Guidelines and best practices for assessing SU Libraries' collections for support of graduate-level research. Also included are examples of collection development policies that we found to better identify undergraduate vs. graduate research collections. It is recommended for liaisons to meet with their graduate faculty or graduate program coordinators to determine the basic needs and preferences of faculty and students when it comes to collection development (format, types of resources, subject emphases, etc.).
Please consider the following talking points when discussing the Libraries' level
of graduate research support with your graduate program faculty or program coordinators
Examples of collection development policies
Papers discussing collection assessment
Papers discussing collection assessment
Papers discussing collection assessment