Collection Scope

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Collection Scope

This collection development policy is a blanket policy which covers all the materials collected by the library. The library's holdings are divided into several collections with a specific purpose behind each. These collections may also have a more specific policy which describes additional guidelines specific to that collection. The collections held by the library include:

Alumni Authors Collection
First Floor

Audio/Visual Materials
Second Floor

Bound Periodicals
Second Floor

Books
Third and Fourth Floors

Community Engagement Collection
First Floor
Books about leadership, policy, civic engagement, and more

Recreational Collection
First Floor
Books and other materials for personal development or leisure reading

Faculty Authors Collection
First Floor

Juvenile Collection
Second Floor

Juvenile Historical Collection
Second Floor
Juvenile books that have been identified as having historical value and are, generally, only allowed to be checked out by UM-Dearborn students, faculty, and staff.

Library-funded electronic resources
Online

Loanable technology
Library Info Desk
The library may have items such as binoculars, calculators, chromebooks, digital cameras, GPS units, laboratory goggles, noise-canceling earmuffs, power cords, etc. that can be checked out.

Open Access / Open Educational Resources
Online | Policy

Reference Collection
First Floor

Working Collection
First Floor
Materials purchased for library staff to support their job. These materials generally do not circulate outside of the library

Collections Not Covered by This Collection Development Policy (Out of Scope)
Collections	Collection Housed in the Library?	Collection included in the library's catalog?
Armenian Research Center	No	Yes
CEHHS Curriculum Knowledge Center	No	Yes
Literature, Philosophy, and Arts Audio/Visual Collection	No	Yes
Stamelos Gallery Center	Partially	No
UM-Dearborn Campus Archive	Yes	Partially
Voice/Vision Holocaust Survivor Archive	Yes	Yes

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