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Slavic Languages and Literature

Collection Development Policy
Fast, Richter

  1. Applicable LC Classes:

    2. Call No. Subject Heading
    PG 1-585 Slavic Philology and Literature
    PG 601-1998 Church Slavic; Bulgarian, Macedonian, Serbo-Croatian, Slovenian Languages and Literatures
    PG 2001-2847 Russian Languages. Belarusian
    PG 2900-3550 Russian Literature
    PG 3801-3998 Ukrainian Languages and Literatures
    PG 4001-5598 Czech Languages and Literatures
    PG 5631-7948 Polish and Minor Slavic Languages and Literatures
    PG 8001-9263 Baltic Languages
    PG 9501-9658 Albanian

  2. Academic Departments, Programs, etc.:

    3. The Slavic literature and language collection is designed to support the curricular and research needs of the Russian faculty in the Department of Modern & Classical Languages, Two language minors are offered in Russian and Eurasian Studies. Language courses are offered in elementary and intermediate Russian, Russian phonetics, third-year Russian composition, Russian syntax, and the civilization of Russia as well as an introduction to the nomads of Eurasia, the origins of Europe, and topics in Eurasian studies as part of Eurasian Studies (EUS).

  3. Collection Levels:

    4. Call No. Subject Heading Present Desired
    PG 1-585 Slavic Philology and Literature 3a 3a
    PG 601-1998 Church Slavic; Bulgarian, Macedonian, Serbo-Croatian, Slovenian Languages and Literatures 2a 2a
    PG 2001-2847 Russian Languages. Belarusian 3b 3b
    PG 2900-3550 Russian Literature 3b 3b
    PG 3801-3998 Ukrainian Languages and Literatures 0 0
    PG 4001-5598 Czech Languages and Literatures 1a 1a
    PG 5631-7948 Polish and Minor Slavic Languages and Literatures 3a 3a
    PG 8001-9263 Baltic Languages 0 0
    PG 9501-9658 Albanian 0 0

  4. Scope:

    5. Geographic: Russia, but also including other parts of the world, where Russian is spoken and literature is written in Russian.

    Language: The primary language is Russian, with some translations of texts in English. Literary criticism is principally in English.

    Chronological Limitations: None: collection represents arliest times to the present.

  5. Formats collected/Non-Subject Parameters:

    6. Explanatory Notes: Monographs and serials are collected, as are journals, microfilms and media, and electronic formats. Videotapes, DVDs, CD-ROMs are purchased selectively when requested by faculty to support instruction and do not duplicate the Language Media Center collection.

  6. System Coordination and Resource Sharing:

    7. Summit and Illiad (interlibrary loan)

  7. Electronic Databases:

    8. Current subscriptions include the Modern Language Association Bibliography and Linguistics and Language Behavior Abstracts. Other useful databases include: Arts and Humanities Citation Index (part of Web of Science), Historical Abstracts and ProQuest Research Library.

  8. Notable Features:

    9. This collection is a well-balanced representation of Russian literature and language for undergraduate use.

  9. Narrative Statement:

    10. The Russian language and literature collection supports research and instruction of the Department of Modern & Classical Languages, and other departments and programs including History and Linguistics. It contains materials in all formats when requested by faculty for instruction and research needs.

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