Economics Collection Development Policy

The economics collection supports the teaching, learning, research, needs for economic information, and other related service activities of the entire university community. Its primary users are faculty, staff, and students of the Economics Department in the College of Business Administration (CBA). Its essential focus is support for the undergraduate and graduate curricula for economics. The collection is supplemented through interlibrary loan services whenever special curriculum and research needs of economics faculty and students arise. Although the collection is not developed for the general public and community users, they may benefit from the collection for their information needs. The main focus of the collection are works classified in Library of Congress call numbers HB (Economic theory and demography), HC (Economic history and conditions), and HD (Economic development), however, curriculum and research needs of economics are substantially supported by works classified in statistics, finance, and other business related areas

Economics Collection Development Policy

The economics collection supports the teaching, learning, research, needs for economic information, and other related service activities of the entire university community. Its primary users are faculty, staff, and students of the Economics Department in the College of Business Administration (CBA). Its essential focus is support for the undergraduate and graduate curricula for economics. The collection is supplemented through interlibrary loan services whenever special curriculum and research needs of economics faculty and students arise. Although the collection is not developed for the general public and community users, they may benefit from the collection for their information needs. The main focus of the collection are works classified in Library of Congress call numbers HB (Economic theory and demography), HC (Economic history and conditions), and HD (Economic development), however, curriculum and research needs of economics are substantially supported by works classified in statistics, finance, and other business related areas

EBSCO Library of Congress Classification Report 2012

This report lists all periodicals subscribed to in 2012 through EBSCO Subscription Services by the University Libraries, University of Rhode Island. Information provided includes title, ISSN, Library of Congress Classification number and name, and account number (for URI, Pell, or CCE). The list is sorted by LC Classification to better show the journals that support each discipline/subject area. Not included here are titles available through online journal packages and reference databases, which now comprise the majority of the Libraries\u27 subscriptions. The journals listed here are those to which the Libraries subscribe to individually, title-by-title, through EBSCO

EBSCO Library of Congress Classification Report 2011

This report lists all periodicals subscribed to in 2011 through EBSCO Subscription Services by the University Libraries, University of Rhode Island. Information provided includes title, ISSN, Library of Congress Classification number and name, and subscriber (URI, Pell, or CCE). The list is sorted by LC Classification to better show the journals that support each discipline/subject area. Not included here are titles available through online journal packages and reference databases, which now comprise the majority of the Libraries\u27 subscriptions. The journals listed here are those to which the Libraries subscribe to individually, title-by-title

EBSCO Library of Congress Classification Report 2010

This report lists all periodicals subscribed to in 2010 through EBSCO Subscription Services by the University Libraries, University of Rhode Island. Information provided includes title, ISSN, Library of Congress Classification number and name, and subscriber (URI, Pell, or CCE). The list is sorted by LC Classification to better show the journals that support each discipline/subject area. Not included here are titles available through online journal packages and reference databases, which now comprise the majority of the Libraries\u27 subscriptions. The journals listed here are those to which the Libraries subscribe to individually, title-by-title

Students in Transition: The Library Of Congress Classification System as Initiation

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Medieval and Renaissance Collection Development Policy

The Medieval and Renaissance Studies collections support the teaching, research, and service activities of the entire university community. The primary audience is the faculty and students in the College of Arts & Sciences, the Hixson-Lied College of Fine and Performing Arts, and the College of Architecture. The primary focus of the collections is support for the undergraduate and graduate curricula for Medieval and Renaissance Studies. Research needs of faculty and students are supplemented through Interlibrary Loan. Although the collection also benefits other citizens of the state of Nebraska, materials are not purchased with them in mind. Because of the multi-disciplinary nature of Medieval and Renaissance Studies, the collections may be classified in most of the Library of Congress call numbers in the social sciences, arts, and humanities, and to a lesser extent, the sciences and technology

Use It or Lose It!: Results of a Use Study of the Print Sources in an Academic Library reference collection.

Describes a use study of a reference collection, which found that 7.1 percent of total volumes in the reference collection were used over the course of the fall semester

Discovering Jewish Studies Collections in Academic Libraries: A Practical Guide

The U.S. colleges and universities offering non-sectarian educational programs in Jewish Studies rely on the support of their academic libraries for research materials and library services. For college libraries which use Library of Congress Classification scheme, it is a common practice to integrate studies resources into their general library collections. Since Jewish Studies sources span a vast number of subjects within all major disciplines, shelving integration leads to the dispersion of all relevant sources and such dispersion in turn leads to a variety of problems for library professionals and library users. For collection development librarians the problems range from lack of information about collection\u27s size, strengths or weaknesses, and for library users interested in browsing the collection, dispersion of subjects creates a major roadblock. This practical guide aims at providing a solution to such problems. By identifying all relevant Library of Congress call numbers and the corresponding Library of Congress subject headings, the guide offers a simplified access to Jewish Studies sources in general library collections. It is arranged by four major discipline: Arts & Humanities, Social Sciences, Sciences, and General Works & Bibliographies. Within each discipline, specific LC call number ranges and corresponding subjects are listed. The subjects are further subdivided and precisely identified. The guide will assist collection development librarians, library liaisons, grants and fundraising professionals and especially the Jewish Studies faculty and students, in identifying and locating relevant sources

A Comprehensive Approach to Algorithmic Machine Sorting of Library of Congress Call Numbers

This paper details an approach for accurately machine sorting Library of Congress (LC) call numbers which improves considerably upon other methods reviewed. The authors have employed this sorting method in creating an open-source software tool for library stacks maintenance, possibly the first such application capable of sorting the full range of LC call numbers. The method has potential application to any software environment that stores and retrieves LC call number information