Faculty Participation in Collection Development
Purpose of the collection
The Gould Library collection supports the college's diverse programs of learning and teaching. Collection scope and depth reflect the curriculum of the college, directly supporting the teaching programs of each department, and enabling students to conduct comps research. Even an exceptional undergraduate collection cannot support faculty research, but we attempt to do so to the extent possible in a college library. Carleton's library collection is necessarily supplemented by an active interlibrary loan service, available to faculty, students and staff
Purpose of this online brochure
Responsibility for building the collection is shared by the faculty and the collection development librarians, Kathy Tezla, head of the collection development department and Kristi Wermager, bibliographer and curator of special collections. The following guidelines serve as an overview of the ways in which faculty participate in collection development, including:
- Selecting books using funds allocated to each department
- Participating in a biennial review of journals
- Recommending e-resources
Each is elaborated briefly in the following sections.
Questions, concerns, and suggestions about the collection are always welcome. Please contact Kathy Tezla at ext. 5447, ktezla@carleton.edu, or Kristi Wermager at ext. 4273, kwermage@carleton.edu.