Collection Development Policy Statement: Museum Studies and Library Science

The MSU Libraries use the following collection levels defined by the old Research Libraries Group Conspectus as follows:

1. Minimal Level: A subject area in which few selections are made beyond very basic books.
    
2. Basic Information Level: A collection of up‑to‑date general materials that serves to introduce and define a subject.
    
3. Instructional Support Level: A collection that is closely tied to the needs of the curriculum, especially for the Museum Studies program:
   1. Undergraduate Support level: a collection that is adequate to support undergraduate instruction.
   2. Upper Level/Graduate Support level: A collection that is adequate to support undergraduate instruction and most upper level / graduate instruction or independent studies.
       
4. Research Level: A collection that includes major published source materials required for research needs.
    
5. Comprehensive level: A collection in which the Library includes all significant works of recorded knowledge for a necessarily defined and limited field.