Some material in German and Spanish is also collected, depending on the subject content. Translations of significant foreign language works into English or French are sought after. Retrospective collecting is carried out in the areas of accounting history, company history, economic classics, works of classical economists, or to rectify neglected areas. Books, journals, electronic databases, Canadian corporate annual reports, selected Statistics Canada publications, and selected provincial and U.S. federal documents are collected. Retrospective purchasing is confined to replacing important monographs which have deteriorated or disappeared.
Scholarly treatment is emphasized.
Textbooks and introductory works are not normally acquired unless course-oriented. The definitions of levels are from the American Library Association's Guide for Written Collection Policy Statements , 1989. The subject headings and arrangement of topics have been compiled locally, with additional guidance from the Core Collection of the Baker Library, Harvard University. Government documents and statistical materials are collected in co-operation with the Government Documents Department. There is occasional liaison with bibliographers at the Health Sciences Library on matters of selection in the fields of health care and hospital management.