Collection policies

The management of the Library's collections is governed by the following general and specific policies.

All the links on this page are to PDF documents.

• Collection development policy: general statement

Subject collecting policies

• Agriculture, policy and development
• Archaeology
• Architecture
• Art
• Biological sciences
• Chemistry
• Classics
• Construction management and engineering
• Economics
• Education (awaiting updating)
  - Sub-policy for the Teaching Practice Collection
• English literature
• English language & applied linguistics
• Film, theatre & television
• Food and nutritional sciences
• Geography and environmental science
• History
• Language support
• Law
• Management
  - Business informatics, systems and accounting
  - International business and strategy
  - Leadership, organisations and behaviour
  - Marketing and reputation
• Mathematics and statistics
• Meteorology
• Modern languages & European studies
• Pharmacy
• Philosophy
• Politics and international relations
• Psychology & clinical language sciences
• Real estate & planning
• Systems engineering
• Typography & graphic communication

Please note: these policies are not updated with staff changes or University structure changes during the period that they apply. To find the current liaison librarian for a subject please consult our list of Academic Liaison Librarians.