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Collection Policy Statement Index

(Classes CC and GN700 to GN875)

A Collections Policy Statement on this topic is scheduled for preparation within the framework of the comprehensive revision and updating of the Library's Collections Policy Statements.

In the meantime, the Library will continue to acquire a broadly representative collection of published materials in this field of a scholarly nature, which contain new information, research, or analysis.

Recommenders should be guided, in lieu of an approved Collections Policy Statement, by the general specifications prescribed for subject materials in this field under the Library's current approval plans. For further information, consult the Order Section, Order Division.

For a summary of current collecting strengths in this field, the recommender is directed to the relevant Conspectus data on file in the Collections Policy Office.1

For related topics, consult also the following Collections Policy Statements currently in effect:

Dissertations and Theses
Non-Library Materials
Translations

Notes:

1. For an explanation of the RLG Conspectus, see General Introduction.

October 1993

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