The collection is considered to be significant within a discipline. The collection is more than an area of strength in a broader subject field. The collection is a research-level collection. It is intended to include all important reference works and a wide selection of specialized monographs, as well as a very extensive collection of journals and major indexing and abstracting services in the field. Pertinent foreign language materials are included.
Older material is retained for historical research.
The collection is a comprehensive-level collection. This level of collecting intensity is one in which the aim, if not the achievement, is exhaustiveness. Criteria for Exclusions Predominantly manuscript collections. Collections such as a university archives that might be expected to be found at a particular institution, and local history collections relating to a community which are presumed to be held in that community, are excluded. Regional history collections that encompass more than one community, and those dealing with large municipalities might be included.