Preserve, promote and develop for the benefit of research those parts of the national heritage within its care. Collaborate with other institutions to increase and improve the information resource which may be made available. Make its resources available beyond the immediate academic community to the extent consistent with its primary responsibilities to the University. 3.2 Selection Materials to support current teaching and research are selected primarily by subject librarians and academic staff. Subject librarians base their selection on the known teaching and research priorities of their departments.
Priority is given to the purchase of material for undergraduate and taught postgraduate courses.
Material to support research is acquired selectively, as resources allow. Other materials, such as those in the Department of Special Collections, maps and official publications, are selected by library staff according to collection development strategies devised and reviewed within the Library and recommendations from users of the collections. Reference and bibliographic materials are selected primarily by library staff on the basis of the research and teaching interests of academic staff and student demand. The decision on whether to acquire expensive items may be influenced by their availability in another library within a reasonable distance. Purchase Most contemporary materials are bought from the University block grant allocated by the University Management Group to the Library and subsequently distributed to faculties.