As a depository for Canadian federal, Ontario provincial, United Nations and European Union, the Government Documents Unit has a responsibility to receive, organize and make accessible to the public in general and the Queen's community in particular, the publications of these organizations. The Documents Unit in Stauffer Library is responsible for developing the government documents collection needed by humanities and social sciences departments, the School of Policy Studies, the School of Urban and Regional Planning, and the School of Environment Studies, as well as for acquiring interdisciplinary material. This means that Stauffer houses some government publications which are also used by those working in pure and applied science, education, health sciences, and law. Documents of exclusive interest to particular disciplines may be routed to or acquired separately for the regular stack collections.
Duplication is avoided except in cases of anticipated heavy use.
English and French are the preferred languages. Some other countries, like India, Pakistan, France, etc. are also represented. Queen's is a depository for Canadian federal government publications. Since fewer publications are provided free than in the past, this requires vigilance to ensure we buy the necessary additional material. A preliminary list DLI files is appended to this policy statement.