Policy Last Updated: July 1, 2007 Subject: Mathematics PurposeThe Collection Development policy is used as a guide to shape relevant collections and to ensure consistency in collection development. The decision to purchase library materials is primarily the responsibility of the Collections Librarian in consultation with faculty in the Department.This policy has been developed by Michael Skelton, the Collections Librarian, in cooperation with and endorsed by Kathleen Cameron, the Department Faculty Library Liaison and the Department Chair.FocusTo support teaching, study and research up to the graduate level, as well as to support faculty researchAreas of special interest must include: algebra, analysis & topology, applied mathematics, computer science, financial mathematics, geometry, operations research, statistics & probability. Within each specific area individual faculty members may make recommendations for items to be included in the collection.ScopeLanguage: Primarily English language materials are collected. Important publications primarily in French, German, Spanish and Russian will also be considered either in their original language or in translation if available.Place of Publication: emphasis is placed on Canadian or American publishers first, then British and EuropeanDates of Publication: emphasis is placed on recently published worksChronological Period: both contemporary and historical works are acquiredGeographical Areas: no restrictionsPublishers: works from scholarly and academic publishers are emphasizedTypes, formats, and readership of materials collectedMaterials with academic-level readership are selectedWeb-based formats for reference sources, journals and indexing sources are preferred. Print and microform are considered for reason of cost, availability, expected use or long term access.Single copies of books in print formats are generally selected. Web-based formats are selected on a title by title basis, especially if the title is of interest to users at multiple Laurier campuses. Duplication of print across Laurier campuses is generally avoided.Excluded types include textbooks, abridgements, study aids, limited editions, works by vanity presses, juvenile, pamphlets, reprints and partial contents (eg. single issues of journals, electronic versions of single chapters of books). Titles already held by the Universities of Waterloo and Guelph may be excluded.The following items, as they apply to Mathematics, will only be considered for inclusion in the collection upon the request of the Mathematics faculty:Proceedings of conferences, symposia, international congresses, etc.Selected Canadian and American thesesReports of non-governmental organizations such as research centres, university departments, etc.Numeric and/or spatial dataSubjects collected and collecting prioritiesCollecting priorities are categorized into 3 levels:A - highest emphasisThe collection includes major published materials required to support the core teaching and research at the highest degree level offered by the Department.B - secondary emphasisThe collection includes a selection of materials to complement the discipline as a whole, although it may not be a primary focus for courses.C - selective emphasisMaterials, including reference materials and basic journals and indexes are collected to introduce and define an area.Subjects collectedClassificationCollecting priority (Undergraduate)Collecting priority (Graduate/Faculty)Statistics GeneralHA1 - HA28 Theory and methodHA29 - HA32 Time-series analysisHA30.3C Economics Risk managementHD61C Finance Mathematical modelsHG106BAMathematical models, mathematics of investmentHG4515.2 - HG4515.3BBFuture markets (general works)HG6024.A3AAMathematics GeneralQA1 - QA74C Applied mathematics (i.e. business and other disciplines)QA39.2AAPopular work, elementary educationQA77 - QA149C Algebra (general)QA150 - QA272ABCombinatorics, combinatorial analysisQA164 - QA167.2AAGroup theoryQA174 - QA183BBNumber theoryQA241 - QA247.5B Commutative rings and algebrasQA251.3 Non-commutative rings and algebrasQA251.4 Associative rings and algebrasQA251.5 Nonassociative rings and algebrasQA252 - QA252.5 AGame theoryQA269 - QA272.5AAProbabilitiesQA273 - QA273.67ABStochastic processesQA274 - QA274.8AATheory of errors, least squaresQA275AAMathematical statisticsQA276 - QA280AAOrder statisticsQA278.7 ANonparametric methodsQA278.8AADecision theoryQA279.4 - QA279.7BBTime series analysisQA280A Interpolation, sequences, seriesQA281 - QA296 Numerical analysisQA299.5B Analysis (general)QA299.6 - QA439A CalculusQA303 - QA316 Functional analysisQA319 - QA329.9 ATheory of functionsQA331 - QA355 Differential equationsQA370 - QA380AAContinuous groups (of transformations), infinitesimal transformations (topological groups)QA385 - QA387 Analytical methods used in the solution of physical problemsQA401 - QA425 Nonlinear theories, nonlinearityQA427 BDifference equations & functional equations, integral equations, calculus of differencesQA431BAGeometry (general)QA440 - QA800 Elementary geometryQA451 - QA469B Projective geometryQA471 Modern geometryQA473 - QA475 TrigonometryQA531 - QA539A Algebraic geometryQA564 - QA609 Topology, knot theoryQA611 - QA614 Infinitesimal geometryQA615 - QA639 Differential geometryQA641 - QA670 ANon-Euclidean geometryQA685 Analytic mechanics (general)QA801 - QA939 ADynamicsQA843 - QA871AAFluid mechanicsQA901 - QA930 Elasticity, plasticityQA931 - QA939 Technology Applied mathematics, quantitative methodsT56.8 - 58.3BBRelated programs and supportConsortial purchases with the TriUniversity Group of Libraries (Guelph, Waterloo, Laurier university libraries), with the Ontario Council of University Libraries, and on a national level, are pursued. Attachment(s) Mathematics collection policy (2007)