German will be the primary language of the collection. Translations of classic works into English may be collected to augment the collection but should not replace seminal texts in original German. German works translated into a language other than English should not be collected. Works of criticism should be in German or English. Current German language is emphasized.
Literature has no chronological limitations.
Germany is emphasized but other German-speaking countries are not excluded. Emphasis will also be placed on building areas of the collection, which support the research needs of faculty. Self-teaching books, textbooks and readers will be selectively acquired. New editions of German language grammars and dictionaries should be collected. A representative collection of desk-sized or concise dictionaries should be available in the general collection as well as a few to accompany the major unabridged dictionaries in the reference collection.