History: Collection Development Policy
Purpose
To collect, manage and provide access to library materials to support the academic and research programs of the History Department, which offers courses leading to the Bachelor of Arts degree (with concentrations in Liberal Arts and Social Studies Teaching) and master's degrees in history and public history. Curricular emphases include American, European, Russian, Latin American, African, East and South Asian, and Middle Eastern History. The department also teaches courses in world and transnational history, cultural history, environmental history, gender and women's history, and the history of religion, especially Islam. In the field of American History, emphasis is placed on the American West, borderlands history, African American, and Native American history. History materials support many other departments and programs, especially in the liberal arts, education, and natural resources. The collections in History also support diversity and interdisciplinary programs, including ethnic studies, international studies, women's studies, and American studies. Community interest in the Western American History materials has been of long standing.
Scope of Coverage
Language: English with some exceptions.Geographic: Primarily United States and Europe. Emphasis in Western U.S. Recent expanded coverage of materials on Africa, Asia, Latin America, and the Middle East.
Chronological: All periods, with emphasis on modern history.
Publication types and levels: Current publications from primarily university and scholarly presses. Trade publications from major publishers only. With few exceptions the journal list includes only most frequently indexed titles. Selected reprints of classical works in the field.
Types of Materials
Periodicals and monographs almost exclusively. U.S. Government publications, received by CSUL as a Federal Depository library, of interest to researchers include especially those published by the Office of Military History, the National Archives and Records Administration, the Library of Congress, the Department of State, the Office of the President and the United States Congress.Other Resources
For a more detailed list of major print and electronic resources in history available at or through CSUL please go to http://lib.colostate.edu/research/history/
Contact Information
Subject specialist:
Naomi Lederer
491-0593
Email: Naomi Lederer
