Collection Development and Assessment: Home

Welcome to the Houston Cole Library Guide for Collection Development and Management! 

• Gives an overall view of your collection
• Helps to justify expenditures
• Enhances the school’s academic curriculum
• Functions as a means of support for accreditation
• Aids in collection development

Collections will be assessed every 5 years (or upon request by the Department, School, or Administration), except those that do not offer a degree. Those collections that are tied to non-degree awarding subjects will be assessed every 10 years or upon request.

The Chair of the Collection Management and Development Group will send out a list of assessments that will be due each year.

• Auxiliary Science of History & General Works (Due March 4, 2024)
• Criminal Justice (Due February 5, 2024)
• Kinesiology (Due April 1, 2024)
• Languages & Related Literatures (Due January 8, 2024)
• Law (Due December 4, 2023)
• Nursing & Health Sciences (Due October 2, 2023)
• Western European Literature (Due November 6, 2023)