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The following is the selection responsibility for the various
categories of materials:

▪ Subject collections. For the current and retrospective
standard works in each field, as well as for scholarly
journals on the subject areas, the responsibility lies heavily
on the faculty in coordination with the Librarian.

▪ General collections. These refer to books covering current
and background material which are not narrowly specialized,
but cut across lines of academic disciplines. These include
title important in their own right regardless of the immediate
demand of the curriculum. Responsibility for the selection of
these materials shall lie chiefly with the Librarian. However,
faculty and student recommendations shall be encouraged
and welcomed.

▪ Reference collections. These include materials for
consultation and bibliographical investigation (dictionaries,
encyclopedias, indexes, abstracts, bibliographies, yearbooks,
etc.). The selection of these materials shall be the joint
responsibility of the Librarian and the faculty members.

d) Collection Development Methodologies

▪ One method of acquiring current monographic materials
is through the use of the standard selection tools such as
book reviews in journals, catalogs, price

▪ list, quotations, etc. These are circulated to the different
units inviting them to recommend.

▪ Another way is through approval plans (where books are
sent for examination) with selected book jobbers. The
materials are circulated for examination by the staff for a
period of two to three weeks.

e) Forms of Library Materials

To be collected for inclusion in the collection are the
following:

I. General reference collection

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