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Collection Depth Indicator Level	Description
0 - Out of Scope	The library does not collect materials that are considered beyond our curriculum areas or are at research or comprehensive levels (see Advanced Collections below).
1 - Minimal Level	Collections that support minimal inquiries about this subject and include very limited collections of general resources.
2 - Basic Information Level	Basic collections that introduce and define a subject.  Supports the needs of general library users through the first two years of college instruction.
3 - Intermediate Study	Intermediate collections that support the first two years of college instruction, as well as the independent study needs of the lifelong learner with resources adequate for imparting and maintaining knowledge about the primary topics of a subject area.
4 - Instructional Support Level	Instructional support collections provide pedagogical materials that support the scholarship of teaching and learning in a two year college.

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Advanced Collections:
Research or Comprehensive level materials can be acquired through the University of Cincinnati Libraries, OhioLINK and InterLibrary Loan. 

* As adapted from Columbia University Libraries, Collection Development’s: Collection Depth Indicators, which are based on the Research Libraries Group (RLG) Conspectus, as well as the Western Library Network (WLN) Conspectus. 

 

 

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This page was last modified on 12/22/2008 by Lauren Wahman.