Guidelines by Format or Type of Material (continued)
Popular Works - Contemporary popular health-related books, journals, etc., published for a nonprofessional readership are not collected, even though the author may be a health professional. These materials are available at public libraries.
Portraits, Prints, and Photographs - Portraits, prints, and photographs are not collected.
Proceedings see Congresses, Conferences, Symposia
Programmed Texts - These materials are designed to be consumed by the user, and are not reusable. The Library will not collect these items.
Promotional Materials - Commercial product and service advertising materials and literature used in fund-raising appeals are not collected.
Reprints - Reprinted editions of monographs and serials may be collected if the Library lacks the original, if the Library's original is in poor condition or if it is too rare or valuable to lend, if an added copy of the work is needed, or if the reprint contains significant new introductory material or new text which is lacking in the original edition. Collected reprints of original journal articles are usually not acquired, but exceptions may be made if the collections are on health-related subjects from journals not available in the Library. Reprint collection of the writings of a particular institution of organization will not be purchased. Reprints of single journal articles are not collected
Serials – Relevant, high-quality, peer-reviewed, substantive and scholarly serial publications in English will be collected. The electronic format is generally preferred to print. Titles indexed in MEDLINE, CINAHL, Psychological Abstracts and Science Citation Index receive the highest consideration.
Software - Electronic and instructional media selections are based on compatibility with library software and hardware, security restrictions, license and copyright compliance, and accessibility. The library will selectively add electronic and instructional media materials that accompany titles in other formats.
Standards - The library does not attempt to collect standards; however, it does acquire some guidelines and indexes of standards related to health, health care, and health practice.
Statistics - Publications from U.S. government agencies or international bodies containing significant statistical compilations of data on health care, morbidity and morality, and socio-economic factors related to health or disease will be acquired. Reports which are primarily statistical data will be placed in Reference, while reports which are primarily narrative discussion will be placed in the general collection. Most substantial statistical data have potential historical usefulness, so should be kept indefinitely.
Stress Management Materials - A small amount of money is allocated occasionally to the Stress management collection. These resources are usually selected by the reference librarians. These materials are intended to cover a variety of topics in the self-improvement literature of interest to students, including stress management, time management, and study techniques and creativity.
Syllabi and Course Outlines - These publications are not collected.
Symposia see Congresses, Conferences, Symposia
Tests - The library does not collect tests.
Textbooks - Textbooks supporting the professional education of KUMC biomedical students and personnel are collected in English.
Translations - Translation into English of major publications will be acquired selectively, based on their importance. Translations of single journal articles will not be collected. Cover-to-cover translations of major foreign journals may be acquired, based on their importance. With the exception of Reference titles, translated monographs will not be collected.
Unpublished Materials - Manuscript materials are not collected.
Workbooks - These materials are designed to be consumed by the user, and are not reusable. The Library will not collect these items.
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