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Collection Development Policy

Primary Clientele

As a college library, our primary clientele are the students, faculty, and staff of Hope College. Purchase suggestions from the wider community will be considered.

  1. Student Research
    Hope College is an undergraduate institution. As such, the resources to provide research materials are limited. However, the library will attempt to collect and provide access to those materials that support undergraduate research conducted at the college. The library will supplement its collections with interlibrary loan and document delivery services.


  2. Faculty Research
    The available financial resources will necessarily limit support of faculty research. The library will endeavor to provide relevant bibliographic tools so that faculty who are conducting research may be able to identify the materials needed to complete their work. Access to materials the library does not own will be provided through interlibrary loan and document delivery services.

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Prepared by the Van Wylen Library Collection Development Team, March 2002

Last Revised October 2007