The Eastern European studies collection is built through the efforts of the subject librarians and liaisons administering the above-cited funds. It is coordinated by the library faculty member charged with administering the Eastern European endowment. Eastern European studies are interdisciplinary and collections built in their support elude neatly ordered Library of Congress classifications. The collection is built in part through the Blackwell North America approval plan, which covers major scholarly publishers and university presses. It is supported with history, government, business, economics, and sociology funds, as well as with a modest East European endowment.
Gifts contribute to the collection on a sporadic basis.