An Annotated Catalog of Unpublished Film and Television Scripts at the University of Illinois Library at Urbana-Champaign. English is the dominant language of the collection. Materials in Western Europe languages are also collected in varying degrees of intensity. Materials in Slavic and Eastern European languages and materials in Asian and Middle Eastern languages are collected only in cooperation with the Slavic and Eastern European Library and the Asian Library, respectively. English language books on foreign cinema are acquired by the English Library, whereas works in Western European languages are acquired by the Modern Languages and Linguistics Library.
Emphasis is on scholarly treatment rather than popularization, textbooks, and children's literature.
The Undergraduate Library normally collects more popular treatments and the Education and Social Sciences Library collects children's literature for its School Collection. Emphasis is on materials that offer a critical or historical approach to the film as a work of art or a dramatic narrative. The Art and Architecture Library collects works on cinematography and the Undergraduate Library collects extensively biographies of actors and actresses as well as directors and producers. The Communications Library selects materials on the history of the film industry and the political economy of the film. Appropriate primary and secondary works, and bibliographic, and reference materials are acquired.