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Collection Development Policy

 
Social Work

Social Work (College of Professional Programs and Social Sciences)  
Librarian Liaison:  Sharon Johnson 
Faculty Representative Social Work:
 
Pete Stoddard

Location of Collection: Woodward Library, Level 3

Overall Collecting Level:   D=Basic; desired level is C= Study

Purpose/program description:     Library collection  supports upper-division undergraduate program to prepare students for entry level professional practice.

Collection Development Plan 2003-04

  • Targeted Areas:  Sociology: Deviance, Collective Behavior, Medical Sociology, Social Gerontology, Research Methods.  Social Work:  

General Collection Guidelines:

Languages: English  

Chronological Guidelines: 1960-present;  Pre1900-1960 (minimal historical) 

Dates of Publication: 1999-

Geographical Areas:  U=United States.

Noted Publishers:   NASW; Blackwell; Sage

Reviews:  Books in Print

Material Formats Collected: monographs  & videos

Material Formats Excluded:   workbooks and consumables, review copies, computer software, instructional software,  books on CD or tape (library storage/operational constraints)

Other General Considerations:    

Statement of Collection Strengths and Weaknesses:    

LC Subject Subdivisions:   

  • Sociology (HM1-1281)
  • Social History (HN1-995)
  • The Family. Marriage. Women (HQ1-2044)
  • Societies: Secret, Benevolent (HS1-3371)
  • Communities, Classes, Races (HT1-1595)
  • Social Pathology, Criminology. Social and Public Welfare (HV1-9960)
  • Socialism.  Communism. Anarchism (HX1-970)

Related Subject Areas:    Psychology, Health & Human Performance, Nursing, Political science

Impact of Local, Regional, or National Cooperative Programs:   

Prepared by: sj

Date: 8/2008

 


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