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Collection Development for Communication at the Boston College Libraries

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Additional Criteria

Format Selection

Format decisions follow the General Collection Development Policy and allow for considerations of requester preference, curricular needs, and other factors.

  • Journals are selected in electronic format with perpetual access rights preferred
  • Books are usually acquired in ebook format for edited collections and print format for monographs  
  • Specialized digital archives and special collections are acquired for research and teaching purposes

Language

The majority of collection material is in English.  

Currency of the Materials Collected

Selection focuses on current scholarship, but retrospective acquisitions are made following changes to the curriculum or other specific needs.