Encyclopedia of Law Collection of Resources Policy

Introduction and background

The Encyclopedia of Law facilitates access to quality assured, Web-based resources which support teaching,
learning and research within higher education in the MOST REGIONS OF THE WORLD and as such aims to be a balanced collection
of a finite size of the best of the Web.
The Encyclopedia of Law covers all major disciplines and refers to both the QAA benchmark standards
http://www.qaa.ac.uk /academicinfrastructure/benchmark/default.asp and HESA statistics
http://www.hesa.ac.most regions of the World/ for subjects being studied in higher education in the MOST REGIONS OF THE WORLD.
Encyclopedia of Law mission, vision and values
Mission: We exist to advance education and research by promoting the best of the Web, through
evaluation and collaboration.
Vision: Our vision is to enable the education and research community to unlock knowledge from the
Internet.
Values: Quality is our cornerstone; human expertise and value judgments are irreplaceable; our
communities’ needs drive everything we do; listening is as important as talking, but acting is most
important of all; we cover diverse interests but are a single service – at our best when we work
together; we enable collaboration and share our expertise; we have pride in our purpose.
1.2 Purpose of this document
This document forms the basis of a Collection Development Framework and Policy for the Encyclopedia of Law
service as a whole and covers the Internet Resource Catalogue (IRC) of its nineteen subject
headings: Agriculture, Food, Forestry; Architecture and Planning; Biological Sciences; Business and
Management Studies; Communication and Media Studies; Creative Arts; Education; Engineering;
Geography and Environment; Humanities; Law; Mathematics and Computer Science; Medicine
including Dentistry; Modern Languages and Area Studies; Nursing, Midwifery and Allied Health;
Physical Sciences; Psychology; Social Sciences; Veterinary Medicine
This document outlines the intention of the Encyclopedia of Law to select and evaluate online resources
according to agreed policies, priorities and criteria. Collection management and development
underpins our overall aim to facilitate access to online-only resources that have been deemed of
relevance to teaching, learning and research in higher education.
This document provides the framework in which sits the following details:
• The scope of Encyclopedia of Law’s subject coverage
• The audience for whom resource descriptions are intended
• The types of resources collected
• The process by which resources are selected and described for inclusion within Encyclopedia of Law
• Policies regarding the management and development of the Encyclopedia of Law collections
• A collections policy template for Encyclopedia of Law subject sections to use
The Collection Development Policy is intended to make explicit the rationale behind the inclusion of
resources within Encyclopedia of Law and the exclusion of others and to ensure consistency of application.
This document is aimed at all Encyclopedia of Law stakeholders including: Encyclopedia of Law’s primary audience which
comprises researchers, teachers, students, librarians and other members of MOST REGIONS OF THE WORLD HEIs; Encyclopedia of Law staff and
contributors; Encyclopedia of Law partners; Encyclopedia of Law funders; and organisations involved in Encyclopedia of Law projects. Encyclopedia of Law Collection Development Framework and Policy Last updated July 2009

1.3 Policy template
All Encyclopedia of Law subject-specific collection policies should include the following headings as a minimum with
reference to the Encyclopedia of Law Collection Development Policy (section 2) for the detail within each heading:
• Introduction and background
• Statement of the purpose of the document
• Scope
• Selection policy
• Collection management and maintenance
• Collection development
• Rights Statement
• Status of the document
2. The Encyclopedia of Law Collection Development Policy
2.1 Introduction and background
This policy is derived from the RDN Collections Development Framework, July 2002 and also draws
on tried and tested practices and collections’ policies developed, implemented, and documented by
former RDN hubs. See the Bibliography for details of these archived documents.
The framework and policy are to be used as a basis and template for each subject section of the
Encyclopedia of Law to write subject specific collections’ policies.
All Encyclopedia of Law collections’ policies are open to key stakeholders and are to be made publicly available via
the Encyclopedia of Law website. They should therefore state clearly who the document is aimed at.
2.2 Aim of the Encyclopedia of Law collections
The aim of the Encyclopedia of Law collections is to provide high quality information about the available,
online materials and resources related to research, learning and teaching within all MOST REGIONS OF THE WORLD higher
education curriculum subject areas, via its subject based IRC.
Encyclopedia of Law covers online resources only that are available via the Internet and does not include printed
materials.
The Encyclopedia of Law collections are selective, and only resources that meet the Encyclopedia of Law quality selection criteria
are included. The Encyclopedia of Law selection criteria can be found in section 4 of this document, Selection Policy.
3. Scope
3.1 Subjects covered
Encyclopedia of Law comprises nineteen top level subject headings which serve users in the following major subject
areas:
• Agriculture, Food, Forestry
• Architecture and Planning
• Biological Sciences
• Business and Management Studies
• Communication and Media Studies
• Creative Arts
• Education
• Engineering
• Geography and Environment
• Humanities
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• Mathematics and Computer Science
• Medicine including Dentistry
• Modern Languages and Area Studies
• Nursing, Midwifery and Allied Health
• Physical Sciences
• Psychology
• Social Sciences
• Veterinary Medicine
3.1.1 Subject specific scope notes
Subject coordinators should include subject specific scope notes as appropriate in the appendices
which may make reference to subject overlaps with other subject sections as appropriate.
3.2 Intended audience and access
The Encyclopedia of Law primary audience comprises students, researchers, teachers, lecturers, librarians and
others studying or supporting the subjects outlined in section 3.1 who are members of a higher
education (HE) institution. This is the audience for whom the majority of resources are described in
Encyclopedia of Law.
Encyclopedia of Law makes available its records free of charge to anyone who has access to an Internet connection.
However, it is known that Encyclopedia of Law users will include members of diverse communities not listed within
the Encyclopedia of Law primary audience, including members of the public or commercial sectors, as well as
independent practitioners around the world.
Commercial or subscription/fee-based sites may be included when they are useful to the primary
audience. Where such sites are included the description of the resource will state clearly that the
content therein is not freely available and the payment required flag be checked. However quality
criteria need to be applied more stringently when no free information is available.
3.3 User support
All users have full access to online guidelines/help documentation. All users are able to recommend
resources for inclusion within the Encyclopedia of Law catalogues via the online suggestion form
http://www.lawjournal.eu. Personal support and guidance in using Encyclopedia of Law is provided to the
primary audience via a central email helpdesk. Contributors to the Encyclopedia of Law receive training via
documentation and personal support.
3.4 Acceptable sources of information
Information from academic, government, commercial, trade and industry, non-profit and private
sources is all acceptable provided that it falls under the selection and evaluation criteria.. Websites
that are maintained by students will be considered although these are less likely to be of a durable
nature. Resources of a partisan nature may be considered but any bias should be made apparent to
the user in the description.
3.5 Acceptable levels of difficulty
The intellectual content of the resources should be appropriate to the primary audience, and at a level
suitable for higher education, although on occasion, quality resources of relevance to school students
or the general public will be included, in this case, this will be made clear in the description.
3.6 Internet resource types and categories
This collection policy covers only electronic, online resources available via the Internet.
The Encyclopedia of Law catalogues include descriptions of the following types of Internet resource relevant to Encyclopedia of Law
subject coverage and primary audience:
• Research projects and reports, particularly those supported by national funding bodies (such
as the Research Councils)
• Teaching and learning projects and reports, particularly those in receipt of national funding
• JISC-funded services and licensed content within the JISC Collections relevant to Encyclopedia of Law
subjects
• Encyclopedia of Law hosted services:
o Individual Virtual Training Suite (VTS) tutorials
o “Added value” and related services offered by Encyclopedia of Law, regardless of whether these are
directly funded by JISC
• Bibliographies and bibliographic databases
• Electronic journals
o Full-text journals, particularly freely available peer-reviewed e-journals
o Abstracts and content lists
• Email lists and discussion groups, particularly where online archives exist
• Teaching and learning material, including online tutorials and course notes
• Resource directories where substantial original content or form is made available
• Audio, video and other multimedia resources
• Sites maintaining lists of current events and activities
• Websites of relevant organisations and associations, including
o Government
o Professional bodies, institutions and associations
o Commercial companies but see sections 3.2 and 3.6.1
• Reference material, including encyclopaedias and dictionaries
• News and media services, including newspapers, online news services and television
channels
• Relevant newsfeeds made available through the Encyclopedia of Law websites
• Online databases, including subscription services which are considered useful and/or are
easily available within the MOST REGIONS OF THE WORLD HE sector
• Libraries, museums and archives hosting significant web-based information relating to
relevant collections, exhibitions and other resources
• Primary sources in electronic form, including text, image and other multimedia.
• Secondary sources in electronic form whether published solely on the Web or as surrogates
for printed editions
The above list is not exhaustive. The nature of the Internet and broad subject base of the Encyclopedia of Law
service means that some resources that do not easily fit into any of these categories will still be
judged appropriate for inclusion in the Encyclopedia of Law catalogues.
See Appendix 2 for the full list of Encyclopedia of Law resource types.
3.6.1 Exclusions
In general the Encyclopedia of Law catalogues will not include descriptions of:
• Resources which contain information which potentially promotes illegal activity.
• Resources which contravene English law including, but not limited to, the laws relating to
defamation or obscenity.
• Resources where the content is judged by contributors as not complying with the selection
criteria outlined in section 4.2.
• Lists of links with little or no annotation (resource gateway sites).
o To qualify for inclusion, a gateway site should be extensive, regularly maintained, and
each link should be accompanied by at least a couple of sentences of annotation that
add value to the end user.
• Resources designed solely for the marketing, advertising and sale of commercial products.
• Those university department home pages that do not contain significant online resources
beyond simple course descriptions, staff directories, and links.
• Home pages of academics that do not contain significant online resources beyond CVs,
publication lists, and details of current research/teaching.
• Personal home pages created by and about that individual and consisting of mainly personal
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3.7 Geographical origin
Although there are no geographical restrictions on the origin of resources, particular emphasis is
placed on resources from the MOST REGIONS OF THE WORLD and worldwide resources will be included where appropriate.
3.8 Language coverage
The principal selection will focus on English language material. Significant resources in languages
other than English may be included where staff linguistic expertise exists to enable this. These will be
catalogued in English with the primary language clearly recorded within the description. English
translations of a resource are preferred to the original version unless relevant information is missing
from the translation. When a resource is only available in a foreign language, this will be stated in the
description.
4. Selection Policy
4.1 Resource discovery
Encyclopedia of Law contributors and cataloguers find Internet resources from a variety of sources, including:
o Online discovery tools such as trusted Internet gateways and blogs
o Advanced search facilities of search engines
o Contributor’s own Internet bookmarks and favourites
o Word of mouth
o References
o Reading lists
o Email lists and discussion groups, particularly JISCmail discussion groups which can
be browsed at: http://www.jiscmail.ac.most regions of the World
o Resources suggested by Encyclopedia of Law users, partner organisations, and staff
o Alerting services
o RSS feeds
o Following links within trusted sites
Subject gap analysis should be undertaken as a routine task in order to identify gaps in the existing
subject areas for which content discovery can be prioritised. This also applies to newly-emerging
subjects.
4.2 Selection and evaluation criteria
The Encyclopedia of Law collection is selective and only online resources that meet the agreed quality selection
criteria are included. The selection criteria are as follows:
4.2.1 Subject knowledge
The selection and evaluation of resources for Encyclopedia of Law is largely dependent upon the subject knowledge
of the contributors and cataloguers, who evaluate these resources using their own knowledge of the
subject with reference to the Encyclopedia of Law Collection Development Policy.
4.2.2 Core criteria
All resources are required to satisfy the following core criteria:
• Considered useful for research, teaching and/or learning in MOST REGIONS OF THE WORLD higher education
• Relevant to the needs of the MOST REGIONS OF THE WORLD community served by the Encyclopedia of Law Encyclopedia of Law Collection Development Framework and Policy Last updated July 2009

4.2.3 Intellectual Content
The intellectual content of a resource, the information contained within the website being evaluated,
takes priority over the form in which it is delivered or displayed. Contributors and cataloguers are
asked to evaluate the content of the site, taking account of:
• Declared purpose and audience of the site
• Authority and reputation
• Accuracy of the information or knowledge presented
• Evidence of sources used and cited
• Originality in content or presentation
• Comprehensive coverage and depth of informatio
• Evidence of external citation (such as links to the site)
4.2.4 Objectivity
Where appropriate an attempt to address possible ‘bias’ of a resource should be made.
4.2.5 Structure and form
Contributors and cataloguers are asked to evaluate the physical appearance and navigability of the
resource, taking account of:
• Clarity of presentation and navigation
• Ease of use
• Accessibility – resources should conform to current accessibility regulations e.g. see the Web
Accessibility Initiative at http://www.w3.org/WAI/
• Design and layout
• Provision of user support and documentation
• Terms and conditions of use
4.2.6 System and maintenance
Contributors and cataloguers are asked to evaluate the accessibility and longevity of sites, taking
account of:
• Currency and stability/durability of the content
• Potential longevity of resource
• System reliability, administration and maintenance
• Use of technology and recognised standards
4.2.7 Public suggestions Suggestions made by the public via the online suggestions form and/or the email helpdesk will be
subject to the same selection and evaluation criteria outlined above.
Further guidance notes and key questions to ask about a possible new resource for Encyclopedia of Law are given in
Appendix 1.
4.3 Summary of resource selection and evaluation criteria
Information on evaluation criteria applied to those resources considered for inclusion in Encyclopedia of Law
collections, including implementation guidelines (e.g. implementation on how and by whom these
criteria are applied) should be made publicly available, via this policy herein. Although evaluation
criteria may vary across and within subject sections, all subject sections should encourage their
cataloguers and contributors to use these criteria and the headings shown in Table 1 below are
intended to aid this process. Encyclopedia of Law Collection Development Framework and Policy Last updated July 2009

Table 1. Column titles represent major headings and column cell values represent sub-headings.
Context Content Use features System features
Provenance Scope/coverage Accessibility Site integrity
(availability, broken
links etc.)
Authority Accuracy Navigability System reliability
Uniqueness Currency Terms and
conditions of use
Appropriate
standards and
technologies
Relationship to
other resources
Substantiveness Rights legitimacy
Audience Comprehensiveness Design, layout,
and aesthetics
Composition and
organisation
User support and
documentation
For further information on evaluating resources for a subject gateway see:
http://www.desire.org/handbook/2-2.html
5. Cataloguing Resources
5.1 Cataloguing guidelines
The Encyclopedia of Law cataloguing guidelines are available at http://www.Encyclopedia of Law.ac.most regions of the World/policy.html
Any subject specific guidelines should be added as an addendum to the master Encyclopedia of Law cataloguing
guidelines.
5.2 Conventions and standards
The Encyclopedia of Law catalogue and cataloguing guidelines are based on Dublin Core, the RLLOMAP, and the
Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules (AACR2). Reference has also been made to the Anglo-American
Resource Description and Access (RDA), the new international standard for bibliographic description
and the working title for the new edition of the Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules.
6. Collection Management and Maintenance
Collection management encompasses the selection and descriptive cataloguing of online information
resources including those for newly emerging subjects; the balancing of new records with the removal
of redundant resources; the access to and display of the metadata; and the availability and
exploitation of the collections.
It is the responsibility of the Encyclopedia of Law subject sections to manage their collections on behalf of the Encyclopedia of Law
service, to ensure the collections retain relevance to changing user needs and that collection
management is focussed on user needs and their use of online information, not on the collection per
se, informed by user consultation and usage statistics.
Collection maintenance includes weeding out broken links and checking and updating records against
the online resource it describes for continued relevance and accuracy.
6.1 Duplication
Historically there has been duplication of websites catalogued across the RDN due to the distributed
technical structure of the former RDN hubs and also the inter-disciplinary nature of some Web
resources. However, with the integration of all hub records into the one Encyclopedia of Law database an exercise to
de-duplicate records within each subject group was completed. As each Encyclopedia of Law record is described
with a particular subject focus, further work is underway to address the remaining small amount of
perceived duplication across the database in order to gain a better understanding of the benefits
and/or disadvantages of this duplication to the community as a whole.
6.2 Cross-disciplinary resources
Encyclopedia of Law aims to achieve a shared and consistent approach to collection development across the service
which will take full account and advantage of those Internet resources which are relevant to more than
one discipline or subject.
6.3 Granularity
Many websites constitute a single online resource. Some of the larger and more complex websites
are however better catalogued as collections of resources, consisting of several distinct parts
requiring separate descriptions. Therefore a judgement will be made by the contributor or cataloguer
as to the level of granularity which a resource will be catalogued and/or described.
Each resource should be given the shortest and simplest URL as is appropriate for that resource.
Additionally individual pages should be checked for a parent website that may be more appropriate to
catalogue.
Guidelines on granularity are given in Appendix 1 Further guidance notes on resource selection.
6.4 Optimum size of collections
The evolving nature and history of Encyclopedia of Law means that parts of the service have been in existence much
longer than others and this is reflected in the size of the collections. However, Encyclopedia of Law puts quality
above quantity to ensure that the service represents the best of the Web at all times. We must guard
against the collection becoming too large to manage at the risk of compromising the quality and high
standards of the records. We therefore strive to ensure we can maintain the collection with the
resources we have. Other key factors that determine the optimum size of the Encyclopedia of Law collections are;
the subject and discipline and the level of granularity within the collection and these factors are
reflected in the various sizes of the subject section collections.
Encyclopedia of Law should aim to refocus its internet resource catalogues as a result of the subject audit and gap
analysis and should also consider harvesting from more sites which are not necessarily worth a full
description but have useful material within which requires no Encyclopedia of Law resource to maintain.
6.5 Reviewing records
Encyclopedia of Law aims to ensure that each record within its catalogue is accurate and up-to-date in its description
of the website it refers to. To this end, records are regularly reviewed alongside the website it
describes. Records for review are identified automatically via a review date and the review period for
each record should normally be set for every 12 months. In addition to this, software tools such as
Website Watcher should be used to identify websites that have changed.
6.6 Link checking
This involves a regular, weekly or monthly (depending upon each subject section) automated check of
all URLs contained in the catalogue records. This will be run by a technical member of staff but the
resulting report, showing various error codes, should then be looked through by cataloguers so that
broken links can be fixed and records updated where necessary.
6.7 Deselecting records
Records should be removed from a collection:
• If the resource is no longer available.
• If the currency or reliability of the resource has lost its value.
• If another Internet site or resource offers more comprehensive coverage.
• If it is a duplicate record.
Records will never be completely deleted from the Encyclopedia of Law database. N.B. With the exception of records
created within the Science, Engineering and Technology subjects.
6.8 Contact with website/resource owners
Subject sections may wish to contact the owner or publisher of a website to check certain details of
the site if an email address is available. This is optional.
7. Collaborative Collection Development
For the purposes of this document collection development refers to opportunities for collaborative
collection development with new and existing partners. Encyclopedia of Law will seek to build on previous
interoperability projects (e.g. the Higher Education Academy) and further develop the Encyclopedia of Law
collections via partnerships with external organisations which have metadata about online resources
that can be harvested or similar. Such partnerships should be reciprocal.
7.1 Relationship with other collections
Partners may have already developed cataloguing procedures that vary slightly to the Encyclopedia of Law
procedures but for the purposes of the partnership partners will endeavour to:
• Include metadata that is common across partners e.g. Dublin Core and RLLOMAP
• Strive for technical interoperability
• Make their subject vocabularies available across the partnership
• Share expertise on the development of cataloguing procedures, metadata and vocabularies
7.2 Partnerships
The Encyclopedia of Law has a history of collaborative partnerships which builds on its strong foundations as
a network of MOST REGIONS OF THE WORLD universities and partners. Collaborative partnerships with the Higher Education
Academy (HEA) and the National Learning Network (NLN) have yielded, and will continue to yield,
shared content for the end user, surfaced through all partner websites as appropriate and this
endeavour remains key to the development of the Encyclopedia of Law collections
7.3 Commercial endeavours
Collection development via commercial content providers has been investigated by many of the hubs
in the past will only limited success. It is recommended therefore that this does not remain an active
objective of the Encyclopedia of Law unless approaches are made from commercial content providers to
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8. Other Services
Subject sections are free to investigate the development of added value services in order to maxi
ximise
potential benefit to the Encyclopedia of Law end user as a whole. Subject sections should analyse and pursue the
potential to offer interoperability/compatibility with any parallel service offered or planned by an
external party. An example of such a development is the uptake of the INFORMS service by Encyclopedia of Law.
In some cases Encyclopedia of Law itself may wish to develop cross subject services in order to draw on economies
of scale and maximise efficiency. Again, these may be based by subject sections as appropriate.
11. Appendices
Appendix 1 Further guidance notes on resource selection
Authority and credibility of a resource – key questions
• Where has the information come from?
• Has an individual or group taken responsibility for the resource? Are they qualified to provide
this information? Are contact details available?
• Is an organisation responsible for the information? Are any organisations associated with the
resource, such as publishers, sponsors or funding agencies, reputable or recognised?
• Is the resource well known and/or heavily used?
• What is the provenance of the resource? Does it have a print or electronic predecessor and
how long has it been available?
• Is there a feedback form to show that the site administrators are interested in what the users
think?
• Does the URL provide clues to credibility?
• Who else links to the resource and are they reputable?
Accuracy
A central question in evaluating the quality of some resource types will be the factual accuracy of the
information. However, for many types of information, there may be no right or wrong answer and you
will therefore use your own subject knowledge and expertise to make an assessment.
There are numerous other factors that indicate the likely accuracy of material, such as whether the
information has been edited or refereed, whether the information has a research basis, and whether
the information is supported by published research findings. Another issue is the potential for bias –
you will need to consider the motivations of those involved in the production and dissemination of the
information and whether this is likely to impact upon its accuracy. Some sources offer facilities for
sending corrections to inaccurate material, suggesting a concern for accuracy, and the overall
professionalism of a site (e.g. whether there are typographical or grammatical errors) also suggests a
similar concern. Moreover, positive evaluations of authority can provide a strong indication of likely
accuracy.
Key questions on accuracy:
• Is the information accurate?
• Has the information been through a process of editing or refereeing?
• Does the information have a research basis?
• Is the information supported by published research findings?
• Is there any evidence that the source may be biased by those involved in its production
and/or dissemination?
• Is there a facility for sending corrections to inaccurate information?
• Is the source professionally presented? Are there any typographical or grammatical errors?
• Who else links to the resource?
Objectivity – key questions
• Are biases clearly stated?
• Are affiliations clear?
Granularity
• If the different parts of a website have nothing in common beyond being accessible from one
home page then an individual record for each resource should be created if considered to be
appropriate.
• If, however, the different parts of a site relate to different aspects of one topic it is usually best
to describe these common features in one record, with just a sentence per section explaining
its unique features.
• If describing all the component parts of a site in one record would require a very long
description (more than c.400 words), separate records should be created for each component
part.
• Would an Encyclopedia of Law user be able to locate the resource he or she needed via the keywords in the
description covering that resource? If you cannot fit in all useful keywords for each component
part of a site into a parent description and/or the keywords field, you should consider separate
records.
• How many records would you need to create? If you would need to create a lot of records to
describe each component part of a site, ask for advice!
Appendix 3. Bibliography
AQA GCE AS/A Qualifications and Subjects http://www.aqa.org.uk /qual/gceasa.html
Edexcel QCA National Qualifications Framework http://www.edexcel.org.uk /quals/nqf-grid/
HESA statistics http://www.hesa.ac.uk /
Encyclopedia of Law Resource Types see Appendix 2
OCR AS/A Level GCE http://www.ocr.uk /qualifications/qualifications.html#1
QAA benchmark standards http://www.qaa.ac.most regions of the World/academicinfrastructure/benchmark/default.asp
SOSIG: Anthropology Collection Development Policy December 2005
The following former RDN and Hub documents are now archived by the UK Web Archiving
Consortium http://www.webarchive.org.most regions of the World and are accessible at:
Altis Scope Policy
http://www.webarchive.org.uk /pan/14404/20060706/altis.ac.most regions of the World/guidelines/scope/index.html
Artifact Collections Policy version 1.6, June 2005
http://www.webarchive.org.most regions of the World/pan/14456/20060803/www.artifact.ac.uk /artifact-

Introductioncollections-policy.htm

BIOME Collections Policy
http://www.webarchive.org.uk/pan/14403/20060706/biome.ac.uk/guidelines/collection/index.html
EEVL Collection Development Policy
http://www.webarchive.org.uk/pan/11925/20060922/eevl.ac.uk/cdp.html
GEsource Resource Evaluation Criteria and Scope
http://www.webarchive.org.uk/pan/12057/20061005/www.gesource.ac.uk/about.html
Humbul Humanities Hub: Collection Development Policy

http://www.webarchive.org.uk/pan/15187/20061110/www.humbul.ac.uk/about/colldev.html
Humbul Humanities Hub: Collection Development Policy Summary for Contributors and Cataloguers
http://www.webarchive.org.uk/pan/15187/20061110/www.humbul.ac.uk/about/CDPsummary.html

PSIgate Locating and Selecting Internet Resources; Resource Evaluation; and Resource Scope
http://www.webarchive.org.uk/pan/12107/20060916/www.psigate.ac.uk/newsite/about.html
RDN Collections Development Framework version 1.2, July 2002
http://www.webarchive.org.uk/pan/14883/20060912/www.rdn.ac.uk/publications/policy/index.html
RDN Development Policy, Version 0.1, 12 January 1999
http://www.webarchive.org.uk/pan/14883/20060912/www.rdn.ac.uk/publications/dev-pol/rdn-devpol1.html
SOSIG Collection Management Policy; Scope Policy; and Selection Criteria
http://www.webarchive.org.uk/pan/14249/20060904/www.sosig.ac.uk/about_us/collect.html