Faculty Library Services: Program Review & Accreditation

The College’s five-year program review cycle provides a structure and timetable for reviewing the strengths and weaknesses of the collection.

Some questions to ask when evaluating library materials:

• Does the library have access to the core journals in your discipline?
• Are there any print periodical titles you think we should eliminate because they are no longer useful or because they are available in electronic format?
• Are there periodicals that you think we should subscribe to? If so, please contact your school’s librarian.
• Do we have the core books in your discipline?
• Do we have eBooks in your discipline?
• Is the book collection for your discipline as current as it should be?
• Has your department been to the library to deselect or evaluate the collection since your last program review?

Upon request, librarians provide faculty in programs under review with:

• A list of current periodical subscriptions for your discipline
• A list of full-text periodical titles for your discipline
• A list of subscription databases for your discipline
• A list of nonprint media for your discipline
• A bibliography of books in specific call number ranges           
• The number of books in specific call number ranges 
• The average date of publication for books in specific call number ranges 
• Expenditure data for programs/schools

If you need any other information, please contact your school's librarian.