Speech Communication: Collection Development Policy
Purpose
To collect, manage and provide access to library materials to support the academic and research programs of the department of Speech Communication. The Speech Communication department offers the B.A. degree with concentrations in Teacher Licensure, Media Studies, Communication Studies, or Rhetorical Studies, and the M.A. degree in Rhetoric, Communication Studies and Media Studies. There is also an interdepartmental minor in media studies (with Journalism & Technical Communication). Curricular emphasis includes rhetorical theory; communication theory; public address; feminist theories of discourse; law and policy of communication technologies; media studies, including television, film, and popular culture; freedom of speech; interpersonal communication, intercultural communication, organizational/business communication, nonverbal communication, history of oratory (especially in U.S. History), and persuasion and conflict theory. Materials and courses support several diversity, and area study programs.
Scope of Coverage
Language: Mainly English; some modern Western European languages and Latin. Films may have original languages from anywhere around the world (with subtitles in English if not in English).Geographical: Primarily U.S., Europe, including classical Greece and Rome, and the Americas. Films and other media texts may originate from around the world.
Chronological: Contemporary and historical.
Publication types and levels: Current publications, both scholarly and trade. Selected classical works in the field. Undergraduate, graduate, and professional.
Types of Materials:
Monographs and periodicals, selected indexes, and databases. Media formats such as video, DVD, and future digital sources.Other Resources
For a more detailed list of major print and electronic resources in speech available at or through CSUL please go to http://lib.colostate.edu/research/speech/
Contact Information
Subject specialist:
Naomi Lederer
491-0593
Email: Naomi Lederer
