COMPUTER SCIENCE

Subject Librarian: Beth Mohler, Engineering Librarian
Email: beth.mohler@wichita.edu
Phone: 978-5082
Policy created: December 2002
 

Purpose    Scope   Summary     Subjects Excluded   Related Collections   Related Policies
Related Evaluations    Other Factors   Appendix A   Appendix B

A. Purpose of Collection

1.   Program Information--The computer science department offers courses of study leading to the BA, BS, or MS.  Several certificate programs are also offered and include, Information Technology Certificate, Computer Competency Certificate, Advanced Computer Competency Certificate, and Internet Competency Certificate.

2.   Collection Description—Given that the computer science department only offers Master’s degrees, collecting is at the C level.  The collection is a broad and deep undergraduate and master’s level collection that emphasizes the needs of the WSU community, in addition to the students and faculty of the computer science department.  This does not ignore the fact that the faculty in computer science and many other departments use upper level material in this field. The computer science collection is supplemented by the electrical/computer engineering collection.  Purchasing decisions are often made with both departments in mind and the computer science collection, in particular, benefits from the ECE program offering a PhD. 

3.   Anticipated Trends—Conference proceedings have become increasingly important in this field and to the faculty.  This trend will continue.  Due to the amount of publishing in this area, students and faculty will have to rely on the library’s interlibrary loan service.  Other document delivery services will continue to be investigated.
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B. Scope of Coverage

1.   Chronological Focus is on current materials, a small collection of classical and historical materials will be bought

2.   Geographic Focus—Primary focus is on U.S. computer societies

3.   Formats and Materials Collected—Primary focus in this subject is on the journal collection and selected conference proceedings to be purchased annually.  E-journals and e-books are formats in which the library’s collection will continue to grow over the next few years. 

4.   Formats and Materials Not Collected—Videos will only be acquired at the specific request of faculty.

5.   Publication/Imprint Dates—Current dates only.  There will be no retrospective collecting unless specifically requested by faculty or to replace missing core materials.

6.   Place of Publication—primarily U.S.

7.   Languages Collected—non-english materials will be bought at the specific request of faculty only
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C. Summary of Subjects Collected and Collecting Levels

     (See Appendix A for Details)

D. Subjects Excluded

E. Related Collections and Cooperative Efforts—Electrical/Computer Engineering and Mathematics.  Computer architecture, hardware, and control systems will be purchased from ECE funds.  Statistical programming will be purchased from mathematics.

F. Related Collection Development Policies—see Electrical/Computer Engineering

G. Related Collection Evaluations

H. Other Factors—Multiple copies of basic manuals PC programs, software, and operating systems are purchased, concentrating on those used on campus.  A small collection of computer manuals is maintained as Reserve items due to the popularity of these items by faculty, staff, and students outside of the computer science program. 

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Appendix A—Specific Subjects Collected with Levels

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Appendix B – Explanation of Collecting Levels and Codes