Collection Development Handbook Table of Contents

Section I - Introduction

Section II - Collection Management Policy

• Levels of Development
• Priorities of Collection Development
• Guidelines for Assesment
• Collection Management Challenges
• Summery

Section III - General Collection Policies and Guidelines

• Abstracts and Indexes
• Approval Plan
• Curriculum Materials
• Disposal of Discarded Library Materials
• Dissertations
• Electronic Resources
• Faculty Authored Books
• Gifts
• Government Publications
• Laboratory Manuals, Workbooks, etc.
• Map Collections
• Microforms
• Newspapers
• Nonprint Media
• Periodicals
• Reference Collection
• Resource Sharing/Interlibrary Loan
• Special Collections
• Textbooks
• Thesis
• Weeding and Replacements

Section IV - Subject Selection Policies

• General Guidelines
• Aghriculture
• Anthropology
• Art
• Biological Sciences
• Business Administration
• Center for International Studies
• Center for Mulicultural and Gender Studies
• Chemistry
• Child Development
• Communications
• Computer Science
• Construction Management
• Economics
• Education/Professional Studies in Education
• Engineering, Civil, Computer, Electrical/Electronic, Mechanical and Mechatronic
• English
• Foreign Languages and Literatures
• Geography and Planning
• Geological and Enviromental
• Health and Gerontology
• History
• Kinesiology
• Manufacturing Technology
• Mathmatics and Statistics
• Music
• Nursing
• Philosophy
• Physics
• Political Science
• Professional Studies in Education
• Psychology
• Recreation Administration
• Religious Studies
• Social Science
• Social Work
• Sociology
• Theatre Arts

Section V - Library Rights

• Library Bill of Rights

Section VI - Library Planning

• Library Strategic Plan

Introduction

This document is a collection of the written policies that govern the development and maintenance of the Meriam Library's collections. It outlines current collecting practices and future collection goals. It is a communication tool among librarians, faculty, and staff. The policies are designed to:

• 1. Encourage consistency and cohesiveness for all collection development programs.
• 2. Improve library efficiency by providing a policy basis for most decisions.
• 3. Interpret collection practices and procedures to library users.
• 4. Establish goals.
• 5. Provide guidelines for selection philosophy.

Selectors are encouraged to peruse and apply the policies pertaining to their areas of interest. Revision of the Handbook will be prompted by programmatic changes or the introduction of newer technologies which significantly effect the generative activity stemming from current policies.

Collection Management Policy

This statement establishes basic policy of the Meriam Library at California State University, Chico, for the development, maintenance, assessment, and preservation of the library's collections. This policy replaces previous statements and draft goals.

The role of collection management in the University Library is to build and shape collections and to provide access to resources, both local and remote. The management of the collection is the responsibility of the library faculty in consultation with the teaching faculty, the library administration providing support for these efforts.

Collection management provides support for improved access to the library's collection of materials and more effective selection methods through the development of policy statements, collection assessment plans, and procedural guidelines. The selection, acquisition, and discarding of library materials follow guidelines which have been constructed by library and teaching faculty. Periodic assessment of the collection is done to ensure that the library is meeting the demands of its users. Recognizing the increasing strain on resources, a consciously established rationale for priorities in collection management becomes mandatory. Technological advances in information retrieval and distribution offer the promise of improved resource sharing and access to a wider variety of information.

Levels of Development

The University library must provide ready access to print, nonprint, and electronic materials in support of varied undergraduate, graduate, and faculty research and teaching programs. As a major regional resource, the library supports the principle of open access to its collections by the community and region.

While materials are provided on most subjects, collections are basically reflections of the teaching and research needs of the faculty and students. Following the American Library Association (ALA) Guidelines for Collection Development (Chicago, 1979). the California State University, Chico, collection can be classed as "advanced study level" in most subject areas, and "minimal", "basic level". or "research level" in certain peripheral categories.

These codes, which are defined below, are designed to identify both the extent of current holdings in a. given subject area (collection density) and the extent of current collecting activity in the field (collection intensity):

A. Comprehensive Level

A collection in which a library endeavors, so far as is reasonably possible, to include all significant works of recorded knowledge (publications, manuscripts, other forms) for a defined field. This level of collecting intensity is that which maintains a "special collection"; the aim, if not the achievement, is exhaustiveness.

B. Research Level

A collection which includes the major published source materials required for dissertation and independent research, including materials containing research reporting new findings, scientific experimental results, and other information useful to researchers. It also includes all important reference works and a wide selection of specialized monographs, as well as an extensive collection of journals and major indexing and abstracting services in the field.

C. Instructional Support Level

A collection which is adequate to support the course work of advanced undergraduate and master's degree programs, or sustained independent study; that is, a collection which is adequate to maintain knowledge of a subject required for limited or generalized purposes, of less than research intensity. It includes a wide range of basic monographs, both current and retrospective, complete collections of the works of more important writers, selections from the works of secondary writers, a selection of representative journals, and the reference tools and fundamental bibliographic apparatus pertaining to the subject.

D. Basic Level

A highly selective collection which serves to introduce and define the subject and to indicate the varieties of information available elsewhere. It includes major dictionaries and encyclopedias, selected editions of important works, historical surveys, important bibliographies, and a few major periodicals in the field.

E. Minimal Level

A subject area in which few selections are made beyond very basic works.

Priorities in Collection Developement

The library must be committed to a rationale-based program with consciously decided priorities to govern daily collection decisions. Budgets are stretched to the limits by both soaring prices and expanding program demands. The most important priorities must be:

• 1. To support the daily preparation and supplementations of the university's curriculum. The library must have basic monographic strength and reasonable journal representation to provide a balance for both undergraduate and graduate courses offered by the university. In addition, nonprint media in all formats should be acquired when appropriate.
• 2. To support current research programs related to the curriculum and to support professional research as financial resources allow. To this extent, resource sharing and alternative means of acquiring resources should be encouraged.
• 3. To build support for anticipated instructional programs already approved by the university.

Other collection needs can be considered once the above priorities have been satisfied.

Guidelines for Assesments

Assessment is the process of analyzing the extent to which the collection meets user needs. ALA Standards included two elements of collection assessment: selection and removal.

Analysis and evaluation of the methods of selection, such as approval plan profiles and standing order plans, can provide insight into the Library's effectiveness in optimizing the relationship between the costs, selection, and use of materials.

By studying the use of the collection, the library can evaluate whether to retain or remove materials and if removed to delegated to compact storage, conversion of microform, or discard status.

Assessments of entire subject areas are usually undertaken in response to a problem of use and maintenance. Such evaluations typically identify areas of high and low circulation, costs, and user access to alternative titles or formats. Once such areas have been identified, a conscientious program of improving user accessibility is undertaken.

Assessment programs which include removal of library materials will involve consultation among subject specialist librarians, collection development librarians, and faculty in the disciplines affected by the assessment.

Criterial for assessment should include the following procedural elements:

• A. Determining the most appropriate methods for maintaining high levels of user access.
• B. Determining what might be needed at future dates by faculty and students.
• C. Determining what is no longer useful.

Assessments may result in added copies and titles in some high and low use areas being purchased. Poor quality, dated, or misleading materials may be deleted or assigned to storage. Approval plan profiles may be altered, and periodical holdings may be increased or converted to microform. Ultimately, the dynamics of the University community should be reflected in the ability of the library to maximize the effectiveness of each dollar spent on new titles and the maintenance and preservation of older materials.

Collection Management Challenges

Both the contents and controls of collections have altered drastically in the past few years. As a result, the library must address some of these collection management situations:

Document Delivery

With the advent of numerous document delivery services, the library must choose service(s) which provide fast and reasonably priced access to the most useful subset of journal titles. Questions regarding cost subsidy, document transmission, copyright, and equipment needs must be considered.

Electronic Journals and Books

With the increase of online journals, ebooks and online databases, the library must make careful choices as to how it will receive subscriptions and monographs.

Archival storage, readability, and access to equipment are just some of the issues raised by this new technology.

Space Needs

The crisis in shelving space will not be easily resolved. Converting materials to microform, reorganizing the library to introduce compact storage, reducing seating capacity, conducting large scale deselection projects, and improving resource sharing are all possible solutions. Remote access to both monographic and serial resources should be examined. All are expensive and all constitute barriers to user acceptance.

Preservation

The inferior quality of high acid paper is a challenge to be faced in academic libraries. While present methods of preservation are inadequate and expensive, the role of alternative methods of selection and removal of these deteriorating materials must be examined. Preservation of nonprint materials, such as photographs, are being addressed through digital imaging.

Resource Sharing

With most libraries continuing to experience shrinking budgets and higher costs for both books and periodicals, new ways of meeting user needs by cooperative efforts and planning need to be explored on a continuing basis.

Multimedia

Selection of multimedia requires special knowledge of format and its potential use by the library community. Multimedia may have special storage space and equipment requirements.

Summery

Collection management is a complex, dynamic process requiring professional direction that is based upon expertise and experience with improving methods of evaluation and technical tools. The library faculty is responsible for maintaining and improving user access through collection management, utilizing consultation with faculty and students.

The Collection Development Committee addresses the challenges in implementing the policies in this document. Through the process of writing a general policy, planning specific programs of collection management, and developing procedural guidelines, the Committee expects to provide significant, continuing contributions to the library's service goals.

General Collection Policies and Guidelines

Abstracts and Indexes

Recognizing the value of reference materials in all defined areas of study the library attempts to acquire those abstracting and indexing services that support instruction and research. Those who request standing orders and subscriptions for indexes and abstracts should use the following criteria:

Duplication

Significant overlap (50% or more) of coverage with other library index services indicates the need for considerable investigation before purchase.

Unique Indexing

While overlaps may be significant, there may be unique features that greatly enhance the use of the index such as short publication lag time, key word indexing, etc.

Subject Assessment

Indexes should be purchased on a level appropriate to the patterns of collecting levels in the subject area.

Usage

Realistic appraisal must be given to the probable use of the index and to the relationship of cost to use.

Electronic Access

Many indexes are now available simultaneously on paper, and online. Consideration should be given to price, added-value search capabilities, usage, and equipment requirements when choosing between the various formats.

Approval Plan

Because it is essential to acquire a large portion of recently published academic books in subjects relevant to the university's program in a timely fashion, the library encourages participation in appropriate approval plans. An approval program can provide breadth, depth, and currency to the collection.

Criteria for evaluating such plans include:

• 1. Timely shipments of new books without need to identify and order individual titles.
• 2. Comprehensiveness of coverage according to profile.
• 3. Reasonable discounts and book prices.
• 4. Delivery of appropriate books in good condition.
• 5. Willingness of jobber to modify approval profiles, accept returns, and provide management reports.
• 6. Positive annual evaluations of profiles and performance by collection developers in consultation with the faculty.
• 7. Ability to interface with the automated acquisitions systems.

Collection development librarians and teaching faculty are responsible for making purchase decisions on approval books within their areas of expertise.

Curriculum Materials

The Curriculum, Materials Collection contains a collection of print and nonprint instructional material for use with pre-school, elementary and secondary school children. Emphasis is on practical materials shuch as textbooks, children's books, curriculum guides, multimedia kits, games and other manipulative materials which can be used in K-12 ckassrooms. The collection is a resource for students in the University's teacher credential programs and for teachers and other adults working with children.

Source

• a. Current elementary and secondary school textbooks, including California StateAdopted textbooks and kits.

• a. Fearon Pitman Curriculum Guides from school districts throughout the country including California Curriculum Guides.

• a. Filmstrips, games, multimedia kits, tapes, etc.

• a. Naturescope and Ranger Rick magazines.

• a. Multiple copies of all current Frameworks.

• a. Ecyclopedias, bibliographies of children's literature and instructional materials, guides to free materials, etc.

• a. Fiction and Nonfiction books for children and young adults.
• b. Picture books for young children.
• c. Multiple copies of Caldecott and Newbery Award books.

• a. Curriculum related pamphlets and miscellaneous resource materials for teachers or students.

• a. Mounted pictures suitable for bulletin boards or classroom displays.

• a. The Teacher Education (TE) classification is arranged by subject and grade level and contains handbooks and books filled with activities for Preschool-grade 12.

Criteria

Purchase of material appropriate to the collection is considered when it meets one or more of the following criteria:

• 1. Item is intended for use by a student or teacher in an elementary or high school class.
• 2. Item supports the curriculum of the Education Department or a class in another Department related to teacher education.
• 3. Item provides standard reference information of specific interest to teachers.
• 4. Item has been requested professional by a professor, student, teacher, or Library Collection Development staff.

Disposal of Discarded Library Materials

After collection development librarians, in consultation with the teaching faculty, have identified which materials are no longer needed in the Meriam Library collections, disposal of the material is necessary. The Office of the Chancellor memorandum LSD 81-24/BA 81-44 allows state university libraries, keeping disposal costs at a minimum, to use local discretion to recycle, trash, or destroy said materials or they may be sold to the general public, i.e., students, faculty, campus personnel, and citizens at large, at open non-exclusive local campus book sales. All proceeds shall be used to purchase library replacement collection material.

Given these options, it is recommended that the following procedures be adopted:

A. Books and Periodicals

• 1. Discarded materials and unwanted gifts may be sent to Campus Property Management for disposal or given to the Friends of the Library to be sold at their book sales.
• 2. All library materials bearing California State University, Chico, property stamps shall be clearly marked DISCARDED.

B. Nonprint Resources

• 1. Dispose of nonprint media materials as appropriate for the format of the item discarded.

a. Audio cassettes or video cassettes will follow disposal guidelines set down for printed materials. See section A, part 1.b. Other nonprint materials (e.g., games, kits, slides, sound recordings, transparencies,etc.) will follow disposal guidelines set down for printed materials. See section A, part 1.

Dissertations

Dissertations from other universities will be acquired when needed to support the teaching needs of the university, according to the collection development policy of each academic department or library unit.

Electronic Resources

Introduction

The following policy statement on electronic media reflects the University Library's desire to build collections and improve access to materials through a comprehensive and current collection development policy. It is intended to elaborate on newer technologies which the library is currently using or will use in the future. In keeping with the library's overall collection development policy, material will be collected or accessed based on its intrinsic merits and relevance to the instructional programs at CSU, Chico, regardless of format.

An electronic resource is defined as any resource which requires computer access. Electronic resources may be located either on-site or off-site. Electronic resources include, but are not limited to, citation or full-text information, software and multimedia programs.

On-site means the items (computer discs, tapes, programs, databases, etc.) are housed somewhere on campus, usually in the library but possibly at another campus location such as the Computer Center. These items may be available at one location only (e.g. the library) or may be available at many different campus locations (e.g. computer labs, dorms, classrooms) via the network. In some cases "on-site" items may even be available to students off campus via the internet. On-site refers to an item's location, not necessarily its availability.

Off-site means that access is provided, usually over telephone lines, to data (programs, databases, etc.) that is physically located at a distance from the campus. Examples of off-site databases are Lexis/Nexis, and census files held at other CSU campuses.

Citation databases provide citations to sources of information (books, journal articles, government documents, etc.) rather than the actual text or information. Full-text databases include complete articles, reports, documents, and any other resources which provide actual text and information.

Whether serial or monographic in nature, acquisition of electronic resources must parallel collection development policies currently practiced and stated elsewhere in the Collection Development Policies Handbook. The most important priorities are: a) to support and supplement the CSU, Chico, curriculum; b) to support current research programs related to academic disciplines at CSU, Chico; c) to build support for anticipated instructional needs. Other collection needs can be considered once the above priorities have been satisfied.

Guidelines

Resources which provide unique access to information at the appropriate subject, content and cost levels for our users, and reference tools, such as abstracting and indexing services, that provide access to current and retrospective citations and full-text databases, will receive the highest priority for subscription, purchase, delivery, and access.

The library retains ownership of all materials purchased with library funds, including funds allocated to Colleges, Centers and Departments. Although computer technology and electronic media are evolving at a quick pace, the library will endeavor to invest in hardware and software for electronic resources which are enduring and not transient in nature.

Impact on staff for maintenance, support, and training of new resources will be considered.

Acquisitions

Before ordering, the library will consider the following:

• 1. Has the product been previewed?
• 2. Are the protocols already in use in the Meriam Library or does the resource use similar, easily learned commands and/or protocols?
• 3. Are the equipment and infrastructure for distributing and maintaining the electronic resources already in place? Electronic resources must be compatible with the software/hardware available in the library. Equipment for use and maintenance must be in place before subscription, purchase or access.
• 4. Do copyright and licensing agreements restrict the use of the software or other electronic media? The library will avoid signing licensing agreements restricting the use of electronic products by multiple users. The library will comply with Copyright Law and advise users that responsibility for copying, and any infringement thereof, resides with the user.

Collection Development

Resources will be acquired with the intent of supporting the curriculum.New products which enhance awareness or accessibility of the library's current holdings of journals, books, and other resources will be given priority.

Requesters should consider the following specific criteria when evaluating electronic resources. Elements of evaluation include, but are not exclusive to, these selection criteria:

• * Uniqueness of content, capabilities or features
• * Subject relevance
• * Currency
• * Accuracy, authoritativeness, and completeness of database Cost/benefit considerations
• * Interdisciplinary applications
• * Offers added value over other formats
• * Ease of installation and maintenance
• * Ease of access, use, and instruction
• * Frequency of updates or newer editions
• * Downloading is possible and easily performed
• * Compares favorably with print and other electronic products Availability of archival copies and replacements
• * Reasonable storage and maintenance costs
• * Availability of hardware and workstations to support product Ability to network
• * Availability of user manuals and other documentation Availability of support services by vendor
• * Local staffing to install. maintain, and train users

Definitions

DATA: the encoded representation of facts, ideas, and instructions such that the representations can be processed, communicated, and interpreted by computers, and/or people.

DATABASE: data stored in computer readable form.

MULTIMEDIA PROGRAMS: programs that include images and sound digitized and made accessible via computers.

OPTICAL DISK (LASER-OPTICAL DISK): a data storage device that is characterized by high storage density and low cost per data unit. The technology includes analog video disk, optical disk (WORM & OROM), and compact disks (CD-ROM). WORM disks are write-once-and-read- many disks while CD-ROM and OROM are optical read-only devices.

SOFTWARE: a comprehensive term used to identify all of the non- hardware components of a computer or communications system. Software includes computer programs, data that is used by this program, and any paper or computer based documentation that describes computer systems and how to use them. Software determines what a computer does and how it does it. A few examples are system, support, and application software.

Policy for Faculty Authored Books

Two copies of a CSU, Chico faculty authored book will be kept in the library, one copy for the Main Collection and one for Archives. This policy includes retired faculty.

• 1. The copy for the Main Collection will be purchased from Interdisciplinary Funds or the author will donate a free copy.
• 2. The copy for the Archives will be purchased from Interdisciplinary Funds.
• 3. It is the responsibility of the faculty to notify Collection Management and Technical Services in the library of the publication. If a librarian discovers a CSU, Chico authored book on the Approval Plan it should be brought to Collection Management and Technical Services department attention and a second copy will be ordered for Archives.
• 4. Faculty authored books include: books written or edited by CSU, Chico faculty and textbooks. A chapter authored in a book or articles written in a journal do not qualify for library purchase.

Policy on Gifts

• * Donation should be no more than 15 years old. Exceptions are made for material about Chico, Northeastern California, limited editions and other books of special interest.
• * The Library does not accept donations of textbooks, single issues of journals and magazines, or handbooks.
• * Donations are very selectively added to the collection.
• * Donations not added to the collection are given to the Friends of the Meriam Library for fundraising purposes.
• * All donated not added to the collection or sold by the Friends are recycled with a recognized recycler.
• * The library, by law, cannot offer appraisals on the value of donated collections.

The Library does not add duplicates to the collection and appreciates donors checking potential donations against the Library Catalog to eliminate duplicates.

Inquiries about donations should be directed to Collection Management and Technical Services at 530-898-5726 (ask for Paula).

Government Publications

The Library is a selective depository (about 27%) for publications from agencies of the United States government. Some of these are electronic full text publications available through the Library catalog. Our profile for these publications is based upon the curricular needs of the campus and the interests and needs of the northeastern part of California. We are a complete depository for California State publications. We receive most of the state agencies publications through this arrangement. An increasing number of California State publications are also becoming available full text in electronic format through the Library catalog. Publications of other state, local and municipal governments are house in other library collections.

Laboratory Manuals, Workbooks, Etc.

The Meriam Library acquires laboratory manuals, workbooks, and other similar publications only when a clear justification can be established or when the requester can demonstrate a legitimate curricular need. Since they are consumable, the Meriam library will not purchase titles currently used merely because they are required manuals, workbooks, etc., for classrooms or laboratory assignments.

Map Collections

The Map Collection contains worldwide coverage in a variety of categories, including political, road, vegetation, physical, economic, and outline. Maps are acquired from state and federal government agencies and some domestic publishers. The level for collecting for northern California is exhaustive, and very intensive for the remainder of the state and Oregon, Washington, and Nevada. Some comprehensiveness is maintained for the states west of the Rocky Mountains. For each state and nations of the world, a variety of thematic maps are sought. Outline and road maps are sought for nations and major cities throughout the world. Maps are non-circulating but can be checked out for class presentations.

Microforms

The generic term microform covers all methods of printed information published in reduction formats, e.g., microfilms, microfiche, microcards, comfiche, ultrafiche, etc.

The library purchases microform to maximize its ability to house materials in the building, to obtain less expensive copies of scarce titles and journal sets, to limit expenditures on shelving and binding, and to acquire materials available only on microform.

Microform should be considered if:

• 1. The paper copy is significantly more expensive than the microcopy.
• 2. The title is expected to receive heavy wear and tear and is subject to mutilation or theft.
• 3. The cost of binding is equal to or more than the cost of microform.

• Only the current issues are heavily used.

  1. The item deteriorates rapidly, such as newsprint.
• 2. The item is not physically bindable.

• Other elements to be considered in microform selection include:

  1. Graphic requirements. Whether illustrations or plates make the item unacceptable on microform.
• 2. Technical quality. Whether the publisher is offering high quality products that will not deteriorate.
• 3. Indexing. Whether the title is accessible through the public catalog or through a separate index.
• 4. Learning sites. Whether the item will be sent to various learning sites, since microform travels more cheaply and quickly.
• 5. Suitability of format. Newspapers may be more microfilm, technical useful on reports on microfiche.
• 6. Physical requirements. Whether the library has appropriate microreaders and adequate copying facilities.
• 7. Reproduction requirements. Whether the publisher is offering high quality images that are suitable for reproduction.

Replacements or withdrawals of lost, damaged, and outdated microforms conforms to general library collection management policies.

Newspapers

Newspapers are acquired to support the teaching and research needs of the university and to support the library's function of making available information for personal growth by providing coverage of local, national, and international events and points of view. The library will acquire newspapers which report events and represent points of view in major cities and regions of California; in selected major cities or regions of the United States; and in selected major cities or regions abroad. Foreign newspapers will normally be in English, with material in other languages acquired upon faculty request (e.g., for language study) or upon the library's determination that the material is needed and is unavailable in another form.

Subscription cost, journalistic quality, expected usage, electronic availability, and availability of indexing are other important considerations in the selection of newspapers.

Daily newspaper titles received only as paper copies will normally be kept for a maximum of three months and then discarded; weeklies win normally be retained for three months to one year, depending upon usage.

A decision to buy backfires will depend upon such factors as the long- term need for the material, the availability of indexing, and the holdings of the title in other CSU Libraries.

When a decision is made to keep backfires, these will be maintained, where possible, in microform copy only. Newsprint copy to be replaced by microform will be retained until the film is received.

Subscriptions will normally be acquired via surface mail. Airmail subscriptions will be placed only for titles when timelines are of such importance that the value of subscriptions would be lost by the delay in their receipt by surface mail.

Gift subscriptions will be accepted providing they are justified under the general collection policy for newspapers described above.

Nonprint Media

Nonprint media materials are a component of the resources provided by the library in support of the curriculum. General policies and objectives outlined for book selection are applied to nonprint media. Content, not format, is the basic criterion for deciding whether to add any item to the collection. However, since format does affect use and cost, it cannot be completely ignored. Additional considerations such as technical quality and compatibility with available standardized playback equipment are used as criteria.

Formats

The nonprint media collection includes a wide range of formats, each of which is chosen for suitability in relation to content and purpose. Nonprint media materials which are included in the holdings of the library are:

• Visual Recordings - Video cassettes, DVD's, CD-Roms, and VCD.
• Audio Recordings - Both musical and spoken on compact discs, discs and cassettes.

Criteria

All nonprint media materials acquired in accordance with Executive Memorandum 72-1 are to be processed and held in the Meriam Library regardless of the source of funds used to obtain them.

Productions by the Instructional Media Center will be considered for addition to the library's nonprint media collection following established collection development procedures.

Periodicals

Periodicals and journals are acquired to support the teaching and research needs of the university and to provide a selection of general interest publications. Because periodicals and other serials represent significant long-term investments, they are carefully reviewed for their appropriateness prior to purchase. The following guidelines apply to the purchase of periodicals and other serial titles:

"One-in-One-out" Policy for Periodicals

In order to maintain periodical costs, the library has adopted a "one-in-one-out" policy. When a request for a new periodical title occurs another title(s) of equal value must be suggested for cancellation. New titles can be requested throughout the year but will not be processed until the end of the subscription period for the canceled title. Because titles are prepaid, if the request is made after August of the current year, the end of the subscription period will not be until the end of the following calendar year. For example, if a request is made in October 2005, the new title would not begin until January 2007 because the canceled title has already been paid for in 2006. If a new title request is made anytime between January and August 2006, the subscription would begin in January 2007.

Periodicals will be evaluated using the following criteria:

• 1. The title is included in the standard indexing and/or abstracting services or listed in the standard major research guides.
• 2. Anticipated and actual use by students and faculty as compared to the use of other similar titles within the subject area.
• 3. Basic journals presenting substantial factual information in support of the curriculum will have priority over specialized titles of peripheral interest.
• 4. Availability through Interlibrary Loan, electronic access or other resource sharing channels will be considered, especially in the case of high cost specialized or potentially limited use periodicals.
• 5. Suitability for acquisition in alternative formats such as machine-readable data files or microform will be considered using the criteria which apply to those same formats.

Reference Collection

The Reference Collection is a non-circulating collection of materials selected for their ability to provide ready access to factual information in support of the curriculum and general university level learning.

Although most academic disciplines will be represented, not all will be covered comprehensively. The key factor in determining level of coverage is the curriculum: what is taught at CSU, Chico, and at what level (undergraduate or graduate).

A secondary factor is duplication with other library departmental reference collections. For example, reference materials for Northeastern California history are held in the Special Collections Department and generally are not duplicated in the Reference Collection.

Selection and Evaluation of Materials

The Reference Collection is designed to be a working collection of important, frequently consulted publications. Preference is given to materials which provide up-to-date information and directly support the current instructional program. Materials which are recognized standards in a particular field will be included regardless of their date of publication. Librarians are encouraged to evaluate materials in their assigned subject areas continuously, and as new editions or new titles are added, to remove outdated or obsolete materials. Concurrently, titles are actively sought which fill gaps in the collection or answer frequently asked questions.

When a decision is being made to add an item to the Reference Collection, the following should be considered:

• * Will the item be useful in answering actual reference questions?
• * Is the information accurate?
• * Is the organization of the information appropriate for reference use (e.g., is there adequate indexing, etc.)?
• * Is the content relevant to courses being offered at CSU, Chico?
• * Is the information appropriate for the level of instruction at CSU, Chico?
• * Is the item included in standard reference bibliographies?

Any librarian may suggest withdrawal of an item from Reference. When a decision is being made to remove an item from the Reference Collection, the following should be considered:

• * Is the item still useful in answering actual reference questions?
• * Is a newer edition or more up-to-date information available?
• * Does the item receive regular use (e.g., in class assignments)?
• * Is the information duplicated in other reference materials?

When transferring materials from the Reference Collection to another area within the library, please follow the "Collection Transferal Guidelines."

Types of Material Considered

Bibliographies may be added to the collection if:

• * They are on a subject about which reference questions are frequent or material is difficult to find.
• * They are in a form which requires extensive reference help to use.
• * They are a standard reference tool in their particular subject.

Bibliographies generally do not belong in the Reference collection if:

• * They cover a specialized subject about which reference questions are infrequent.
• * They duplicate or supplement basic coverage already available in the collection.
• * The materials they cite no longer represent current scholarship in that particular field.

The College Source database provides the main access to U. S. college and university catalogs. A supplemental paper catalog collection is maintained for California colleges and universities.

In the field of law, the Reference Collection includes California and Federal case reports, digests, statutes, and codes. No attempt is made to collect materials from other states, and the emphasis of the collection closely follows that of the CSU, Chico, curriculum.

The General Reference Department maintains a collection of current telephone books covering our area code (530), Sacramento and San Francisco. The library subscribes to a national residential and business phone directory on CD-ROM.

Resource Sharing / Interlibrary Loan

Economic realities necessitate the sharing of resource materials between libraries. By participating in cooperative purchasing and borrowing programs, resource sharing and interlibrary loan permits the library to satisfy requests for low demand materials. It is the means to provide user access to an increasing volume of materials within a stable budget.

The Resource Sharing program requirements, has several operational namely:

• 1. Current bibliographic access to various libraries holdings
• 2. Rapid borrowing capability
• 3. Low or no cost to users

Before purchase, alternative access possibilities should be considered for the following types of materials:

• 1. Primary resource material (unless it is from within the Northeastern California region)
• 2. Serial backfiles
• 3. New subscriptions
• 4. Microforms/microform sets
• 5. Monograph sets
• 6. Items having marginal use

Frequent Interlibrary Loan periodical requests within each fiscal year are considered for library purchase if:

• 1. Cost to Interlibrary Loan exceeds 50% of the annual subscription cost of the journal.

Special Collections

Special Collections brings together such diverse groups of materials as, University Archives, Rare Books, and Northeastern California materials. The department constitutes an instructional and research arm of the university and exists primarily to contribute to the university's teaching and research functions. Consistent with its primary function and within the limits of its resources, the department seeks to serve citizens of the 12 counties of Northeastern California as a major repository of historical, economic, political, and geographical information concerning the service area of California State University, Chico. In addition, the department maintains a collection of rare books that require special handling.

Textbooks

As a general policy, the Meriam Library does not acquire copies of textbooks simply because they are assigned by instructors for their courses. However, when textbooks are purchased, the normal criteria applicable to all library materials applies.

Thesis

Theses accepted by the CSU, Chico Graduate School are added to the Meriam Library's thesis collection. One circulating bound copy, a microfiche master, and a microfiche copy are retained.

Two copies of nonprint theses, such as compact discs videotapes, or DVD's are housed. The original copy is held in the vault of the Instructional Media Center (IMC) and a circulating copy at Nonprint Media.

Theses from other colleges and universities will be acquired as needed to support the teaching needs of the university, according to the collection development policy of each academic department or library unit.

Weeding and Replacement

Library materials, whether print, nonprint or microform, eventually wear out, may become outdated, or are lost. Such materials should be routinely considered for withdrawal by the collection developer. Faculty members may also request that outdated, obsolete or damaged titles be withdrawn or replaced.

In determining withdrawal and replacement of materials, collection developers and faculty members should consider:

• 1. What is no longer useful or is obsolete.
• 2. What might be needed at future dates by faculty and students.
• 3. Which faculty members should be consulted on materials being discarded or replaced.
• 4. Whether out-of-print items should be replaced through want-lists or through purchase of similar, more recent materials.

Replacement decisions may be made at the time of withdrawal and will normally be funded through a library book replacement fund.

In addition to routine evaluation, the library periodically performs large scale weeding projects for subject areas of the collection, working in conjunction with the collection development librarians and the faculty.

Subject Selection Policies

General Guidelines

Although every Department collects for its specific program(s) and academic level(s), there are certain uniform collection policies that apply. Rather than repeat them for each Department they are listed here.

Purpose

Materials will be purchased that support teaching and research at the undergraduate and graduate levels, when applicable. Faculty research will also be supported.

Types of material

The library purchases material for content, regardless of format or type. However, material must conform to the library's collection development policy for the individual format or type as found in Section I of this document. Materials purchased would include, but not be limited to, books, newspapers, periodicals, indexes, contracts with online vendors, CD-ROMS, software, microforms, 1/2" video cassettes, audio cassettes, and DVD's..

The library discourages collecting filmstrips, slides, 3/4" video cassettes, and Apple 5 1/4" software as the hardware to accommodate these formats is not being maintained.

Reference materials, such as abstracts, indexes, encyclopedias, bibliographies, dictionaries, handbooks, and biographies will be collected for all areas. Conference proceedings, theses, dissertations, and textbooks are collected selectively.

Date of Publication

Emphasis is on current publication (within the last ten years) with some retrospective collection, as needed.

Language

The library's primary language of collection is English. Materials in other languages will be acquired when they are required for the bilingual education curriculum or for language studies.

Agriculture

Program: BS in Agriculture. Options in Agriscience Science and Education, Animal Science, Plant Science, Land Stewardship. BS in Agricultural Business. Minor in Agriculture. Minor in Agricultural Business. Certificate in Plants Protection. Pre-professional Advising in Veterinary Medicine. Teaching Credentials in Single Subject in Agriculture and Specialist in Agriculture.

Comprehensive for agriculture. Very contemporary selective for pre- 1950 agriculture.

Comprehensive for California, selective for U.S., highly selective for foreign.

Animal breeding, production, nutrition, and health with Primary emphasis on dairy cattle, beef cattle, swine, sheep and horses; meat science including processing,grading and carcass evaluation, and livestock judging, fitting and showing.

Miscellaneous related topics: commercial warm water fishproduction, small animal care, and beekeeping.

C

Agricultural finance, agricultural marketing, farm management, agricultural policy, agricultural economics, international agricultural development, resource economics, agricultural cooperative, production economics, agricultural computing applications.

Miscellaneous related topics: appraisal, land economics, agricultural law, commodity futures trading, and food economics, econometrics, quantitative methods.

C

Farm mechanics, farm machinery, hydraulics, materials handling, agricultural equipment design, equipment management, control systems, alternative energy sources.

C

Agricultural education and methods for teaching vocational agriculture.

C

General plant science, general plant identification, weed science, plant pathology, genetics, crop production, viticulture, Integrated pest management, tree and vine crops.

Seed production.

General soils, nutrients and fertilizers, soil conservation, drainage watershed management, soil classification, soil formation.

C

Gardens and gardening. Landscape plant identification, landscape design (including history), landscape contracting, landscape maintenance.

Nursery and greenhouse management. Interior plantscaping, turfgrass management, arboriculture, ornamental and turf pest management.

C

General range management, range ecology, wildlife management, cultivated forages.

C

Wine appreciation, world food problems, experimental design and methods for agricultural research.

C

Anthropology

Program: B.A. in Anthropology. Minor in Anthropology. M.A. in Anthropology. Option in Museum Studies. Certificates in Cultural Anthropology, Cultural Resource Management, Forensic Identification, and Museum Studies.

The Anthropology Department has developed programs to provide a broad perspective of human biological and cultural origins, evolution, and variation. Coursework is offered in the areas of human biology and evolution, archaeology, linguistics, folklore, and contemporary peoples in western and non-western cultures.

Comprehensive.

All regions and peoples are of interest. Basic monographs covering the entire range of human culture are collected.

C

C

C

C

C

C

C

C

C

Art

BA in Art. Options in Art Education, Art History, Art Studio, and Interior Design. BFA in Art. Options in Art Studio, Electronic Arts, and Interior Design. Minors in Art History and Art Studio. Single Subject Teaching Credential in Art MA in Art. MFA in Art.

The art collection while serving primarily the needs of the art major and faculty also has wide use by other campus wide areas. History, Classics, American Studies, Commercial Art, Photography, and Design all use the collection.

The aim of the collection is to provide as much research material as possible for scholarly art historical studies and to provide the educational and studio oriented classes with up-to-date materials to keep them informed of recent developments and techniques. The role of arts in society, the creative process and the psychological aspects of art are also collected. The Walter Kohn Endowment supplements funds available to collect art history materials. Kohn funds support reference collections, titles with the theme "art and peace" and other titles as authorized by the Kohn Committee, which approves all items purchased with Endowment funds.

Library holdings are supplemented by the lra LATour Visual Recourses Center in the Art Department. The center emphasizes art slides, video and other media, art reference. Other monographs are collected as slide resources.

Comprehensive.

The art collection spans all cultures.

Art History students and faculty need primary and secondary research materials to support scholarly research and instructional materials through the MA level, included but not limited to:

• * Individual artists and art movements (e.g. abstract impressionism)
• * Reproductions, exhibitions, catalogues raisonnes and major art collections and museums.
• * Analysis and critical evaluation

C

B

B

B

B

B

B

B

B

B

B

B

B

B

B

B

B

B

B

C

Studio Areas: The studio areas use many of the historically oriented books but also are involved with books on technical concerns. Books dealing with the immediate past are needed to support creative production as are books in aesthetics and art criticism. Anatomy books are also used.

B

B

B

B

B

B

B

B

C

C

Museology, administration, curatorship guides, catalogs, and collection

B

B

Art Education / Art Therapy: Art education includes art programs for K-12. Art education and therapy for special populations (e.g. disabled, vision impaired, behavioral challenges) is also collected. Holdings in education, cognitive sciences, etc. are collected in those areas. Studio materials such as techniques and activities at K-12 level are collected.

Collecting and Objects d'art: The library does not purchase materials to specifically support crafts outside studio areas, collecting, appraisal, catalogs of collectibles and prices. Books purchased to support the curriculum may contain such information.

Biological Science

BS in Biological Sciences and Microbiology. Options in General Microbiology and Clinical Laboratory Science. Minor in Biological Sciences. MS in Biological Sciences and Botany. Single Subject Teaching Credential in Science with a Concentration Biological Science. Pre-professional programs in Dentistry, Forestry, Medicine, Physical Therapy, and Veterinary Medicine.

Emphasis on contemporary biology. Highly selective for pre-1980 materials.

Comprehensive for California. Selective for other areas.

C

C

C

C

C

C

C

C

Business Administration

BS in Business Administration. Options in Accounting, Finance, Human Resource Management, and Marketing. BS in Business Information Systems. Options in Accounting Information Systems, Management Information Systems and Supply Chair Management Systems. Minors In Accounting, Business Administration, International Business, the Management of Human Resources, Management of Information Systems, Managing Diversity in Organizations, Marketing, and Production and Operations. MS in Accounting, Master of Business Administration.

Emphasis on contemporary.

Comprehensive for United States. Highly selective for foreign.

Accounting, cost accounting, cost analysis, and budgeting, auditing, taxation, managerial cost control, and decision information theory.

C

Expert systems, database management, systems analysis and design, systems project management, decision support systems.

C

Management science, statistics, decision analysis.

C

Logistics, distribution, production research.

C

Center for International Studies

BA in Latin American Studies. BA in Modern Jewish Studies. Minors in African Studies, Asian Studies, European Studies, Latin American Studies, Middle Eastern Studies, Modern Jewish and Israel Studies. MA in Teaching International Languages. Self-Instructional Language Program in Arabic, Chinese, Hebrew, Portuguese, Thai, Veitnamese, and Russian.

To provide information resources in support of the interdisciplinary educational curriculum and research needs within the Center for International Studies. Reflecting the BA degree program in International Relations and Communications as well as Latin American Studies, and Modern Jewish Studies, the collection development policy also provides for varied foreign language self-instructional programs in Arabic, Chinese, Hebrew, Portuguese, Thai, Vietnamese, and Russian.

Comprehensive.

Spans all geographical regions.

• Agriculture
• Black Studies
• History
• Languages
• Literature

D

• Art
• History
• Languages
• Political Science
• Religious Studies

D

• History
• Philosophy
• Political Science

D

• History
• Languages
• Literature
• Political Science

D

• History
• Languages
• Political Science
• Religious Studies

C

• History
• Language
• Political Science
• Religious Studies

C

D

C

C

D

C

C

Center for Multicultural and Gender Studies

BA in Multicultural and Gender studies. General Option in Women's Studies Opinion. Minors in African American Studies, American Indian Studies, Asian American Studies, Chicano Studies, Managing Diversity in Organizations, Multicultural Studies and Women's Studies.

Concentration on contemporary materials.

Spans all geographical regions with a concentration on the Western Hemisphere.

C

C

C

C

C

C

C

Chemistry

BS in Chemistry. Options in Biochemistry and Professional Chemistry. Minor in Chemistry. American Chemical Society Certificate in Chemistry. Single Subject Teaching Credential in Science. Pre-professional programs in Dentistry, Medicine, Optometry, Pharmacy and Pre-Physical Therapy.

Classical qualitative and quantitative methods including micro and ultra micro-chemical methods; electrochemical methods including voltammetry, determination of crystal structures, polarography, potentiometry. coulmetry; spectroscopic methods including ultraviolet electron spin resonance, mass spectrometry, flame, atomic absorption and emission; thermometric methods; x-ray diffraction; polarimetry and optical rotary dispersion.

B

Includes biochemical methods and interactions; enzyme systems nutrition, mammalian and non-mammalian biochemistry.

B

Application of any of the analytical techniques, noted under Analytical Chemistry, to the specific study of body fluids and tissues. Most materials usually identifiable by the word it clinical" in the title or subtitle

B

Chemistry of the elements and their compounds, including complex inorganic salts and organometallic/organometalloid compounds.

B

Includes synthetic methods and laboratory techniques; physical organic includes classes of compounds such as aliphatic, condensed and non-condensed aromatic, steroids, carbohydrates, alicyclic, heterocycle, terpenoids, nuclear magnetic resonance.

B

Includes surface chemistry and colloids, catalysis and reaction kinetics, thermochemistry; photochemistry, electrochemistry; magnetic phenomena; spectral determination by absorption emission, reflection and other optical methods, nuclear magnetic resonance, statistical thermodynamics, quantum mechanics.

B

Child Development

BA in Child Development. Minor in Child Development. BA in Child Development/Liberal Studies.

Concentration in contemporary material.

Emphasis is on the United States.

C

C

C

C

Communication

BA in Communication Design. Options in Graphic Design, Internet Communication, Media Art. BA in Communication Studies. Options in Organizational Communication and Human Communication. BS in Intructional Design and Technology. BA in Journalism. Options in News-Editorial and Public Relations. Minors in Broadcasting, Communication Design, Human Communication, Instructional Design, Journalism, and Organizational Communication. Certificate in Community College Faculty Preparation/Adult Education. Certificate in Electronic Printing and Publishing. Certificate in Telecommunications. MA in Communication Studies. MS in Instructional Design and Technology Facilities.

Emphasis is on the 20th century and on current developments.

Emphasis is on the United States but relevant materials on other countries will also be collected.

• History of Information and Communication Technology
• Principles and Theories of Information and Communication Studies
• Studies
• Law and Regulations of Communication
• Communication Research Methods

B

• Writing and Reporting
• Creative Writing for Media
• Motion Picture Production
• Television Production
• Photo Communication
• Audio Production
• Graphic Design
• Public Relations
• Advertising
• Management and Business

C

• Media Selection
• Content Analysis
• Format-Methods
• Design of Instructional Systems
• Evaluation
• Computer-Aided Instruction

B

• Specialized Information and Media Centers
• Management of Information Systems
• Computer Graphics for Media
• Computer Aided Instruction Systems
• Database Management Systems
• Information Storage and Retrieval
• Microprocessors in Business, Education, and Specialized Media and Resource Centers Information Resource Management
• Telecommunications
• Public Address
• Rhetoric, Current and Historical; British, European, Classical, U.S. Argumentation, Debate
• Forensics
• Communication Theory
• Communication Research
• Business, Professional Speaking
• Persuasion
• Interpersonal Communication

B

• American Sign Language
• Speech Disorders
• Language Disorders
• Audiology
• Clinical Audiology

C

Computer Science

BS in Computer Science. Options in General, Math/Science, Systems, and Computer Graphics Programming. BS in Computer Information Systems. BS in Applied Computer Graphics. Options in Production and Technical. Minor in Computer Science. MS in Computer Science.

Both undergraduate and graduate programs cover all aspects of theory and practice relating to hardware and software, for both analog and digital machines. Special emphasis is given to the major computer languages, to computer architecture and operating systems-, to data structures and database management systems; to computer display systems, and to the design and use of mini and microcomputer systems.

The department is also interested in the history of the field, and in computer literacy" as a foundation for a sound general education. In addition, the collection serves as a community resource for Northeastern California computer professionals, business, local governments, educators, and computer enthusiasts, since it is the only sizeable resource of its kind for hundreds of miles around.

None, though most material in this field will be current imprints.

Emphasis on U.S. material, then on English-language material from other Western countries; then on other appropriate material.

• Logic design
• Switching theory
• Systems
• Computer components (CPU, I/Q, etc.)

B

• Programming languages
• Systems programming (e.g., assemblers)
• Operation systems
• Data structures
• Data bases
• Utilities
• Structured design
• Evaluation and testing

C

• Logic
• Formal systems
• Automation
• Formal languages
• Algorithm analysis
• Complexity
• Computability/Unsolvability
• Combinatorics

C

• Numerical analysis
• Linear programming
• Dynamic programming
• Statistics
• Information theory
• Symbolic algebra

C

C

• Natural sciences
• Engineering
• Social Sciences
• Humanities
• Medicine
• Law
• Business
• Information retrieval
• Real-time systems
• Artificial intelligence

C

• Philosophy
• Social implications
• Professionalism
• Legal aspects
• Administration of DP centers

C

• General Histories
• Surveys
• Education

C

Construction Management

BS in Construction Management.

The Construction Management Program is designed to prepare the graduates for entry level management positions within the construction industry.

None.

Emphasis will be on material published within the United States.

• Concepts of Construction
• Construction Graphics
• Construction Materials and Systems
• Analysis of Construction Drawings & Specifications
• Electrical and Mechanical Systems

C

• Computer-Aided Construction Management
• Building Codes and Municipal Process
• Principles of Soil Mechanics and Foundations
• Construction Method Analysis
• Construction Equipment
• Principles of Statics
• Mechanics of Materials

C

• Heavy Construction and Estimating
• Construction Management Cooperative Education
• Legal Aspects of Construction
• Construction Development Analysis
• Project Control and Scheduling
• Temporary Structures
• Construction Estimating
• Construction Cost Management

C

C

Economics

BA in Economics. Options in Economics, Environmental Economics, and in International Economics. Minor in Economics.

None.

Comprehensive for U.S. selective for foreign.

Economics, macroeconomic analysis, comparative economics, radical economics, econometrics, mathematical economics, economic statistics, labor and urban problems.

C

American economic history, European economic history.

C

Public finance, monetary theory and policy, industrial organization, developing countries, Marxist theory.

C

C

Education/Professional Studies in Education

Basic Teaching Credentials. Service and Specialist Credentials. MA in Education. MA Options in Curriculum and Instruction, Linguistically and Culturally Diverse Learners, Reading/Language Arts, Special Education, and Education Admistration (pattern). Minor in Education and Special Education.

Although there is some overlap with the Department of Professional Studies in Education, the Education Department offers unique programs. For Education, the library collection provides resources in support of teaching and research to the MA level in the fields of elementary-seconday curriculum and instruction, educational administration, and linguistically diverse learners (in conjunction with Professionals Studies in Education). Teaching methods for elementary and secondary schools and specific content areas is collected to support the various teaching credentials offered. Additional library materials supporting single subject credentials in agriculture, art, music, physical education, mathematics, science and social sciences may be provided in these specific areas of the collection.

Emphasis on contemporary education (20th and 21st centuries).

Primary emphasis is United States (special attention to Western States and California); North and South America and Europe receive secondary, very selective coverage.

C

C

C

C

D

D

D

Engineering, Civil, Computer, Electrical/Electronic, Mechanical and Mechatronic

BS in Civil Engineering, Computer Engineering, Electrical/Electronic Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, and Mechatronic Engineering. Minor in Computer Engineering. MS in Electrical Engineering. Options in Computer Engineering and Electronic Engineering.

None.

Emphasis will be placed on material published in the United States.

• Surveying for Non-Engineers
• Lifelong Development for Engineers

C

Civil Engineering:

• Introduction to Civil Engineering Design
• Computer Applications in Engineering
• Ethics, Technology, and Society
• Alternative Housing Seminar
• Pipeline Hydraulics and Design
• Advanced Structural Analysis
• Advanced Timber Design
• Advanced Earthquake and Wind Engineering
• Advanced Transportation Pavements
• Advanced Open Channel Hydraulics

C

• Surveying
• Advanced Surveying

C

• Statics
• Fluid Mechanics
• Structural Mechanics

C

• Soil Mechanics and Foundations
• Foundations Engineering

C

• Transportation Engineering
• Transportation Pavements
• Urban Transportation Systems Planning Modeling and Simulation
• Traffic Engineering
• Advanced Urban Transportation Systems Planning

C

• Engineering Hydrology
• Open Channel Hydraulics
• Water Quality Engineering

C

• Environmental Engineering
• Hazardous Waste Management

C

• Strength of Materials
• Construction Management I
• Construction Management II
• Steel Design
• Reinforced Concrete Design
• Timber Design
• Prestressed Concrete and Reinforced Masonry
• Earthquake & Wind Engineering

C

• Planning of Public Works Projects

C

• Contracts, Specifications & Technical Reports
• Engineering Economy
• Technology & Development, A Cross Cultural Perspective

C

Electrical and Computer Engineering:

• Basic Electricity and Instruments
• Electrical and Electronics Technology
• Intro to Computer Engineering I
• Intro to Computer Engineering II
• Engineering Problems
• Introduction to Electrical Engineering

C

• Creative Engineering
• Engineering Analysis
• Linear Circuits
• Signals and Transforms
• Electromagnetics I
• Electronics I
• Electronics II
• Design Specification, Documentation, and Presentation
• Logic Design Fundamentals
• Digital Systems Design
• System Architecture and Performance
• Computer Interface Circuits
• Microprocessor-Based Design
• Microwave Systems and Design
• Communication System Design
• Optics
• Lasers and Their Applications
• Fourier Optics
• Fault Tolerant Systems
• Advanced Computer Architectures
• State Machine Design
• Introduction to VSLI Systems
• Integrated Systems Design
• Digital Signal Transmission
• System Reliability
• Consumer Electronics
• Computer Systems Program Management
• Advanced Microprocessor Systems
• Radio Frequency Circuits
• Introduction to Random Signal Analysis and Kalman Filtering
• Computer Control Systems
• Real-time Embedded Systems
• Introduction to Telecommunications Engineering
• Engineering Intelligent Systems and Robotics
• Control System Elements
• Discrete-Time Control Systems
• Advanced Instrumentation
• Microprocessor Systems Design
• Electromagnetics II
• IC Circuits and Technology
• Control Systems I
• Control Systems II
• Digital Signal Processing

C

• Communication System Coding
• Telecommunications Switching and Networking
• Advanced Topics in Digital Sygnal Processing
• Digital Filter Design
• Electronic Circuits for Digital Signal Processing
• Optical Signal Processing
• Light Transmission Optics
• Nonlinear Control Systems
• Optimal Control Systems

C

Mechanical Engineering:

• Engineering Graphics
• Introduction to Engineering Design
• Materials Engineering

C

• Dynamics
• Mechanical Engineering Design I
• Equation Solving Techniques for Design
• Thermodynamics
• Elements of Engineering Mechanics
• Control System Design
• Advanced Materials Engineering
• Fracture Mechanics
• Polymer Engineering
• Material Processing in Manufacturing
• Mechanical Engineering Design II
• Mechanical Vibrations
• Rotor Dynamics
• Finite Element Analysis
• Dynamics of Machinery
• Thermal Packaging
• Thermal Fluid System Design
• Air Pollution Control
• Building Energy Engineering
• Gas Dynamics
• Heat and Mass Transfer
• Measurement & Instrumentation

C

Graduate:

• Control Systems Engineering
• Applied Mechanics
• Data Acquisitions - Concepts & Applications
• Computer-Aided Engineering
• Computer-Aided Design of Dynamic Systems
• Advanced Finite Element Analysis
• System Design

C

• Fluids Engineering
• Advanced Gas Dynamics
• Advanced Topics in Heat and Mass Transfer

C

Mechatronics Engineering:

C

English

BA in English. Option in General English and English Education. BA in Linguistics. Minor in Creative Writing, Engish, and Linguistics. Undergradute Certificates in Literary Editing and Plublishing. Graduate Certificate in Theory and Practice of College Composition. Single Subject Teaching, Credential in English. MA in English.

The collection must support the aims of the department in serving both the interests of non-majors and the more specialized interests of majors who may plan to do graduate work. Faculty interests and needs have to be similarly broad.

The primary purpose of collection development as far as the department is concerned is to acquire all major works in the history of areas indicated under "Subject", to keep abreast of new developments in the various fields of language and literature, and to make timely acquisitions in these areas.

Comprehensive.

No limitation but with chief emphasis on English language cultures.

• Novel
• Short Stories
• Drama
• Poetry
• Criticism
• Essays

C

• Novel
• Short Stories
• Drama
• Poetry
• Criticism
• Essays

C

• American
• British
• Classical
• Children's
• Folk
• European
• Literary Dramatic Criticism
• Biography
• Interpretation Studies

C

C

• Greek
• Latin

C

C

C

C

C

C

C

• Film Criticism
• Film History

C

• Science Literature
• Men and Women in Literature
• Mystery and Detective Fiction
• Bibliography and Methods

C

• Modern theory and practice of language analysis
• Principles, structure and history of the English language
• Semantics
• Applied linguistics and psycholinguistic theory
• Theory and practice of English a second language
• Stylistics
• Dialectology

C

• Academic writing
• Composition
• Creative writing
• Poetry writing
• Fiction writing
• Play writing
• Report writing agriculture

C

Foreign Languages and Literatures

French

BA in French. Minor in French. Single Subject Teaching Credential in French.

The subject is also of interest to Medieval Studies, European Studies, Philosophy, Comparative Literature, and Linguistics.

From the 11th century to present; little emphasis on works before 1500.

From France, Switzerland, Belgium, Occasional interest in African or Canadian writers in French.

C

D

C

C

C

German

BA in German. Minor in German. Credential in German. Single Subject Teaching

The subject is also of interest to Comparative Literature, Linguistics, Philosophy, and Music.

From the 12th century to present but little emphasis on the period before the 18th century.

From Germany, Switzerland, and Austria.

C

D

C

C

C

Italian

Minor in Italian.

The subject is also of interest to Comparative Literature, Linguistics, Philosophy, English, and Music.

From the 14th century to present.

From Italy.

C

C

C

Spanish

BA in Spanish. Minor in Spanish. Single Subject Teaching Credential in Spanish.

The program also serves to prepare students for the bilingual education teaching credential.

From the 16th century to present; little emphasis on books before 1500.

From Spain and Latin America. Also strong interest in Chicano writings in U.S.

C

C

C

C

C

C

C

Geography and Planning

BA in Geography. Options in Human Geography and Planning, and Physical and Environmental Geography. Certificate in Geographic Information Systems (GIS) Technology. Certificate in Rural & Town Planning. Minors in Environmental Studies, Geography, and Planning and Development. MA in Geography. Options in Geography, and Rural and Town Planning.

The Department of Geography offers degrees through individually tailored programs designed to meet the needs of students who desire: a broad cultural and physical interdisciplinary education focusing on the relationship of man and the environment; professional preparation in community and rural planning; professional preparation in the tourism business; to develop skills in spatial analysis and intellectually pursue geographic interests to complement other academic majors and programs, professional and academic preparation for careers in private enterprise, government, and teaching at all levels; to acquire skills in cartography and aerial photography.

Primarily current; some historical, especially California.

International, especially California, Latin America, Africa.

B

B

C

C

C

C

C

C

C

B

C

C

C

B

B

B

A

A

B

B

B

C

C

C

C

C

C

C

D

C

Geological and Environmental Sciences

BS in Environmental Science. Option in Applied Ecology, Environmental Chemistry, Earth Resource Science, and Watershed Science. BS in Geology. BS in Geosciences. Options in Hydrology and Science Education. Minor in Geosciences. Single Subject Teaching Credential in Science. MS in Enveronmental Science. MS Geosciences. MS Option in Hydrology/Hydrogeology.

Primarily current; some historical reprints.

• 1. Northern California
• 2. California
• 3. North America
• 4. South America
• 5. Eastern Hemisphere

Includes lunar and planetary geology.

C

Principles applied to current environmental problems including air, noise and water pollution, solid waste management and energy production, natural resources, ecology, and limnology.

C

Includes economic geology, physical geology, structural geology, stratigraphy, paleontology, mineralogy, petrology, mining, petroleum geology, oceanography, sedimentation, geophysics, geomorphology, history of geology, tectonics, geothermal exploration and/or geology, engineering geology, and field geology.

B

Includes man's impact on water resources.

C

Includes the study of atmosphere, weather elements, and forecasting.

C

C

C

C

History of Science and Technology

BS in Health Science. Options in Gerontology, Health Education and Health Services Administration. Minors in Gerontology, Health Science, and Health Services Adminstration. Certificate in Emergency Medical Services Administration. Certificate in Gerontology. Single Subject Teaching Credential in Health Science.

None.

Emphasis will be on books published in the U.S.

C

D

C

C

C

C

C

History

BA in History. Minor in History. Certificate in Public History. Single Subject Teaching Credential in Social Science. MA in History.

The History Department offers courses in all aspects of history including specific fields by topical presentations: political, economic, diplomatic, military, social, technological, cultural, and intellectual. The courses can be categorized into three broad fields: Europe, U.S.,. and the Third World, with strong emphasis on the U.S. In the Third World field, even though there is a brief historical survey of the regions from the ancient times, concentration is on the modern period, from 19th century to the present.

As specified under subject subdivisions.

As specified under subject subdivisions.

B

B

• Ancient History (Prehistoric to 324 A.D.)
• The Near East
• Classical Greece and Rome
• Medieval History (e. 324 - 1450)
• Western Europe
• Eastern Europe and the Byzantine Empire
• Modern Europe (e. 1400 - present)
• Renaissance and Reformation (e. 1400 - 1648)
• Early Modern History (e. 1600 - 1815)
• 19th Century
• Contemporary (1914 - present)

B

• Discovery and exploration
• Colonial period (1607 - 1775)
• Revolution to Civil War (1783 - 1861)
• Civil War (1861 - 1865)
• Late 19th Century (1865 - 1900)
• Early 20th Century
• Post World War II
• New England (16th - 19th Century)
• The South (16th - 19th Century)
• The West (16th Century - present)
• California (18th Century - present)

B

• Africa (pre-19th century)
• Africa (19th century - present)
• East Asia (pre-17th century)
• East Asia (17th century - present)
• Latin America (pre-19th century)
• Latin American (19th century - present)
• Middle East (pre-19th century)
• Middle East (19th century - present)

B & C

Kinesiology, Physical Education and Exercise Physiology

BA in Kinesiology. Options in Movement Studies and Physical Education Teacher Education. BS in Exercise Physiology (Pre-Physical Therapy). Minors in Physical Education, Coaching, and Exercise Science. Ceritificate in Outdoor Education. Certificate in Sport and Human Performance. Specialist Credential in Adapted Physical Education. Single Subjdect Teaching Credential in Physical Education. MA in Kinesiology. Option in Athletic Training Education.

The library collection seeks to provide a wide range of materials in support of students pursuing a BA, BS or Masters' degree and also non-majors taking classes in individual and team sports, and faculty pursuing teaching and research. There is an emphasis on medical and biological resources in the Exercise Physiology courses and additional materials may be found in the library's biological and health related collections.

None, collection emphasis is on current materials.

Emphasis is on the United States. Other geographic areas may be represented.

C

C

C

C

C

C

D

Manufacturing Technology

BA in Manufacturing Technology. Minor in Manufacturing. A multidisciplinary program designed to meet the national need for manufacturing professionals.

None.

Emphasis will be placed on United States.

• Industrial Design Documentation
• Industrial Information Processing
• Introduction to Plastics
• Manufacturing Engineering
• Material Removal
• Manufacturing and the Consumer

C

• Materials and Quality Testing
• C