Retrospective acquisition of serials to meet new program needs will be extremely selective and limited to the past five years. Document delivery will be used instead to meet these needs whenever feasible. The special needs of the NTID students are considered where relevant. Major published source material appearing in core collection bibliographies or recommended lists , such as the Mathematical Association of America's Library Recommendations for Undergraduate Mathematics, will be included. Pertinent reference sources will also be acquired.
Every effort is made to accommodate faculty requests for specific curriculum related titles.
B. Scholarly Works Material covering the history, practice, and current research in mathematics and statistics is collected. C. Conference Proceedings Very selectively acquired. D. Manuals of Practice Appropriate handbooks are acquired. E. Textbooks Textbooks are not routinely acquired unless useful as general surveys or handbooks for a particular area not otherwise represented, or as requested by a faculty member. G. Government Documents Government publications are acquired when the content is appropriate to the subject scope of the collection, in particular, selected publications of the National Institute of Standards and Technology are acquired.