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A new Springer Nature Journals agreement that is a combination of the previous SpringerLink Journals, Nature Publishing Group and Palgrave Journals agreements;
ScienceDirect Freedom Collection Journals, a new 3 year agreement;
Thieme Chemistry Journals, a 3 year agreement for the 5 chemistry journals;
LexisNexis (South African Law) products agreement, incorporating new content for African law
8.1 Collections per College
Proportional to the student population and subject o erings, the largest number of items was added to the College of Human Sciences. Other collection development criteria used to expand the collections include:
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Subject areas for speci c development
Annual gap analysis in subject areas to identify gaps which are evaluated against the researcher and subject pro les and the gap closure titles are obtained to ensure a complete collection
Managing the di erent collections, by replacing lost or worn items, write o items that are no longer used due to obsolescence, edition replacement or due to abusive use and neglect
Policies, di erent selection techniques and a myriad number of procedures to identify the correct title at just the right time
The di erent format types such as DVD’s, electronic journals, print journals, electronic books, database packages
SANLiC agreements
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