SearchCollection Development & Management Policy
The Collection Development and Management Policy and its strategic principles underpin the development and the management of the collection of information resources and the provision of access to content accordingly, within SLS planning prioritiesOur collection supports learning, teaching and research.
The information resources are selected in partnership with academic staff. We ensure that resources are relevant, support the curriculum and priority research areas and represent excellent value for money. We are committed to a continuous review of our resources accordingly.
We review and update this policy annually, in line with corporate objectives and timescales, to ensure that it continues to meet the needs of our university.
Access to scholarly content will be considered in the following ways:
- Open Access - to allow for open access to all and provide immediate and unrestricted access.
- Paid subscription - to databases (eResources) and individual journals
- Ownership - by purchasing individual books
- "Electronic first"- we focus on providing electronic access to library collections as far as possible
- Accessibility - by delivering content in accessible formats
- Collaborative provision - document delivery via interlibrary loan and digitisation services gives access to resources beyond our collections including participation in collaborative schemes giving our staff and students opportunities to use other libraries
- Support discovery of the collection promoting access to content and making our content accessible.
Full Collection Development & Management Policy (.pdf).
Page Last Reviewed: 13th March 2025.