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Welcome to the Vassar College Libraries Collection Management Resource. This site is designed to assist faculty, librarians, students, and donors in the decision-making processes that comprise the cooperative building of the Vassar Libraries collections. Listed below are policies, guidelines, and other materials that have been collected to provide a framework for maintaining the breadth, depth, continuity, flexibility, and excellence of the library collections.

For more information about Vassar Library's collection development program, contact Debra Bucher, Collection Development Librarian, debucher@vassar.edu, 845-437-5763.

Policies & Guidelines

• All-Library Collection Management Policy Statement
• Serials Management Committee Documents (Policy, Request Form, Evaluation Guide)
• Mission Statement of Vassar College
• American Library Association Levels of Collection Density and Collecting Intensity
• Librarian Liaisons to Academic Departments & Programs
• Approval Plans
• Procedures for Ordering New Materials
• Status of Materials in the Online Catalog
• Acquisitions and Cataloging: Illustrated Description of the Order Process
• Collection Development Committee
• Serials Management Committee
• Vassar College Library Gift Policy: How to Donate to the Vassar Libraries Collections
• Collection Preservation Policy and Program Description

Tools & Reports

• Vassar Libraries Catalog
• Online Citation Sources: Books in Print, Webcat, Library of Congress
• Publishers, University Presses, Booksellers Online --> See Online Citation Sources:
• Online Book Review Resources
• Publishing Statistics, Book & Serial Trade Information
• Universal Currency Converter
• Collection Development Discussion Lists
• Arts of the Book Links