Policy Last Updated: August 1, 2007 Subject: Business PurposeThe Collection Development policy is used as a guide to shape relevant collections and to ensure consistency in collection development. The decision to purchase library materials is primarily the responsibility of the Collections Librarian in consultation with faculty in the Department.This policy has been developed by Eun-ha Hong, the Collections LiFocusTo support teaching, study and research up to the graduate level, as well as to support faculty research.Special emphasis is to be placed on the following major areas of the School’s programme:Accounting and controlFinanceMarketingOrganizational BehaviourProductionQuantitative Techniques in BusinessBusiness and Industrial ManagementScopeLanguage: primarily English materials are collected with the exception of relevant Canadian publications issued only in French. Materials published abroad in language other than English are excluded except when requested for specific research purposes.Place of Publication: emphasis is placed on Canadian and American publications.Dates of Publication: emphasis is placed on recently published works.Chronological Period: heavy emphasis is given to current publication. Non-current titles which have historical interest or which illustrate the historical development of the various subject areas in Business Administration are also procured.Geographical Areas: special emphasis is given to publications dealing with Canadian business and industry. American business and international business 2 operations are also stressed. Publications dealing with business and industrial problems in the United Kingdom, Australia, Western Europe and other areas of the world are extensively purchased when deemed relevant.Publishers: works from scholarly and academic publishers are emphasized.Types, formats, and readership of materials collected Materials with academic-level readership are selected.Web-based formats for reference sources, journals and indexing sources are preferred. Print and microform are considered for reason of cost, availability, expected use or long term access.Single copies of books in print formats are generally selected. Web-based formats are selected on a title by title basis, especially if the title is of interest to users at multiple Laurier campuses. Duplication of print across Laurier campuses is generally avoided.Excluded types include textbooks, abridgements, study aids, limited editions, works by vanity presses, juvenile works, pamphlets, reprints and partial contents (eg. single issues of journals, electronic versions of single chapters of books).Subjects collected and collecting prioritiesCollecting priorities are categorized into 3 levels:A - highest emphasisThe collection includes major published materials required to support the core teaching and research at the highest degree level offered by the Department.B - secondary emphasisThe collection includes a selection of materials to complement the discipline as a whole, although it may not be a primary focus for courses.C - selective emphasisMaterials, including reference materials and basic journals and indexes are collected to introduce and define an area.Subjects collectedClassificationCollecting priorityAccounting and control  Accounting (general)HF5601 - HF5625.7 ControllershipHG4026 Financial accountingHF5635 Managerial accountingHF5657.4 Industrial accountingHF5635 AuditingHF5667 - HF5668.25 Accounting and control in specific businesses and industries (e.g. dairy industry, extractive industry)HF5686.A-Z Finance  Corporate financeHG4001 - HG4285 Investments and investmentHG4501 - HG6051 ManagementHD28 - HD70 Capital and capital marketsHG4523 - HG4524 Finance institutions (e.g. banks and banking)  TaxationHJ2240 - HJ3192.7 Real estateHD1361 - HD1395.5 InsuranceHG8001 - HG9999 Personal finance (e.g. consumer credit)HG179; HG3755 - HG3756 Public financeHJ9 - HJ2216 International financeHG3879 - HG4000 Marketing  Marketing (general)HF5410 - HF5414.165 Marketing researchHF5415.2 - HF5415.3 Advertising (marketing communications)HF4515.123 Retailing and retail tradeHF5428 - HF5429.6 Sales managementHF5438 - HF5439.W5 Marketing planningHF5415.13 Consumers and consumer behaviourHF5415.32 - HF54115.33 Consumerism and consumer protectionHC79.C63 Organizational Behaviour  Organization (general)HD58.7 Industrial relationsHD6958.5 - HD6976 Labor economicsHD4901 Labor and laboring classesHD6050 - HD6305.S92 Personal managementHF5549 - HF5549.5.T8 Administrative practicesHD38.15 Interpersonal relationsHM132 Business and industrial psychologyHF5548.8 - HF5548.85 Production  Manufacturing operations, including production control, production, engineering, industrial engineering, factory management, quality controlTS155 Purchasing, including inventory control, materials management, value analysisHF5437 Management of technology and technological changeHD45 Industrial research (e.g. new products)T175 - T178 Quantitative techniques in Business  Management scienceT56 - T57; HD30.25 Operations researchT57.6 - T57.96 Business and Economic forecastingHD30.27 Probability and statisticsHD30.215; HD38 Computers and management information systemsHDF30.213 Business and industrial management  Business managementHD31 Industrial managementHD28 International business operationsHD62.4 Business and societyHD60 - HD60.5 Research methodsHD30.4 Business lawKF888 - KF889 Commercial lawK1001 - K1395 Corporate lawKE1381 - KE1462.2 Managerial and business economicsHD30.22 Business historyHD30.5 - HD30.65 Related programs and support Consortial purchases with the TriUniversity Group of Libraries (Guelph, Waterloo, Laurier university libraries), with the Ontario Council of University Libraries, and on a national level, are pursued. Attachment(s) Business collection policy (2007)