the current paper copy subscription.

3. Anticipated Trends

While a core collection of materials on Athletic Training have been acquired, it is anticipated that some additional materials will be needed to support this new degree program. Faculty in the department have indicated that employers are beginning to expect more clinical education, the ability to work with special populations, and a better understanding of working conditions from students in Human Performance Studies. In terms of desirable formats for materials, Faculty have indicated that the trend is towards electronic  and  current  journals  as  the  most  important  kinds  of  publications  for  their research, followed closely by Internet resources and indexes to periodicals.  For their teaching needs, they have identified Internet resources as most important, followed by current  journals  and  textbooks,  and then  electronic  journals  and  books  other  than textbooks.  These priorities should be kept in mind as new materials are acquired.

B.  Scope of Coverage

1.  Chronological Focus

Emphasis is placed on works dealing with contemporary issues and practice.  However, materials that provide historical information are also of value, and will be collected selectively.

2.  Geographic Focus

Works focusing primarily on the United States will be collected.  Materials related to other countries will be purchased selectively.

3.  Formats and Materials Collected

Collecting emphasis is placed on current journals, monographs, reference works (including indexes  to  periodicals,  encyclopedias,  handbooks,  etc.),  and  government  publications, where applicable.  Both paper and electronic formats will be collected, with a priority placed on the electronic format.   Materials such as videos and DVD’s will be collected at the request of faculty.

4.  Formats and Materials Not Collected

Materials in micro format (microfilm, microfiche) will be collected only when that is the sole format available. Textbooks are not normally acquired, but may be purchased from time to time to provide broad overviews of some subject areas.

5.  Publication/Imprint Dates

An emphasis will be placed on recently published materials; older materials will be added selectively.

6.  Place of Publication

Primary focus will be placed on materials published in the United States.   Materials published in other countries will be collected selectively.

English-language materials will be collected.  Materials in other languages will be collected at the request of faculty.

C.  Summary of Subjects Collected and Collecting Levels -- (See Appendix A for Details)

Materials are collected in all three areas that support programs in Human Performance Studies—Exercise Science, Physical Education, and Athletic Training.  In Exercise Science, faculty identified exercise for adults, aerobic and anaerobic exercise, older adults, exercise physiology, kinesiology, muscle strength/endurance, nutrition, physical therapy, rehabilitation, and strength training as subjects of major importance.  In Physical Education, faculty have indicated that special attention needs to be paid to equity issues in athletics, and to physical education teacher education.   In Athletic Training, the development of a core collection of books and journals was identified as a top priority.  A basic collection of materials to support this new program has been purchased, but development of the collection in this area will be an ongoing process.

D.  Subjects Excluded

Materials on popular sports topics and sports figures will typically not be collected.  These should be purchased selectively with funds designated for undergraduate materials and the general collection.

E.  Related Collections and Cooperative Efforts

Regional  library  collections  that  support  the  Bachelor,  Master,  and  PhD  programs  in Physical Education, Exercise Science and Athletic Training at the University of Kansas, and those that support the Bachelor and Master degree programs in Exercise Science and Kinesiology at Kansas State University may supplement the WSU Library’s collection.

Other areas of the WSU Library collection that are of importance to research in Exercise Science, Physical Education, and Athletic Training include, but are not limited to, Theory and  Practice  of  Education,  Special  Education,  Business,  General Medicine,  Sports Medicine, Physical Therapy, Nutrition, and Kinesiology and Biomechanics.

Juvenile and Young Adult Literature

A. Purpose of Collection

1. Program Information

The Library’s Juvenile and Adult Literature collection supports the subject areas of children’s literature and young adult literature in the College of Education Curriculum and Instruction program, and provides materials for use by students enrolled in other Wichita State University programs leading to careers working with children.  To a more limited extent, the collection also serves as a resource for the children of Wichita State University students, faculty and staff.  Portions of the collection also have been used by staff at the Wichita State University Child Development Center and adult students at the University who seek to improve their proficiency in English as a second language.

Classes using this collection most directly:

CI 316  Children’s Literature

CI 616  Literature for Adolescents

Other classes:

CI 322  Strategies in Language Arts and Reading

CI 730  Curriculum in the School Library

CI 734   Literature-Based Reading Program

ENGL 346  American Multicultural Literature

2. Collection Description

This heavily used collection focuses on “best of the best” titles published for children and young adults each year (due to the substantial number of titles published for this audience each year the collection must be selective).  All titles are given a PZ classification number, and are located in the Ablah Library stacks.  A single copy of each title will normally be purchased, although additional copies may be purchased at the discretion of the bibliographer.  Most titles have been added to the collection in the last thirty years, although some older volumes are available.  Some outdated or controversial titles will stay in the collection to offer children’s literature students a historical perspective of this genre. Otherwise, this collection follows general deselection guidelines.

3. Anticipated Trends

For the last decade, additional emphasis in the collection has been devoted to providing a more multicultural selection of titles. This effort is expected to continue.  The first large digital archive of children’s literature (the International Children’s Digital Library) became available for public use in 2002.  Additional Internet based resources are expected to become available in the future.

B. Scope of Coverage

1.  Chronological Focus

There are no chronological limits to the collection, although most titles added will have been published in the last ten years.  Limited retrospective purchasing may be directed to replacement purchases or for specific collection needs.

2.  Geographic Focus

The collection emphasis is on works published in the United States.  Works with Kansas coverage or by Kansas authors are acquired when funds are available.

3.  Formats and Materials Collected

The primary format is hard cover monographs.  Some young adult literature is purchased in the paperback edition.  A limited number of titles are purchased in either board book or oversize (“big book” formats).

4.  Formats and Materials Not Collected

This is not a curriculum collection, so K-12 textbooks and materials intended to support classroom instruction at the K-12 level are not included in the Juvenile and Young Adult Literature collection. No children’s or teen magazines are included in the collection.  Due to the nature of use of our library materials certain formats are also not selected including: pop-up books, books with embedded computer chips or sound cards, and lift the flap books. Books that include moveable parts, audio books, or books that require individual power sources (such as batteries) or specialized equipment are also not added to the collection. A very selective group of graphic novels has been purchased on a trial basis, additional purchases in this format may be considered in the future pending Collection Development Department review of use of the collection and suitability as a long term format in the University Libraries.

5.  Publication/Imprint Dates

See chronological focus statement.

6.  Place of Publication

7.  Languages Collected

English is the predominate language of the collection.  Examples of picture books or easy reading books in other languages may be added occasionally.

C. Summary of Subjects Collected and Collecting Levels

(See Appendix A for Details)

Fiction and non-fiction at all levels from pre-kindergarten through high school are included.   Primary concentration is on notable books for children and young adults in the following collecting areas: picture books, fiction, multicultural literature, science, easy fiction, social science and biography. “Big Books” (oversized books intended for use in front of a class or group) are also in the collection.

For the discipline of children’s literature, bibliographies, book lists and evaluative titles are added to both the general and reference collections.

D. Subjects Excluded

No subject area is excluded.  Titles included in the collection must be intended for a children’s or young adult audience.

E. Related Collections and Cooperative Efforts

The collections of the Wichita Public Library system are an important local resource. Additionally, members of the university community employed by area school districts or involved in student teaching activity may have access to collections at area public or private schools.

F. Related Collection Development Policies

Education policies.

G. Related Collection Evaluations

Education policies.

H. Other Factors

Books awarded the following medals and honors will be purchased for the collection:

Randolph Caldecott Medal (medal winner and honor books) John Newbery Medal (medal winner and honor books)

William Allen White Children’s Book Award  (all books on annual master list) Bill Martin, Jr. Picture Book Award (all annual nominated books)

Coretta Scott King Award (medal winners and honor books) Pura Belprè Award (award recipient and honor books) Robert F. Sibert Informational Book Medal (award recipient)

Michael L. Printz Award for Excellence in Young Adult Literature (award recipient)

Review sources important to the selection process include:

Journals:  School Library Journal, Booklist, Horn Book, Multicultural Review, Book Links, ALAN Review, and Publisher’s Weekly.

Book lists: Best Books for Young Adults (American Library Association Young Adult Library Services Association), Children’s Choices (International Reading Association), Notable Children’s Books (American Library Association Association for Library Service to Children), Teacher’s Choices (International Reading Association), Young Adult Choices (International Reading Association).

Gifts

The Juvenile and Young Adult Literature collection welcomes gifts of books that are of l quality, within the scope of the Libraries’ collecting focus, do not duplicate current holdings, and enhance and support teaching and research at Wichita State University.

Nancy Deyoe, Wichita State University Libraries. October 2006

Appendix A – Specific Subjects Collected (with Collecting Levels)

Class Number          Area                                                    Current Collection

PZ5                             Fiction and non-fiction books                    C2 appropriate for students

grades 3 through 12

PZ6                            Picture books and easy readers                C2 appropriate for students

preschool through grade 2

APPENDIX B – EXPLANATION OF COLLECTING LEVELS AND CODES

1. COLLECTING LEVELS*

Management

A. Purpose of Collection

1. Program Information Collected

The W. Frank Barton School of Business at Wichita State University grants undergraduate degrees with majors in management, human resources management, business administration, and international business. Undergraduates may also minor in management or business administration. Graduate students may earn a Master of Business Administration (MBA) degree with a general focus or one with a concentration in international business. Graduate level degree programs leading to an Executive Masters of Business Administration or a Master of Science in Business are also offered by the Barton School of Business.

2. Collection Description

The Libraries’ collection in management consists of over 28,000 monographic and serial volumes. Subscriptions to roughly seventy periodicals are maintained. Access to additional titles, available in both full text and pdf versions, is facilitated by the electronic databases ABI/INFORM and Business and Company Resource Center.

The reference collection, now maintained primarily as a virtual collection and not a paper-based one, provides strong support to research efforts in management. Mergent Online provides access to the Mergent (formerly Moody’s) manuals, and allows direct downloading in spreadsheet formats. Standard & Poor’s NetAdvantage makes available the information formerly contained in the many products formerly included in the company’s library package. Business & Company Resource Center, in addition to its periodical content which is strong both in scholarly and trade literature, also provides access to brokerage house reports and includes as strong directory component. LEXIS Academic provides access to the full text of major newspapers published in the United States, case law at both the state and federal levels, in addition to legislative and administrative sources (e.g. state codes and administrative regulations). The Reference USA database includes basic information on over fifteen million business and its interface allows for sophisticated screening procedures.

3. Anticipated Trends

The ever increasing importance of globalization in business decision making will strongly influence to character, particularly the geographic character, of materials collected in support of management research. And as is true of all social sciences disciplines, the continuing importance of interdisciplinary approaches to research will result in the purchasing of material which does not fall strictly into the management collection’s parameters.

B. Scope of Coverage

1. Chronological Focus

The collecting of works characterized by a practitioner or applied orientation will be limited to items focusing on the post World War II period, with increasing focus given to more current works. The collection of theoretical works in management will not be governed by any chronological limitation.

2. Geographic Focus

Management practices in the major industrialized countries will be the focus of collection activities. The collection of theoretical works in management will not be governed by any geographic limitation.

3. Formats and Materials Collected

The collecting emphasis is on current monographs and journals. Monographs with CD-ROM’s may be added. Reference works (including online sources), technical reports, government document, and professional association publication are also collected. Bibliographies and conference proceedings are added on a selective basis.

Textbooks are not routinely added to the collection except for the highly selective acquisition of current titles which provide a broad overview of subject areas.

Microforms, audio, and video recordings will be acquired selectively or as requested by faculty.

Any change in the format in which journal literature is collected, e.g. from paper to electronic access, will be governed by the Libraries’ policy.

4. Formats and Materials Not Collected

The only limitation on formats and materials collected is that the devices and software necessary for their use be available in the Libraries.

5. Publication/Imprint Dates

Emphasis is placed on the acquisition of works currently available, with retrospective materials purchased very selectively.

6. Place of Publication

No limitation on items to be added to the collection will be made strictly based on place of publication.

7. Languages Collected

Material is collected only in the English Language. Translations into English are considered based on the other parameters put forth in this policy.

C. Summary of Subjects Collected and Collecting Levels

See Appendix A for details.

D. Subjects Excluded

Subjects specifically excluded from the management collection are indicated by a “0" code in the collecting lever. See Appendix A for details.

E. Related Collections and Cooperative Efforts

Research in management may be facilitated through the use of statistical data files available from the Inter -University Consortium for Political and Social Research (ICPSR). These files and related documentation may be downloaded directly from ICPSR using the Libraries’ home page.

The Libraries maintains a collection of paper annual reports for companies listed in the Fortune 500. While the information is duplicated in many online databases and may be available through companies web cites, these reports are useful to the first time user of business information.

MUSIC

A. Purpose of Collection

1. Program Information

The School of Music, including the areas of music education, musicology/composition, keyboard, strings, voice and winds/percussion, offers courses and curricula designed to train and educate students planning careers in music.  Additionally, the program is structured to allow students from other academic disciplines to enroll in music courses, to encourage and promote an understanding of music.  The undergraduate degrees of Bachelor of Music (BM), with a concentration of theory-composition or performance (piano, organ, voice, strings, wind or percussion); Bachelor of Music Education (BME) with an emphasis in instrumental music, vocal music, or special music education; and a Bachelor of Arts in Music (BA) are offered.   The University also offers a Masters of Music degree (MM), with concentrations in history-literature, piano pedagogy, theory- composition, conducting and performance; and a Masters of Music Education degree (MME) with concentrations in elementary music, choral music (with conducting option), instrumental music (with conducting or recital options), special education and voice.

An undergraduate degree, the Bachelor of Fine Arts in Performing Arts/Theatre with a track in Musical Theatre is awarded through the Theatre department, but is analyzed here as the majority of library materials supporting the program are of a musical nature (score, sound and video recordings) and a majority of the faculty teach in the school of music for the majority of their time.  A portion of the library materials budget, assigned to both theatre and music subjects, contributes to support this program.

According to Fall 2005 records there were 112 undergraduate music majors with a concentration in performance, 5 undergraduate music majors with a concentration in theory-composition, 108 undergraduate music education majors, 15 undergraduate music majors seeking a BA degree, 20 undergraduate music majors with an undecided concentration and 43 undergraduate musical theatre majors, for a total of 260 undergraduate students majoring in music.  With the inclusion of music theatre majors this total rises to 303 students.  Graduate students numbered 59, in addition to 16 non- degree seeking students.

The School of Music is an accredited member of the National Association of Schools of Music.

The music collection is divided between the Ablah Library and the branch Music Library. The Music Library contains mainly scores and sound recordings, with small reference and reserve collections of books.  The Music Library is primarily a teaching library with materials used in daily instructional activities.  The Ablah Library mainly houses books and journals.

The collection holdings were compared against bibliographies contained in The Best Books for Academic Libraries, Music & Fine Arts, Volume 9, and A Basic Music Library: Essential Scores and Sound Recordings.  The results show that Wichita State University’s holdings currently contain 80% of the book titles listed in The Best Books for Academic Libraries. The current holdings are lacking only slightly overall with the most notable deficiencies being in titles focusing on popular music (70%), national music (52%), and individual biographies (81%).  But the lower percentages in these areas is tied to the curriculum emphasis and is to be expected.

The collection at Wichita State contains only 75% of the scores listed in A Basic Music Library, but a recent collection development project, ongoing since 2001, has been the acquisition of missing titles listed here.  Listed scores not yet acquired in this project are those areas with the largest number of titles missing from the Wichita State University collections. Annual purchases of commercially available titles from this list will continue to be made as funding allows.

The current sound recording collection holds all commercially available titles listed in A Basic Music Library for small and medium sized collections of Classical, Jazz and Musical Theatre works. The library will continue to acquire items designated for a large library in the areas of classical music, Jazz and musical theatre on an annual basis as funds allow. Though a secondary priority, the library has also begun collecting those recordings listed in the areas of rhythm and blues, soul and rap, blues, music of Colonial North America and the U.S. to about 1900, Gospel, and country music recordings as funds allow.

In the past 5 years the library has also collected video recordings in VHS, Laser Disc and DVD formats. The primary focus has been the acquisition of opera and musical theatre performances.  However the recent supplementation of solo and symphonic performance video recordings has been a welcome addition to the holdings and will continue to be expanded as more video recordings become commercially available and as funding allows.

In addition to monograph, score, and recordings collections, the library maintains 66 print subscriptions to music journals, 89% of which are indexed by Music Index and 74% of which are indexed by RILM. The library also currently subscribes to 52 electronic journals, 13 titles of which are not held locally in print.  Journal subscriptions should be maintained in the future as much as is possible, particularly as inflationary rates of music journals have risen very little.  If additional funding should become available in future, subscriptions to different instrumental society publications should be expanded, as they are notably underrepresented in the collection.

A Basic Music Library: Essential Scores and Sound Recordings.  Chicago:  Music Library Association, 1997.

The Best Books for Academic Libraries.  Temecula, CA:  Best Books, Inc., 2002-.

3. Anticipated Trends

The importance of different and changing formats continues to strain the materials budget for music. Although separate funds have been designated for books, journals, serial publications, scores and sound recordings, changes in electronic formats will continue to be a challenge.

The LP collection continues to be useful, although to a shrinking population of the campus.  Duplicate, damaged and unsuitable LPs will continue weeded from the collection and replaced when feasible.

Video recordings, principally DVD format, in the collection are in great demand.  The opera and musical theatre portions of the collection continue to grow, but will need to be augmented in the areas of solo and symphonic performances, documentaries and instruction, as the market continues to expand.

B. Scope of Coverage

1.  Chronological Focus

All time periods are collected.

2.  Geographic Focus

The music of Western Europe and North America is emphasized, but important materials regarding other geographic areas are acquired without limitations. Scores and recordings are collected without geographical consideration.

3.  Formats and Materials Collected

Acquisition is based on content.  The collection is comprised of monographs, serials, scores, sound recordings and video recordings.  All score formats, collected editions, monuments, study scores, and performing editions, and CD- ROMs, are collected, excepting parts for large ensembles (more than 9 parts). Sound recordings include LP and compact disc formats, although only compact discs are currently added to the collection.  Video recordings consist of laser disc, VHS and DVD formats although DVD format is given preference in acquisition of new titles, as they are supported in the classroom, more durable, and housed in an economic fashion.  Only videos playable in Region 1, the US, US Territories and Canada will be collected.

Large performing part sets (scores) comprised of more than 9 parts. No LPs or audio cassettes will be added to the collection, although the current holdings will be maintained where appropriate.

5.  Publication/Imprint Dates

Current publications are emphasized but older publications will be acquired to fill in collection gaps.

6.  Place of Publication

Place of publication is not a limiting factor, but only videos playable in Region 1, (the US, US Territories and Canada) will be collected.

7.  Languages Collected

Regarding monographs and serials, English is preferred.  Important works in other languages are collected as needed. Where scores or recordings are concerned language is not a limitation in selection, particularly as music is accessible internationally.

C. Summary of Subjects Collected and Collecting Levels

(See Appendix A for Details)

D. Related Collections and Cooperative Efforts

The Music Education Department has its own curriculum lab, with school music textbooks and recordings.  The School of Music maintains a choral library, band library, and orchestral library, each consisting of multiple parts for large ensembles. The library does not duplicate these resources.

The central branch of the Wichita Public Library provides an additional local source for patrons seeking music related materials.  The Wichita Public Library maintains a collection of monographs, sound recordings and video recordings emphasizing the performing arts, particularly in areas intertwined with popular culture.  Their catalog is available online.  In addition, the Wichita State University Interlibrary Loan department provides access to extensive resources through cooperative efforts on a national level.

E. Related Collection Development Policies

With respect for studies in Musical Theatre, please consult the Collection Development

Policy in Theatre (2004) for policies relating to additional support materials in this area.

F. Related Collection Evaluations

Please refer to: Collections Evaluation 2005 – Music containing a description of the 2005

Faculty Survey and an analysis of Interlibrary Loan Statistics.  This document may be found in the Collection Development and Subject Librarian offices.

Old World History CD Policy

A.  Purpose of Collection

1.   Program Information

Although the History Department has taught European, Middle Eastern and Asian history at one point or another in its existence, its current Old World History focus is Europe. In this field, the department offers a Master of Arts degree.

The main areas of research in this area are the Ancient World, Late Antiquity, the High Middle Ages and modern Europe. The faculty include Ariel Loftus (Ancient Greece/Rome), Philip D. Thomas (Medieval Europe), Anthony Gythiel (Medieval Europe), George Dehner (History of Disease), Helen Hundley (Russia) and John Dreifort (modern Europe).

The students taking History courses are from a variety of disciplines across the WSU campus.

2.   Collection Description

The Old World History collection consists of paper books, electronic books, archival works, paper journals and electronic journal collections.

Due to our collaboration with the professors noted above, the Libraries’ book holdings in this regard are quality selections. When compared against the bibliographies in the Oxford Histories, the subject collections fared well for a master’s level program across the board.1   Historically, the collection has a strong base, encountering some holes in recent years due to budgetary and priority shifts. Recent retrospective collaborations have made a difference in bridging these gaps.

Although we still collect continuing series, those items have been targeted in the most recent budgetary shortfalls. It should be noted that many of these sets provide valuable primary source coverage. Consequently, they should be retained if at all possible.

It should be noted that there are several different collections related to this subject housed by the University Archives as well.

While suffering some cuts over the years, our journal holdings in this regard are strong. The faculty and librarians have worked together to maintain core journal collections. The recently acquired JSTOR Arts and Sciences Collections in addition to History Cooperative supplement these efforts in addition to adding journals in secondary fields (see Middle East and Asia).2   However recent budget cuts have taken their toll on those items. These journals need to be protected whenever possible in future serials reviews.

3.   Anticipated Trends

As with other areas within the Humanities and Social Sciences, two items will drive our collecting efforts for Old World History: access and budgets.

The balance between print and electronic media may help to bridge several gaps in the future. Certainly, in terms of electronic journals, we have benefited from publishers providing affordable journal packages here in the United States such as the History Cooperative, JSTOR and Project Muse. The success of the ACLS History E-Book Project indicates that subject-specific collections could potentially impact historical research to a greater degree than the general collections (e.g.: Netlibrary).

With Old World History, due to the collaboration between the faculty mentioned above and the liaison librarians, we have strong core collections for the most part, emphasizing quality over quantity.3  Given the budgetary situation and priorities both for the History department and the Libraries as a whole, this activity will need to be monitored carefully to insure a balance between a general collecting base, meeting faculty research needs and satisfying patron’s needs. To their credit, these professors make it a point to balance all three of these components in their requests for books and our discussions. Also, since Old World History literature does touch on other subject areas across campus, we do need to keep some works (mainly in translation but with some original holdings) available for patron use as well. These issues are concerns for the Old World History CD area.

B.  Scope of Coverage

1.   Chronological Focus

For Old World History, the primary chronological areas are Ancient World, Late Antiquity, Medieval and Modern.

Other areas can be collected depending upon available budgetary resources; the importance of the analyzed work(s) within the scope of Old World History in general and the quality of the scholarship in that work. For Europe, that activity would fall into the C1 or C2 levels. For the Middle East and Asia, despite the fact that these are secondary areas for the History Department but are taught in Women Studies by Drs. Deborah Gordon and Doris Chang, these areas should not fall beneath a D Level but should be kept at C2 if at all possible. These designations will be explained in Appendix B.

2.   Geographic Focus

The History Department’s primary geographic foci are Western Europe, the Mediterranean World and Russia. As noted earlier, interdisciplinary activities within Women Studies (Middle East and Asia) should be considered wherever possible.

For Old World History literature, the collecting efforts include printed works both in English and other languages where appropriate. The following formats are collected: books, journals and serials. As noted above, when the appropriate opportunity arises to investigate electronic access for Old World History journals and electronic works, we will do so.

4.   Formats and Materials Not Collected

Although the focus will primarily be on those formats and materials noted in Section 3 above, other formats will be considered according to the relevance to the overall major and the History Department, courses of study, areas of faculty research/teaching, and overall continuity of the collection. As I said in Section 3, such endeavors will be subject to availability, overall collecting priorities and budgetary constraints.

5. Publication/Imprint Dates

Most purchases will be recently published works although out of print works will also be considered. Retrospective projects conducted between faculty members and the subject librarians will be considered as well depending upon available budget, collection priorities, the time involved and the project scope.

6.   Place of Publication

All academic publishers’ works are considered. However, some publishers’ works will tend to be purchased more than others. In all cases, the work’s overall quality not just the publisher or its reputation will determine a purchase.

7.   Languages Collected

Works in this field are collected primarily in English. All secondary works (unless requested by the faculty members) are collected in English. Primary sources can be collected in other languages. However again, foreign language sources will be collected in translation whenever possible. If a faculty member requests that a source be acquired in the original language, every effort will be made to get the work as permitted by availability and available funds.

The main areas collected here at WSU include:

D.  Subjects Excluded

There are no excluded subjects. Although some may only be collected at a minimal (re: level as spelled out in Appendix B.

E.  Related Collections and Cooperative Efforts

Any collaborative interdisciplinary collecting effort should interact with those from the other History Department subject areas for budgetary reasons. Other subjects affected are: MCLL, Gender Studies, Religion, English Literature, Political Science in addition to other Social Science and Humanities areas. Interdisciplinary certificate programs such as the new Medieval and Renaissance Studies certificate will impact these collaborative efforts in a positive way.

F.   Related Collection Development Policies

Any Old World History CD Policy should interact with those from the other History Department subject areas for budgetary reasons. Other subjects affected are: history, English literature, Gender Studies, Philosophy, Religion and other Humanities areas.

Philosophy CD Policy

A.  Purpose of Collection

1.   Program Information

Philosophy is an undergraduate department consisting of eight full-time faculty members. As such, the courses taught there are on the undergraduate level although there are some undergraduate/graduate and graduate level classes offered in the catalog. 

The faculty performs research in several areas including the History of Philosophy, Philosophy of Science, Philosophy of Social Science, Metaethics, Philosophy of Religion, Philosophy of Language, 19th century Philosophy, Epistemology, Logic, Early Modern Philosophy, Ancient Philosophy, Ethics, and gender-related issues.

The majority of students from this department go onto prestigious graduate programs.

2.   Collection Description

The Philosophy collection consists of paper books, journals, and electronic materials.

Due to the collaboration noted above, the Libraries’ collection in the stacks is strong. When checked against the Bibliography in The Oxford History of Western Philosophy, the collection came out well as most of the books on the list are in the stacks. (see attached)

Journal access is another story. Although retrospective holdings are good, recent budget cuts have taken their toll on the recent issues. How the advent of databases such as Project Muse, Kluwer, and JSTOR remains to be seen. (see attached for more details) 

Format and access can vary as well. Through our electronic packages, the Libraries can get to electronic books through NetLibrary (although this is not a particularly strong area for either the Regent’s Collection or our local collection).

3.   Anticipated Trends

As with the other areas within the Humanities, two issues drive this matter: access and budgets.

The balance between print and digital access will determine which journals are collected, how quickly the most recent issues are available, and what our archives will look like in the coming years. The rising cost of journal subscriptions will also force decisions in spending for book budgets. Finally, with the acquisition of electronic databases such as the Philosopher’s Index, Wilson Web’s Humanities Index, JSTOR, and Project Muse, the question needs to be raised: which of these databases are the most essential? What is the preferred method of listing content: full-text or bibliographic (abstract/citations)? Each one has its advantages and disadvantages.

With Philosophy, due to the effective collaboration between the department and the Libraries, the collection is a solid one. This collaboration should continue working together in an equitable fashion. Given the budgetary situation looming in front of the Libraries and WSU in general, this activity will help to pinpoint important books in this discipline as well as helping to keep librarians up to date with the priorities of this department. However, despite this efficiency, one question remains: given the seniority of many members of the Philosophy faculty, will the Libraries have the funds to help new faculty (if/when they are hired) with book purchases in their areas of focus? This area is a concern for the Philosophy CD area.

B.  Scope of Coverage

1.   Chronological Focus

For Philosophy, the primary chronological areas are Ancient Greece and Rome, the Early Modern, Modern, and Postmodern periods.

Studies of medieval philosophy can be collected depending upon available budgetary resources, the importance of the analyzed work(s) within the History of Philosophy in general and the quality of the scholarship in that work. In any event, that collecting will never exceed D Level as explained in Appendix B.

2.   Geographic Focus

The primary geographic foci are U. S., Britain, and Asia. Greece and Rome are collected for Antiquity.

For Philosophy, the collecting efforts include primary and secondary sources. The following formats are collected: books, some dissertations, journals and serials in addition to e-texts (books, electronically accessible works).

4.   Formats and Materials Not Collected

Although the focus will primarily be on those formats and materials noted in Section 3 above, other formats will be considered according to relevance to the overall program, courses of study, areas of faculty research/teaching, and overall continuity of the collection. Such acquisitions will be made with respect to available funds and opportunities.

5.   Publication/Imprint Dates

Most purchases will be recently published works although out of print works will also be considered. Retrospective projects conducted between faculty members and the subject librarian will be considered as well depending upon available budget, collection priorities, time involved, and the project scope.

6.   Place of Publication

All academic publishers’ works are considered. However, some publishers’ works will tend to be purchased more often than others. In all cases, the quality of the work not just the publisher or its reputation will determine a purchase.

7.   Languages Collected

Most works collected in this field are in English. All secondary materials (unless specifically requested by a faculty member) are in English. Primary sources can be collected in other languages. However again, foreign language sources will be collected primarily in translation where possible. If a faculty member requests that a source be acquired in the original language, every effort will be made to get the work as permitted by availability and available monies.

Physician Assistant Collection

A. Purpose of Collection

1.  Program Information

The WSU Department of Physician Assistant offers a 26-month graduate course of study which leads to a professional Master Degree in Physician Assistant Studies. The course of study is divided into two parts: a 41 semester hour didactic phase and a 39 semester hour clinical/research phase.

The pre-professional curriculum includes requirements for a bachelor degree as well as prescribed courses in the natural and clinical sciences. Once applicants have met the minimal requirements, emphasis in selection is placed on academic performance, previous health care experience (strongly preferred), on-site interview, and a service orientation. Up to 42 students will be selected annually.

The professional curriculum is divided into two phases: a didactic phase and a clinical/research phase. Each phase lasts 12-14 months. The didactic year includes graduate coursework in the basic sciences (anatomy, pharmacology, pathophysiology), clinical sciences, research methods and statistics, epidemiology, behavioral medicine, ethics, preventive medicine and community health, social and legal issues, and clinical skills.

The clinical/research year is a series of clinical rotations in a variety of medical settings primarily in Kansas and directed studies in research leading to the completion of a final research project. Students are required to complete rotations in family practice, general internal medicine, pediatrics, prenatal care and gynecology, general surgery, emergency medicine, psychiatry and behavioral medicine, and geriatrics. Students complete nine rotations of 4-8 weeks each (approximately 50 total weeks). All students are required to complete a minimum of three rotations outside the city of Wichita with at least three rotations in a rural or urban underserved community.

The physician assistant profession stands on its own. It maintains its own professional associations, its own code of ethics, and its own standards. Its resource base, however, is borrowed from the other health care professions. The 2003 version of the “Brandon/Hill Selected List of Print Books and Journals in Allied Health” [1] listed only eight resources under the heading “Physician Assistant.” These publications are core resources for PAs, and, although more and more books are being published each year, essential areas of study are not included. At the present time, medical texts are the best resources for physician assistant collections.

The library’s monograph collection currently contains over 7000 titles in the main library of Congress call number relevant to General Medicine (R), Preventive Medicine (RA), Pathology (RB), Internal Medicine (RC), Surgery (RD), Ophthalmology (RE), Gynecology and Obstetrics (RG), Pediatrics (RJ), Dermatology (RL), and Pharmacology (RM). The collection also includes over 2500 additional titles in related areas as Biochemistry (QD415-436), Human Anatomy (QM), Physiology (QP), and Nursing (RT).

The library has subscriptions to three academic journals that specific on Physician Assistant professional and education. The library has all of them both in print and electronically. Actually, the journals that PA faculty and students have been really using a lot are those major medicine periodicals. The library has subscriptions to 165 medicine periodicals. 24 of them are available both in print and electronically. Also, there are 1615 electronic journals available under the subject section of Medicine.

Patrons have both on-campus and off-campus access to a number of high quality electronic databases on medicine. MEDLINE, CINAHL with Full Text, Cochrane Library, ProQuest Nursing are the primary databases for this discipline. Faculty had addressed that MEDLINE, CINAHL with Full Text, and Cochrane Library are the most important ones for their research and teaching needs.

3.  Anticipated Trends

Faculty in the Physician Assistant department have noted several emerging trends in their field: 1) Increasing focus on the medical specialties 2) Increasing interest in more genetics education for primary care provider.

In terms of desirable formats of materials, most faculty have expressed strong interests on more electronic access to several major medical journals such as The Journal of American Medical Association, LANCET, British Medical Journal, etc.

1.  Chronological Focus

Emphasis is placed on current materials. Historical treatments will be acquired selectively.

2.  Geographic Focus

Areas of emphasis will be primarily of those publications treating health care in the United States although materials reflecting geographical emphasis outside of the United States might be acquired selectively.

3.  Formats and Materials Collected

Collecting emphasis is placed on current journals, monographs, reference works (including indexes to periodicals, encyclopedias, handbooks, rule books, etc.), and government publications, where applicable. Both paper and electronic formats will be collected. Materials such as videos and DVD’s will be collected at the request of faculty.

4.  Formats and Materials Not Collected

Materials in micro format (microfilm, microfiche) will be collected only when that is the sole format available. Textbooks are not normally acquired.

5.  Publication/Imprint Dates

Primary emphasis will be on current publication; older materials in support of research or teaching will be acquired selectively.

6.  Place of Publication

Primary focus will be placed on materials published in the United States. Materials published in other countries will be collected selectively.

7.  Languages Collected

English is the primary language of acquisition, Materials in other languages may be acquired at the request of the faculty.

C. Summary of Subjects Collected and Collecting Levels

(See Appendix A for Details)

The training for physician assistants is 108 weeks, compared to the 158-week medical program [2], and has often been compared to the middle two years of medical school [3, 4]. Although much of the same core material is covered, the PA curriculum does not include the in-depth research level knowledge that may be required at a full medical school. Physician assistants must know a little about many different aspects of medicine. They must have the skills to make qualified diagnoses and to provide appropriate treatment, and they must have the knowledge to counsel and educate patients. Most importantly, they must have the expertise to make informed referrals of patients to other health care providers. To this end, physician assistant education stresses problem solving and critical thinking skills for effective clinical decision making. As such, physician assistants need practical, clinically oriented resources that provide a broad overview of a field of study.

Materials were collected in three related science areas and most medical subject areas -- Medical Biochemistry, Human Anatomy, Physiology, General Medicine, Preventive medicine, Occupational medicine/toxicology, Pathology, Internal medicine, Surgery, Ophthalmology, Gynecology and obstetrics, Pediatrics, Dermatology, Pharmacology, and pain medicine. Among those areas, faculty identified Human Anatomy, Preventive Medicine, Internal Medicine, Gynecology and Obstetrics, Pediatrics and Pharmacology as areas of major importance.

In General Medicine, core subject areas addressed by faculty included: physician assistant profession, primary care/family practice, and medical education. In Internal medicine, faculty identified diagnosis, critical care, emergency medicine, infectious diseases, neurology, psychiatry, cardiology, pulmonary medicine, gastroenterology, urology, and geriatrics as the key subject areas.

D. Subjects Excluded

Since physician assistants must know a little about many different aspects of medicine, the PA collection covers most major subject areas under Medicine (R) except Dentistry and Nursing. In the Science group (Q), Biochemistry, Human anatomy, and physiology are the only three subject areas that Physician Assistant collection currently covers.

E. Related Collections and Cooperative Efforts

Although the physician assistant program at Wichita State is the only one of its kind in Kansas, It doesn’t necessarily mean that we can’t take advantage of the library resources available for the medical students in KU.  As we’ve discussed before, for the physician assistant profession, its resource base is borrowed from the other health care professions. At the present time, medical texts are the best resources for physician assistant collections. Farha Medical Library of KU school of medicine in Wichita and Dykes Library of KU Medical Center generously supplement the WSU Library’s medicine collection.

The nursing collection here in WSU is also important to the research and teaching needs of the Physician Assistant program.

F. Related Collection Development Policies

Physics

A. Purpose of Collection

•     Program Information – The Physics department offers courses of study leading to the BA and BS.  Physics graduates will have an understanding of basic physical phenomena and the theoretical framework required to interpret these phenomena.

1.  Collection Description 

Given that the Physics department’s focus is primarily on undergraduate study the collecting will be done primarily at the C2 level. This does not ignore the fact that the faculty in Physics and many other departments use upper level material in this field.

2.  Anticipated Trends

The physics research community is moving towards open access. Preprint servers and conference proceedings will continue to be critical to scholarly communication in physics.

B. Scope of Coverage

1.  Chronological

Focus is on current materials, a small collection of classical and historical materials will be bought

2.  Geographic Focus

Primary emphasis is placed on the United States with selective emphasis on the U.K.

3.  Formats and Materials Collected

Primary emphasis will be on monographs and serials.  Other formats will be purchased at the request of faculty.

4.  Publication/Imprint Dates

Current dates only.  There will be no retrospective collecting unless specifically requested by faculty or to replace missing core materials.

5.  Place of Publication 

Primarily U.S.

6.  Languages Collected

non-english materials will be bought at the specific request of faculty only.

C. Summary of Subjects Collected and Collecting Levels

(See Appendix A for Details)

D. Subjects Excluded 

NA

Public Administration/Urban Affairs

A.  Purpose of Collection

1. Program Information

This policy provides a basis for selection and acquisition of materials that support the graduate curriculum and research needs of the Hugo Wall School of Urban and Public Affairs. The Hugo Wall School is divided into three components: the Master’s of Public Administration Program (MPA), the Center for Urban Studies, and the Kansas Public Finance Center. The collection was deemed adequate for the MPA program by the NASPAA (National Association of Schools of Public Affairs and Administration,) who in 2002 granted accreditation to the MPA program for the next seven years. The collection partially meets the needs of the faculty research and the two centers within the Hugo Wall School.

The Hugo Wall School supports a Master’s in Public Administration (MPA) program that requires core competency in the following: public management, public finance, and public policy and their application to state and local governments. Areas of concentration for the degree include public management, public finance, and public policy and their application to state and local governments. There is a capstone class that all MPA students must complete.

The Hugo Wall offerings also a graduate certificate in Public Finance consisting of 12 hours of coursework and the

There are also three upper-division undergraduate elective courses offered by the school. Two are cross-listed and one is an Issues and Perspectives class.

Course subjects in the MPA program include: research methods, planning, comparative public administration, administrative theory and behavior, non-profit management, computer applications, state and local law, environmental law, economics, human resources, and budgeting and finances.

The Center for Urban Studies and the Kansas Public Finance Center are staffed by Hugo Wall School Faculty and a professional research staff as well as graduate assistants. The purpose of the Center for Urban Studies is to conduct research, offer training and professional development, and provide technical assistance and consultation to elected officials, state and local public managers, community organizations and professional associations in Kansas. The purpose of the Kansas Public Finance Center is to develop and implement public strategies that promote economic vitality in Kansas; and advance the study and practice of public finance. Both of these services to the community require the substantial research materials to achieve their respective goals.

2. Collection Description

The Public Administration/Urban Affairs Collection is a wide-ranging collection that encompasses materials from many different topical areas including public administration, local government, planning, economics, land use, transportation, commerce, finance, community studies, criminology, social welfare, law, civil engineering, and public utilities.

3. Anticipated Trends

Given the reduction in materials funds in both 2000 and 2003 that reduced both the print serial and the monograph budget of the library as a whole, it is unlikely unless new outside resources are found that the budget for Public Administration will increase. Currently, new serial titles will only be considered if another title or combination of titles costing an equivalent amount are forfeited. Future cuts may further diminish the effectiveness of the collection.

Serials inflation is currently at 10% per year. This is also a contributing factor to the budgeting complications.

As a consolation, when made possible through electronic journal packages purchased by the University Libraries, some print cancellations may be available as an electronic journal. Links to these packages and titles will be made available on the University Libraries “E-Journal” webpage, and will be linked to in the WSU Libraries Online Catalog.

Due to the ever growing number of commuter and distance students at Wichita State University, there is a trend to meet the research needs of students by providing materials in an electronic (online) fashion. The most prominent of these materials being online journals, although electronic books are also available. The WSU Libraries use of a proxy server (E-Z Proxy) facilitates usage of these materials both on and off campus.

B. Scope of Coverage

1.    Chronological Emphasis by Content:

Materials covering all time periods will be considered although primary emphasis will be placed on materials from the late 20th (1990-) and 21st Century.

2.   Geographic Emphasis:

Emphasis will be placed in the following order (greatest to least emphasis): Wichita, Kansas; Kansas; Surrounding States (Missouri, Oklahoma, Nebraska, Colorado); Rest of United States; Rest of World. The main geographic focus is the United States, although sources related non-U.S. locations are becoming more common as globalization has become a factor in local affairs, especially in the larger locales.

3.   Formats and Materials Collected

The primary formats to be considered for purchase will be books (monographs) and journals.

Books will primarily be collected in a paper format. A small percentage of electronic books will be considered on a case by case basis to insure appropriateness to the collection. As electronic books are an emerging technology, not all titles will be available in this format.  Electronic books will be made available to the off campus community via the WSU Libraries proxy server whenever possible.

Journals will be collected in both paper and electronic format, although a preference will be given to the electronic format when it is available and is cost effective. Electronic journals will be made available to the off campus community via the WSU Libraries proxy server whenever possible.

The most current format of audio/visual materials adopted by the library will be collected only under the strictest scrutiny due to the potentially high cost of these materials.

Electronic formats other than e-books and e-journals (CD-ROMS, programs on disk, etc.) will only be collected when they are included with a purchase of an approved format.

4. Formats and Materials Not Collected

Back issues of journals, outdated monograph editions, obsolete audio/visual formats, new audio/video formats not yet adopted by the library, electronic formats other than e-books and e-journals.

6.   Places of Publication

As Kansas and the United States are the primary geographic focuses of the collection, the publications will primarily emanate from within the United States. Although given the global nature of the subject area, all places of publication will be considered for the collection of the seminal works in the Public Administration/Urban Affairs field and to meet the teaching and research needs of the department.

7.   Language:

English is the primary language of the collection. Foreign language materials will be considered when requested by a WSU faculty member.

C. Summary of Subjects Collected and Collecting Levels

(See Appendix A for collection levels and codes explanation, Appendix B for specific details regarding the collection.)

The collection levels displayed in Appendix B are indicative of the materials items added under the provisions of this collection development policy. Subject areas that contain materials primarily covered in another discipline’s collection development policy may appear to be collected at a lower level than expected. (i.e., Criminology is collected at a very basic level under the cover of Public Administration, but the Criminal Justice collection will cover criminology at a much more complete collection level.)

D. Related Collection Evaluations

AVAILABLE IN COLLECTION DEVELOPMENT OFFICE, ABLAH LIBRARY

E. Subjects Excluded

General legislative and executive papers

Political science (General) Political theory

Colonies and colonization. Emigration and immigration. International migration

International law

International relations

Special types of environment

Including soil pollution, air pollution, noise pollution

Industrial and factory sanitation

Industrial and factory wastes

Rural and farm sanitary engineering

Social sciences (General) Statistics (General)

Economic theory. Demography

Finance (General)

Social Work

A. Purpose of Collection

1. Program Information

The School of Social Work offers degrees at both the Bachelor and Master levels.  The Bachelor of Social Work (BSW) program was accredited by the Council on Social Work Education (CSWE) in 1974, and reaccredited in 1996.  The Master of Social Work (MSW) program received candidacy status for accreditation through the CSWE in 1999, and submitted its Self Study report to that agency in December of 2001.  The School continues to work towards achieving full accreditation for this program in the near future.

Both the Bachelor and Master degree programs require a combination of coursework and field (practicum) work.  In these programs, students acquire basic social work skills and gain an understanding of a broad range of human interactions, from the individual to societal levels.  The goal of the programs is to prepare students for generalist and advanced generalist Social Work practice.

Generalists provide services to individuals, families, small groups, organizations, communities and society as a whole in a wide variety of settings, and with a diverse clientele.

The majority of students graduating from WSU’s Social Work programs remain in the Wichita area to work.  At the completion of these programs, students must sit for the Association of Social Work Boards examinations to obtain licensure to practice in the state of Kansas.  Three exams are offered, including the Baccalaureate Social Worker (BSW), Master Social Worker (MSW) and the Specialist Clinical Social Worker (LSCSW).

The Social Work collection serves the needs of the Social Work faculty, which includes nine permanent faculty, five adjuncts and 2 graduate assistants.  The coIlection also serves nearly 300 students in the undergraduate and graduate programs.

2. Collection Description

The Library’s monograph collection currently contains over 7,500 titles in the core Social Work Library of Congress call number areas of HV 1 - HV 5840.  This number does not reflect the thousands of titles held in related disciplines such as psychology, criminal justice, gerontology, minority studies, sociology, education, and women’s studies that are also heavily used by students and faculty in Social Work.

The library also maintains subscriptions to twenty-nine journals related specifically to Social Work. Twenty titles owned by the Library are considered to be core Social Work journals (as indicated in the Social Work Abstracts).  Ten to fifteen Social Work journals are also available electronically and in full- text.  The Social Work journal collection is supplemented by substantial holdings in the related subject areas mentioned above.  While Social Work faculty have indicated that the journal collection is basically adequate for their needs, subscriptions to additional titles have been requested.  Of primary interest is the journal Research on Social Work Practice.  Other titles requested include Journal of Gay and Lesbian Social Services, Journal of Ethnic and Cultural Diversity in Social Work, Journal of Teaching in Social Work, and Journal of Technology in Human Services.

3. Anticipated Trends

As the School of Social Work achieves accreditation for its Masters level program, an emphasis will need to be placed upon acquiring research materials in both print and electronic formats to support the program.  It is anticipated that increased access to electronic full-text journals and electronic books will also be desirable.

Faculty in the School of Social Work have identified the following as areas of emerging interest:  school Social Work, technology based Social Work, spirituality in Social Work, empowerment practice, chaos and complexity theory, evidence based practice, equity for women and other women’s issues, groups, privatization of Social Work services, and clinical Social Work/Mental health.

B. Scope of Coverage

1.       Chronological Focus

Emphasis is placed on works dealing with contemporary Social Work issues and practice.  However, materials that provide the historical background for the field of Social Work are also of value, and will be collected selectively.

2.       Geographic Focus

Works related to the practice of Social Work in the United States will be the primary focus of the collection.  Special emphasis will be placed on materials related to the State of Kansas.  Of special interest are materials covering services for the many ethnic groups represented in the state and the Wichita area, including Hispanics, African-Americans,  Vietnamese and other Asian groups, and Native Americans.  Materials on Social Work as practiced in other countries may also be of value, and will be collected selectively.

3.       Formats and Materials Collected

Collecting emphasis is placed on current journals, monographs, reference works (including indexes to periodicals, encyclopedias, handbooks, etc.), government publications, and professional association publications.  Proceedings and conference papers are collected selectively.  Electronic resources will be increasingly important. Video formats are beginning to be requested with some regularity, and will be purchased when requested by faculty if the budget allows.

4.       Formats and Materials Not Collected

Materials in micro format (microfilm, microfiche) will be collected only when that is the sole format available. Textbooks are not normally acquired, but may be purchased from time to time to provide broad overviews of some subject areas.

5.       Publication/Imprint Dates

An emphasis will be placed on recently published materials; older materials will be added selectively.

6.       Place of Publication

Primary focus will be placed on materials published in the United States.  Materials published in other countries will be collected selectively.

7.       Languages Collected

Spanish

A. Purpose of Collection

1.  Program Information

Spanish is one of the languages taught within the Modern Languages and Literatures department here at WSU.  The majority of the department’s faculty is tied into this discipline, teaching several undergraduate and graduate classes. This subject area generates major grants bachelor’s and master’s degrees.  The undergraduate courses include Elementary Spanish, Intermediate Spanish, Selected Spanish Readings, Spanish Conversation, Intermediate Spanish Readings and Cooperative Education: Spanish.  The graduate offerings include Spanish Phonetics, Major Topics in Spanish, Spanish Conversation III, Advanced Spanish Grammar and Composition, Survey of Spanish Literature, Contemporary Spanish Theater, Contemporary Spanish Novel, Business Spanish, Survey of Latin American Literature, Contemporary Latin American Novel, Spanish Civilization, Latin American Civilization, Contemporary Latin American Theater, Latin American Short Story, Introduction to Romance Linguistics, Mexico:  It’s People and Culture and South America:  It’s People and Culture.

The main areas of focus are medieval, early modern and modern Spanish literature (Iberia) in addition to the literatures of Central and South America.  These areas will be further developed by the addition of two new Iberianists.  Michael McGlynn does medieval studies.  Kerry Wilks studies El Siglo del Oro (“Golden Age” being the sixteenth -eighteenth centuries).

The students taking Spanish are undergraduates and graduates from a variety of disciplines across the WSU campus including history, the humanities, business, education, physical sciences, health sciences and social sciences.

2.  Collection Description

The Spanish collection consists of paper books, some journals, database access and e-book access.    Due to our collaboration with Drs. Pedro Bravo-Elizondo and Eunice Myers, the Libraries’ book holdings are strong, especially for those works published in the last thirty years.  When checked against A New History of Spanish Literature (1961 edition), that part of the collection is not that strong although we do have 30-35 percent of the holdings.  However, another analysis focusing on a comparison of our holdings with A Companion to Spanish-American Literature shows that our holdings have improved over time. This test revealed that the Libraries have 75% of that bibliography’s titles. Unlike most of its MCLL counterparts, these holdings are strong both in Spanish and English.  [i]

Our journal holdings in this regard are not as strong as they could be.  Interdisciplinary journals as well as those literary journals in English provide the bulk of our coverage.  We do have a few core Spanish language journals, which we are still receiving and several historical runs up in the general stacks.  However recent budget cuts have taken their toll on those items.  Running our historical and present-day collections up against the MLA Bibliography reveals that our original language collections are weak in this regard.  As such, researchers rely heavily on Interlibrary Loan/Document Delivery for most of their materials.  These journals need to be protected whenever possible in future serials reviews.

Database access remains limited to mostly English language works.  The only access we have for Spanish language works comes through the MLA Bibliography.  That database, however, provides citations and abstracts only.  While there are links to full text, they are from other databases and then, only those that we subscribe to.  Full text access to articles in English comes from JSTOR (retrospective coverage) and Project Muse (mostly the last fifteen years’ of publication runs). Humanities Index and InfoTrac Web’s Expanded Academic, Business and Company and Health and Wellness Resource Centers provide some additional coverage for English works.  Yet in the latter’s case, only 1 out of every 4 academic works is available in full text. For education, one might refer to ERIC.  For the health sciences, one can look to CINAHL and MEDLINE.  For business, ABI-Inform and Lexis-Nexis Academic remain the two chief sources.  In general social sciences, one could look at Sociological Abstracts, WilsonWeb Social Sciences Abstracts, Social Work Abstracts and Social Work Abstracts. E-Book coverage remains in flux as well.  Netlibrary does not have a great deal of Spanish literature, historical or cultural works in its holdings.  With the possible addition of the ACLS Humanities E-Book and other packages may offer possibilities in this regard.  For allied fields, one might refer to the e-book holdings in those areas.

3.    Anticipated Trends

As with other areas within the Humanities, two items will drive our collecting efforts for Spanish: access and budgets. In addition, what occurs in the allied fields noted above will affect Spanish as well.

The balance between print and electronic media may help to bridge several gaps in the future. Certainly, in terms of electronic journals, we could stand to benefit if publishers provide affordable foreign language journal packages here in the United States.  In such a case, Spanish journals would rank as a first priority in this regard.  The same can be said for Spanish monographs and source materials.  Fortunately, the interdisciplinary coverage in JSTOR and Project Muse does assist in bridging this gap.  Once again, however, this balance can change depending upon budgets and which databases we can acquire/hang on to in the future.  While the Libraries probably will not increase its holdings in foreign language journals or databases in a large way, our access to materials in English could benefit from adding JSTOR’s Arts & Humanities II and III packages to our repertoire.  Cost could determine whether we keep Project Muse beyond 2005 so we need to plan accordingly.  A switch to EBSCOHost Expanded Academic could increase access as well.  In terms of e-book coverage, an increase in Netlibrary, ACLS History E-Book Collection and/or other collections in this regard can only help narrow this gap while providing quality materials to our patrons.

With Spanish, due to the collaboration between Drs. Bravo-Elizondo and Myers with the liaison librarians, we have strong collections in this field.  Given the budgetary situation and priorities both for the MCLL department and the Libraries as a whole, this activity will still need to be monitored carefully, balancing faculty research with student needs.  This observation is due to the hiring of new faculty members in this discipline.  Also, since Spanish literature does touch on other subject areas across campus, we need to keep collecting minimal works (in the original and in translation for patron use as well.  Finally, as other areas do touch on Spanish as a second language in a tangential sense to varying degrees, they need to be considered on a case by case basis.  These issues are concerns for the Spanish CD area.

1.  Chronological Focus

For Spanish literature, the primary chronological areas are medieval, Renaissance, Early Modern and Modern Spanish Literature. Other areas can be collected depending upon available budgetary resources; the importance of the analyzed work(s) within the scope of Spanish literary history in general and the quality of the scholarship in that work. In any event, that activity would never exceed D Levels as explained in  Appendix B.

2.  Geographic Focus

The primary geographic foci are Spain, Central America, South America, Cuba and the Caribbean.

3.  Formats and Materials Collected

For Spanish literature, the collecting efforts include printed works both in English and Spanish.  The following formats are collected:  books, journals and serials.  As noted above, when the appropriate opportunity arises to investigate electronic access for Spanish language journals and electronic works, we will do so.

4.  Formats and Materials Not Collected

Although the focus will primarily be on those formats and materials noted in Section 3 above, other formats will be considered according to the relevance to the overall major and department (MCLL), courses of study, areas of faculty research/teaching, and overall continuity of the collection.  As I said in Section 3, such endeavors will be subject to availability, overall collecting priorities and budgetary constraints.

5.  Publication/Imprint Dates

Most purchases will be recently published works although out of print works will also be considered. Retrospective projects conducted between faculty members and the subject librarians will be considered as well depending upon available budget, collection priorities, the time involved and the project scope.

6.  Place of Publication

All academic publishers’ works are considered.  However, some publishers’ works will tend to be purchased more than others.  For Spanish, Puvil and Peter Lang are top publishers.  Distributors include Puvil , Schoenhoff’s and BNA. In all cases, the work’s overall quality not just the publisher or its reputation will determine a purchase.

7.  Languages Collected

Works in this field are collected in both English and Spanish.  All secondary works (unless requested by the faculty members) are collected in English.  Primary sources can be collected in other languages. However again, foreign language sources will be collected in translation whenever possible.  If a faculty member requests that a source be acquired in the original language, every effort will be made to get the work as permitted by availability and available funds.

C.      Summary of Subjects Collected and Collecting Levels

These areas are collected here at the WSU Libraries: