Monash University Library
Collection Development Policy

Overview

1. Introduction
2. Purpose
3. Scope
4. Monash University - a brief history
5. The library
6. Access
7. Collection development processes and responsibilities
8. Library collection acquisitions budget
9. Definition of collecting levels
10. Branch library collections
11. Faculty, school or department subject policies
12. Co-operative relationships with other libraries
13. Amending and updating the policy

General policies

1. Multiple copies and course materials
2. Formats
3. Donations
4. Retention and weeding
5. Preservation
6. Unpublished materials

Related procedures and documents

1. Electronic resources purchase principles
2. Selecting websites
3. Criteria for digitising library collection materials
4. Print vs electronic policy – 2000 report

Faculty policies

• Art and design
• Arts
  • Australian Indigenous Studies
  • English, Communications, and Performance Studies
  • Geography and Environmental Science
  • Historical Studies
  • Humanities, Communications and Social Sciences
  • Languages, Cultures and Linguistics
  • Music - Conservatorium
  • Philosophy, and Bioethics
  • Political and Social Inquiry
• Business and economics
  • Accounting and Finance
  • Business Law and Taxation
  • Econometrics and Business Statistics
  • Economics
  • Management
  • Marketing
• Education
• Engineering
  • Applied Sciences and Engineering
  • Chemical Engineering
  • Civil Engineering
  • Electrical and Computer Systems Engineering
  • Mechanical Engineering
  • Materials Engineering
• Information technology
• Law
• Medicine, nursing and health sciences
  • Psychology
• Science
  • Applied Sciences and Engineering
  • Biological Sciences
  • Chemistry
  • Geosciences
  • Mathematical Sciences
  • Physics
• Victorian College of Pharmacy

Special collection policies

• Asian Studies Research Collection
  • Melbourne Centre for Japanese Language Education Collection
• Rare Books Collection
  • Monash authors collection
• Laura and Israel Kipen Judaica Collection
  • Giligich Yiddish Collection
• Vera Bradford Music Collection

• Map Collection
• Monash University theses
• Newspaper collection
• Pacific Law Collection
• Standards