Collection Development Policy
Microforms
Microform editions maybe recommended in the following circumstances:
- For back files of periodicals, newspapers and documents because of
low usage and/or minimum space consumption
- For materials subject to mutilation, theft or rapid deterioration
- For materials whose high cost would be unaffordable in hard copy
- For highly specialized documentary sets or series
- For materials not available in digital format or if price for
digital is prohibitive.
For titles containing information that does not reproduce well on
microform such as colored illustrations or certain types of graphs,
charts, or statistics, hard copy purchase is recommended. |
