Collection Development Policy
Mathematics

PROGRAMS & CLIENTELE SUPPORTED:

Teaching and research through the doctoral level are supported in the following areas: algebra, mathematical analysis, geometry, logic, and topology. While interest in these areas is centered in the Department of Mathematics, faculty and students in Sciences and Engineering also have interest in one or more of the areas.

SUBJECT LIBRARIAN:

Parker Ladwig
Math Library
(574) 631-3617
Ladwig.1@nd.edu
FAX:  (574) 631-9660

GENERAL COLLECTING GUIDELINES:

Languages:  The primary language of collection is English, but materials in German, Russian, and French are acquired as appropriate. Translations into English are preferred whenever available.

Chronological:  No limitation. For studies on the history of mathematics, see the History of Science policy.

Geographical:  Not applicable.

Treatment of Subject:  Emphasis is on research materials. Textbooks are acquired only by faculty request. Popular treatments are acquired selectively and cataloged for the Hesburgh Library.

Types of Material:  The collection includes treatises, dictionaries, directories, encyclopedias, bibliographies, collected works, proceedings of conferences, and preprints.

Formats:  Spiral bound and loose-leaf items are avoided. Hardbacks are preferred to paperbacks but paperbacks are not avoided. Electronic formats are chosen when it is a useful addition to the collection. Considerations of the platform the electronic format is to be run on are taken into account.

COORDINATION INFORMATION:

Theoretical computer science is selectively collected in the Mathematics Library; other computer science materials are in the Engineering Library. Historical materials are treated in the History of Science policy.

COLLECTING LEVELS:

                                                                                                                                                                

Subject	LC Class	Collecting Level
General Mathematics. Logic
Collected Works	QA 3	4
Mathematical Logic	QA 8-10	4
Study and Teaching	QA 11-20	2
History. Biography	QA 21-35	4
Textbooks, Handbooks, & Tables	QA 36-63	2
Computer Science (Theoretical)	QA 76	2
Mathematical Recreations	QA 93-99	2
Arithmetic. Teaching Mathematics	QA 101-145	1
Algebra
Abstract Algebra	QA 162	4
Cominatorics. Graph Theory	QA 164-167	2
Homological Algebra	QA 169	4
Group Theory	QA 171-172	4
Linear Algebra	QA 184-205	4
Algebraic Theory	QA 211-224	4
Number Theory	QA 241-247	4
Machine Theory	QA 255-268	1
Game Theory	QA 269-272	2
Probabilities. Mathematical Statistics
Probabilities	QA 273-274	3
Mathematical Statistics	QA 275-295	3
Numerical Analysis	QA 297-299	3
Analysis
Calculus	QA 303-316	4
Functional Analysis	QA 319-329	4
Theory of Functions	QA 331-355	4
Differential Equations	QA 370-379	4
Continuous Groups	QA 385-387	4
Analytical Methods	QA 401-425	4
Geometry. Trigonometry. Topology
Elementary Geometry	QA 451-469	2
Descriptive Geometry	QA 501-521	2
Trigonometry	QA 531-538	2
Analytic Geometry	QA 551-563	4
Algebraic Geometry	QA 564-609	4
Topology	QA 611-614	4
Infinitesimal Geometry	QA 615-639	1
Differential Geometry	QA 641-699	4
Analytical Mechanics
Statics	QA 821-839	2
Kinematics	QA 841-842	2
Dynamics	QA 843-871	2
Fluid Mechanics	QA 901-930	2
Elasticity	QA 931-939	2

 

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