Unfortunately for the purposes of this document, far more is included than excluded from the list. We must collect aggressively, albeit selectively, in all of the subdisciplines, world areas, and topics outlined above if we are to encourage independent student investigations leading to oral presentations and term papers within the various courses we teach. Some economies can be achieved through deselection, though these decisions are rarely easy and there are no fixed criteria that can be universally employed in deciding what resources to continue and which ones to delete. Ideally, we would like access to the Human Relations Area File on microfiche or CD as this is an important source of cross-cultural comparative data that students could use in research projects. Most of us employ films as an integral part of our courses, thus requiring substantial additions to audiovisual holdings.
Slides are also important parts of archaeological classes.
Most of the transparencies currently in use are the property of the individuals offering the relevant courses. Maps of various world areas are also crucial teaching aids. We do need, however, to collect some relevant sources in Spanish if only because Spanish studies majors taking anthropology courses to complete their course of study need to draw on references in that language for term papers and other research projects. Further, some information on Latin America is only available in Spanish language publications. The only region excluded from the list is Oceania, including Australia.