Input Needed for BC Library (Retrospective) Book Purchases

The Library, in cooperation with the Library Advisory Committee, has set aside approximately $150,000 in one-time funding for monograph (book) purchases. These purchases are specifically meant to begin to address gaps in the Boston College Library monograph holdings.

The Library is very interested in obtaining input on potential gaps in the collection. Accordingly, it would be very helpful if you could:

1) describe, in general terms, where you see gaps in the collection

and/or

2) Put together lists of books that we should purchase, along with a very short explanation about why these books are needed (i.e., for lecture writing, for undergraduate research, for Ph.D. and faculty research)

We hope to complete this process over the summer and have the monographs available for the fall term. Please send all input to Jonas Barciauskas, Head of Collection Development, as soon as possible.