Collection Development Policy
Business Administration

 

PROGRAMS AND CLIENTELE SUPPORTED:

The Mendoza College of Business Administration offers the following degrees: Bachelor of Business Administration, Master of Business Administration including an "Executive MBA" program, and Master of Science in Administration. There are no program offereings at the Ph.D. level at present. The outside business community uses Hesburgh Library resources heavily, but the collection is not tailored to meet their needs.

SUBJECT LIBRARIAN:

Steve Hayes
Business Information Center
(574) 631-5268
Hayes.2@nd.edu
FAX: (574) 631-6367

and

Cameron Tuai
Reference Department (mail)
245 Hesburgh Library (office)
(574) 631-6818
Tuai.1@nd.edu
FAX: (574) 631-6772

GENERAL COLLECTING GUIDELINES:

Languages: Primarily English language. Some German and French titles are purchased in business ethics, and some Spanish titles in international accounting. Statistical sources, if the data are clear and needed, are not limited by language.

Chronological: Emphasis is on current topics and management practices. With respect to international trade, there is a widespread interest in projecting growth trends. Business forecasting projects are assigned in many different courses. Older titles in accounting history and banking history are sometimes purchased. Regular efforts to fill gaps in annuals, series, and older volumes of journals are made. Historical cumulations of stock and financial data are acquired whenever possible, often in microform.

Geographical: No geographic restrictions apply. Persistent interest is expressed in trade with the Pacific Rim nations, with a strong emphasis more recently on eastern Europe. Business ethics courses have for many years focused intensely on South Africa. International marketing projects may potentially target any country; and in such cases, U.S. Department of Commerce sources augment the conventional print collection effectively.

Treatment of subject: Scholarly and authoritative works are selected, as are sources to support study at the undergraduate and graduate (master's) levels. Conference proceedings are an important emphasis in some specialty areas. Stock market and financial data on an ever-widening basis are sought as resources allow. Textbooks are not selected, but handbooks and professional manuals are considered and often added. Strictly popular investment and management pocket books are not considered.

Types of materials: Print Materials include primarily monographs but also research annuals and conference proceedings. A few titles per year are added in video format. Directories and statistical compilations are added in coordination with the Reference Department. Electronically- based indexes and data sources are generally supported from other budget lines.

 

COORDINATION INFORMATION:

Some titles are of mutual interest to the Economics Department and to the College of Business faculty. It is sometimes necessary to confer with both units regarding the funding, securing, and publicizing of such acquisitions.

Coordination with the Head of Reference is essential on a continuous basis regarding the addition of costly directories, statistical handbooks, and indexes.

The Business Information Center has just opened within the College of Business Administration during academic year 1995/96, and its budgetary needs for electronic databases are still being defined. The Business Librarian and the Business Services Librarian confer frequently to help achieve this goal.

COLLECTING LEVELS :

LC Class	Subject	Collecting Level
H	Social Sciences, general works	3
HA	Statistics	3
HB	Economic Theory	4
HC	Economic History	4
HD	Industry & Labor	4
HE	Transportation	2
HF	Commerce	3
HG	Finance	3
HJ	Accountancy & Public Finance	3

SPECIAL CONSIDERATIONS:

The collecting levels above, combined with active library instruction and intensive reference assistance by the library faculty, have for many years served the instructional needs of the College of Business Administration well. The research needs of the Business faculty are becoming more wide-ranging and suggest that higher intensity may soon be needed in HF, HG, and HJ. The introduction any time in the near future of Ph.D. offerings in one or more business disciplines would guarantee that higher intensity were needed. In such circumstances substantial lead time, together with budget augmentation for current subscriptions and retrospective purchasing, would be of the essence.

 

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