Law Library Collection Development Policies:
Policy Documents and Resources

Links to Library Collection Development Policies
By Special Material Type

Electronic Resources -- Foreign & International Resources -- Government Documents -- Media/Microforms -- Native American Resources -- Special Collections

Collection Policies for Electronic Resources:

American Library Association, Reference & User Services Association,
Collection Development & Evaluation Section
Representative Collection Development Policies for Electronic Formats

Berkeley Digital Library
SunSITE Collection and Preservation Policy

Boston University Pappas Law Library
Electronic Resources Collection Policy

Committee on Institutional Cooperation (CIC / Big Ten Universities)
Guidelines for the Collaborative Acquisition
of Electronic Information Resources for the Libraries of the CIC
Assumptions & Guiding Principles for Near Term Initiatives
Preferred Practices for CIC Licensing of Electronic Journals

University of Arizona Library
Policy for Selecting and Acquiring Electronic Products

University of California Libraries
Principles for Acquiring and Licensing Information in Digital Formats

University of Minnesota Law Library
Collection Development Policy for Electronic Resources

Collection Policies for Foreign & International Resources:

Boston University Pappas Law Library
Foreign and International Collection Policy

Duke University School of Law Library
Foreign Law Collection Development Policy
International Legal Materials Collection Development Policy

New York University Law Library
Foreign Law Collection
International Law Collection

University of Houston,
O'Quinn Law Library
Program for Developing the Law Library Collections:
Appendix for the Foreign and International Collections
(After connecting, scroll down to the appendix.)

York University Libraries
Collection Development Policies:
Law : Canadian & International

Collection Policies for U.S. Government Documents:

ALA GODORT Handout Exchange
Collection Development Policies

Arizona State University
Ross-Blakley Law Library
Government Documents Collection Policies

Cleveland State University
Cleveland-Marshall College of Law Library
Federal Depository Collection - Collection Development Policy
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Collection Development Guidelines for Selective Federal Depository Libraries:
Federal Depository Library Manual Supplement (1994).
Also available on Internet (visited June 15, 2001) <
http://www.access.gpo.gov/su_docs/fdlp/pubs/fdlm/coldev.html >.

New York University Law Library
Government Documents Collections

University of Colorado Law Library
Collection Development Policy for Federal Depository Library Materials

Collection Policies for Media or Microforms:

Cleveland State University
Cleveland-Marshall College of Law Library
Media/Microform Policy
(Requires Adobe Acrobat Reader, available free from Adobe.)

Collection Policies for Native American Resources:

National Indian Law Library
Collection Development Policy