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Collections Guide

Policies, Procedures, Forms, Contacts, and more!

Overview

The primary types of material the library collects: 

  • Books and eBooks
  • Open Educational Resources (OER)
  • Board and Card Games
  • Scholarly Journals
  • Children's Literature Collection
  • Select Books & Textbooks for Course Reserves 
  • Electronic Databases
  • Special Collections and Archives
  • Graphic Novels and Comics
  • Video/Audio (Streaming, DVDs, CDs)
  • Newspapers

 

Shared Print Program

Cal State LA is part of the SCELC's Shared Print Program (SPP), a collaborative initiative whose goals are to promote broad availability and long-term sustainability of print monographs as a shared collection among participating institutions through distributed retention, preservation, and resource-sharing of title-level commitments. 

GreenGlass is an interactive, web-based application that provides actionable insights needed to manage sustainable collections and protect the scholarly record.  The application allows the library  to explore and visualize our collection in the context of the collective collection across the region, state and country, quickly model deselection and print management scenarios, and generate custom reports and lists to support weeding and other collection management activities.

Benefits

  • Explore and visualize the library collections in the context of collection data from many libraries.
  • Combine local circulation and item data with WorldCat holdings, HathiTrust Digital Library holdings, and authoritative title lists.
  • Develop preservation and withdrawal scenarios with a multi-faceted Query Builder.
  • Segment the library collection by searching multi-edition titles, possible duplicates, multi volume sets, subjects, and call numbers.

Guides

OneSearch Featured Collections

OneSearch Featured Collections are a joint collaboration between liaison librarians and CDCM to highlight and promote Cal State LA's collections, including both print and electronic resources.

Related Collections Guides

Cal State LA University Library
California State University, Los Angeles
5151 State University Drive
Los Angeles, CA 90032-8300
323-343-3988