Collection Development Approval Plan

An approval plan is "an arrangement by which a publisher or wholesaler assumes the responsibility for selecting and supplying, subject to return privileges, all publications, as issued, fitting a library's collection profile specified in terms of subjects, levels, format, price, languages, etc." (The ALA Glossary)

The Kennedy Library maintains an approval plan with Blackwell North America (BNA) for books meeting the requirements of our established profile. A new group of approval books is received each week, and is on display in Library Room 104A, where faculty and librarians may review them. Books deemed inappropriate for our collection are returned to the vendor.