Library materials include books, pamphlets, documents, periodicals, maps, microforms, audiovisual materials, software, online databases, and artifacts. Reprints and microforms are considered as current publications. Holdings of other area libraries will be considered when selecting subject areas for intensive collection or large purchase items. Consideration will be given to both the privileges and responsibilities of cooperative acquisition plans and interlibrary loan procedures. The number of copies of any title shall be dependent upon demand by patrons and the size of the population served.
Demand is a valid factor in materials selection.
Materials that receive poor reviews may be purchased if there is demonstrated local demand. For the purposes of this policy, demonstrated local demand is interpreted as three individual written requests for the item. While the Library is sympathetic to the needs of students, it is not the responsibility of the Library to provide curriculum-supportive materials for them. The Library will not purchase text books except in cases where no other material on a given subject exists or where the demand of the patrons is greater than can be met by the existing collections. Materials that should not be acquired or added to the collection are literature in languages not justified by community needs, religious materials designed to be used for proselytizing, or purely propagandistic literature.