Education Reference Department Book Collection Policy.

This handbook is intended to provide guidance to librarians in the collection development of book, non-book, and media materials for education through analysis of collection policies for specialized, non-print material, text, juvenile literature, and reference collections. Policies for each area are analyzed with regard to purpose, clientele to be served, budget, scope of subjects and types of materials to be collected, and the level of desired development. Within the basic guidelines provided, analysis is made of the collections of the Education Reference Department, School of Education, California State University, for which the general collection development policy and budget are outlined. (CWM)