Collection Policies

 The goal of collection development in this field is to represent all areas of curriculum and research with professional and scholarly materials. The collection has concentrated on general and career counseling/ development materials. Newer general areas of interest in this subject are multicultural counseling and diversity training and adult/lifespan development. The counseling program offers both an undergraduate major in human services counseling and a masters program in guidance and counseling. The curriculum includes human growth and development; counseling theory and skills; group counseling; career counseling; multicultural counseling; college student development/student personnel; test analysis and interpretation; and the organizational principles of guidance, counseling, and student personnel. The graduate program offers both a masters degree and Certificate of Advanced Study, both of which fulfill the requirements for licensure in Virginia as a school counselor and/or licensed professional counselor. The counseling program is part of the department of Educational Leadership and Counseling.
 

 Language: Works in English are primarily collected. Works by theorists writing in other languages are collected in translation.

Chronological Guidelines: The emphasis of the collection is on current theory and practice.

Geographical Guidelines: The emphasis of the collection is on American practice, with works on emerging areas in international practice collected selectively.

Treatment of Subject: Scholarly and professional works in the field form the basis of the collection and are emphasized in collecting. Textbooks are acquired selectively. Popular works and works intended for self-guidance are only occasionally acquired or added as gifts. Theses and dissertations are generally not collected. Biographies and histories are added selectively.

Types of Materials: It is the aim of the collection to include major monographs, bibliographies, and collected works including conference proceedings in the field. Serials published by national societies/institutions are collected. There is a need to collect audiovisual resources, both for on-campus and distance education classes, and there are electronic resources emerging, such as test reference material, which are being added to the collection as funds permit.

Date of Publication: Generally, works published within the last twenty years are collected. However, basic works in counseling and psychology from the nineteenth century on are collected as original editions or as reprints.

Other General Considerations:

• Related Subject Policy Statements:
• Psychology
• Education - All Areas

• Other Resources:
• Regent University Library is often a resource for some monographs and serials which they collect to support their graduate counseling program.
• Norfolk State University Library often has related materials in social work, especially in the area of alcoholism/substance abuse.
• Center for Research Libraries membership entitles us to unlimited access to various state education publications and the possibility of acquiring expensive, rare titles in various fields.
• The Virtual Library of Virginia project will bring increased access to the ERIC and PsycLit indexes and most likely increase demand for journal and other periodical publications in the counseling area.
• Government Publications are used by students in all areas of education, especially for statistics and studies done in schools.
 
• Other Collection Considerations:
• Distance Education: The undergraduate counseling major has just begun to be offered through Teletechnet, creating a demand for certain counseling titles and types of materials to be put on reserve or in core collections in the community college libraries. Students taking graduate counseling courses at the Graduate Centers will use the University Library collections.
• Accreditation: The Counseling Program is undergoing a national accreditation procedure through the Council for Accreditation of Counseling and Related Educational Programs (CACREP). To achieve this accreditation, courses have been added in multicultural counseling, field work, and lifespan development.

LC Class	SUBJECT HEADINGS	Code	Comments
HV4O	Human Services	3a
HM132, HM152 BF575	Interpersonal Relations	3a
BF637, LB1620	Counseling (and subdivisions)	3b
LB1027  LB1620  LB2328	Personnel Service in Education Student Counselors  Personal Service in Health Ed.	3b
HF5381-84 HF5549  LB 1731	Career Development	3b
RC488	Family Psychotherapy  Family Therapy	3b
BF637  RJ504  LB1027, LB1620	Group Counseling  Group Psychotherapy  Group Guidance in Education	3b
BF697-713  LB2343	Developmental Psychology  Life Cycle, Human  College Student Development Programs	3b	Area emphasized by accrediting body
BF637  LB1027  HF5549	Cross-Cultural Counseling  Minorities - Counseling of Multiculturalism	3b	Area emphasized by accrediting body
BF431  HF5381	Psychological Tests & Measurements  Occupational Aptitude Tests	3a
RC533  RC564  HV5276	Substance Abuse - Treatment  Compulsive Behavior - Treatment  Alcoholism - Treatment	3a

Bibliographer: Nancy McAuliffe