How do the collections librarians decide what to buy?
In selecting material for the collection, the collections librarians are guided by these priorities: • Support for the curriculum and the research needs of students are the primary focus • The basic research needs of the faculty • The basic informational needs of College staff • Diversity of opinion • While focusing on supporting the curriculum, we attempt to achieve balance by collecting in interdisciplinary and peripheral subjects to ensure that Wellesley researchers are able to discover new areas of inquiry and begin their exploration of them on campus • We will establish relationships with other libraries and information providers to meet user needs for items that we do not hold on campus. A number of factors guide collections librarians in ordering materials for the collection: • knowledge of the subject discipline • knowledge of the curriculum of the College • knowledge of the existing resources in the collection • the research needs of students • awareness of the research intere
