The mathematics and statistics collection primarily serves undergraduate mathematics and statistics majors and mathematics and statistics faculty. Engineering, computer science, and imaging science faculty and students as well as faculty and graduate students of the Center for Quality and Applied Statistics also use the collection. Students and faculty in other sciences make some use of the collection as well. The collection contains more advanced materials in applications, statistics, and computational mathematics than the traditional undergraduate mathematics collection. Although emphasis is on current developments, older materials are relevant.
Emphasis is on English language materials.
Necessary titles not available in English are acquired. Foreign language-English language mathematics dictionaries are necessary for foreign students. Date of Publication General emphasis for acquisition of new titles is on current publications in all subject areas. Mathematical materials retain their relevance for a long time. Retrospective acquisition of serials to meet new program needs will be extremely selective and limited to the past five years.