Collection Development Manual

1 Introduction

• 1.0 Introduction to the Library's Collection Development Manual (PDF, 291KB)

2 Principles

• 2.0 Collection Development Principles (PDF, 212KB)

3 Practices

3.1 General

• 3.1.1 Budget Allocation (PDF, 470KB)
• 3.1.2 Clients (PDF, 310KB)
• 3.1.3 Policy deleted
• 3.1.4 Selection of Information Resources (PDF, 281KB)
• 3.1.5 Open Access Publishing (PDF, 231KB)
• 3.1.6 Accessibility of Information Resources (PDF, 285KB)

3.2 Subscriptions

• 3.2.1 Electronic Books (PDF, 292KB)
• 3.2.2 Serials including Online Databases (PDF, 398KB)
• 3.2.3 Videos (PDF, 286KB)

3.3 One-off Purchases

• 3.3.1 Books (PDF, 250KB)
• 3.3.2 Non-book Resources (PDF, 276KB)
• 3.3.3 Policy deleted

3.4 Digital Repository

• 3.4.1 QUT Digital Collections (PDF, 274KB)
• 3.4.2 QUT Theses (PDF, 220KB)
• 3.4.3 QUT ePrints (PDF, 255KB)
• 3.4.4 Sugar Industry Collection (PDF, 30KB)
• 3.4.5 Queensland Law Collection (PDF, 147KB)
• 3.4.6 Research Data Collection (PDF, 260KB)
• 3.4.7 Open Access eJournal Hosting Service (PDF, 246KB)

3.5 Donations and Free Materials

• 3.5.1 Donations (PDF, 71KB)
• 3.5.2 Discovery of OA Resources (PDF, 76KB)
• 3.5.3 Policy deleted

3.6 Collections

• 3.6.1 Course Reserve Collection (PDF, 254KB)
• 3.6.2 Course Materials Database (PDF, 62KB)
• 3.6.3 Policy deleted
• 3.6.4 Policy deleted
• 3.6.5 Policy deleted
• 3.6.5a Special Collecting Areas: Australian Children's Literature Collection (PDF, 133KB)
• 3.6.5b Special Collecting Areas: Curriculum (PDF, 83KB)
• 3.6.5c Special Collecting Areas: International College (PDF, 308KB)
• 3.6.5d Special Collecting Areas: Maps (PDF, 138KB)
• 3.6.5e Special Collecting Areas: Music (PDF, 147KB)
• 3.6.5f Special Collecting Areas: Newspapers (PDF, 105KB)
• 3.6.5g Special Collecting Areas: Indigenous Studies (PDF, 143KB)
• 3.6.5h Special Collecting Areas: Rare Materials (PDF, 66KB)
• 3.6.5i Special Collecting Areas: Scholarship of Teaching (PDF, 46KB)
• 3.6.5j Policy deleted
• 3.6.5k Special Collecting Areas: Cilento (PDF, 271KB)
• 3.6.5l Special Collecting Areas: Whitworth (PDF, 158KB)

4 Collection Management

• 4.1 Binding and Repair (PDF, 63KB)
• 4.2 Call Numbers and Classification (PDF, 264KB)
• 4.3 Policy deleted
• 4.4 Collection Development Statistics (PDF, 179KB)
• 4.5 Collection Evaluation - Monographs (Print) (PDF, 84KB)
• 4.6 Collection Valuation (PDF, 200KB)
• 4.7 Policy deleted
• 4.8 Missing Items (PDF, 231KB)
• 4.9 Policy deleted
• 4.10 Stocktake (PDF, 205KB)
• 4.11 Collection Damage (PDF, 204KB)
• 4.12 Deselection and Physical Collections Strategy (PDF, 549KB)
• 4.13 Reducing Physical Collections (PDF, 220KB)
• 4.14 Shelving Standards (PDF, 116KB)

5 Collection Services

• 5.1 High Use Material (PDF, 38KB)
• 5.2 Document Delivery (PDF, 292KB)

6 Branch Libraries

• 6.1 Policy deleted
• 6.2 Gardens Point Library (PDF, 208KB)
• 6.3 Kelvin Grove Library (PDF, 225KB)
• 6.4 QUT Law Library (PDF, 89KB)
• 6.5 Policy deleted
• 6.6 QUT Library Store (PDF, 281KB)

7 Templates

• 7.1 Template deleted
• 7.2 Template deleted

8 Records of decisions

• 8.0 Template deleted