Building Our Collections

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Collection Development at the MSU Library

We aim to acquire a variety of resources to enhance both our physical and online collections at MSU Library. If you are curious about how we decide what to add to our collections, please review our criteria below.

Montana State University Library welcomes your recommendations for additions to our collections. Suggest a purchase!

Policies & Guidelines

• Collection Development Policy
  • Gifts & Donations
  • Textbooks
• Support for Open Collections & Scholarship
• Elsevier & MSU Library Negogiations
• Alternative Access to Articles
• Resource Updates

Collections

• Bobcat Browse
• Library Annex
• Map Collection
• Microforms
• Newspapers