The library staff will not place on reserve any materials which do not meet the above guidelines. For more information about Copyright and Fair Use Guidelines see our copyright guide. Each department does have a professional librarian as a liaison to assist faculty with book selection and collection development. The library's collection development policy describes how selection is done. The library materials budget is divided among departments by the Library Director and each department chair is responsible for using this allocation to build a collection which supports the curriculum taught by the department.
Most chairs encourage all faculty in the department to make recommendations.
This report is given to the department chairs and interested faculty can ask their department chair for information pertaining to their budget amounts. All orders for the fiscal year must be submitted to the library by February 28 th of each year. The librarians recommend that faculty use selection tools such as Choice magazine and professional journals in your subject area. Choice and many subject specific journals are available in the library. Each spring Choice publishes a highly recommended list of titles for academic libraries divided by subject areas.