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Collection Development and Materials Selection Policy
Arts and Recreation (700-799) The 700s encompass a wide range of subject matter of interest to students, casual art lovers, collectors, and handicraft and sports enthusiasts. The largest sections cover a wide range of arts and crafts, television and motion pictures, and sports. Virtually all items are at a popular level, with little scholarly material. Influencing Factors Patron interest and demand heavily influences purchasing patterns in arts and recreation. Current libretti for each Lyric Opera season, books on Chicago sports teams, and other recreational and informational topics of general public interest are essential purchases. Standard library selection sources are consulted along with specialty magazines in various fields such as Opera News, Sports Illustrated and Petersen's Photographic. Specialized publishers' catalogs such as Abrams, Watson-Guptill and Schirmer Books, and catalogs from sources such as the Metropolitan Opera and the Metropolitan Art Museum are also consulted. Opera libretti are ordered directly from Lyric Opera of Chicago. Most price guides for collectibles are added to the circulating collection rather than the reference collection. General guides should be treated as reference titles, while the more specialized titles are better utilized in the circulating collection. Books on museums, sculpture or art history should be retained as long as use indicates continuing patron interest and demand. Information in these subject areas is stable and not time-dateable; however care should be taken to maintain currency and freshness in the collection by the regular acquisition of carefully selected new titles. The same applies to books on the history of movies, radio, theater, television and background information on various sports. Handicrafts, hobbies, collectibles and sports rule books should be kept current. Usage figures, condition, and currency of information should continue to be the standard criteria in the weeding process. The emphasis should be on keeping the popular topics (as noted above) current to fulfill patron expectations and needs. Photography should be developed, as funds permit, particularly in how-to titles and in collections of individual photographers. Purchasing in the fine arts should be influenced by patron demand and general public interest. |
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