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Collection Policies

Information about the Oxford Library Collections

Reserves


Scope: Required texts or items for Oxford College courses. Items are purchased for or placed on digital and physical reserves only on faculty request otherwise the library does not collect textbooks.

Retention: At the end of the semester reserve items are transferred to the stacks or other locations. They can be weeded within other retention policies, especially secondary copies, if they have not been taught within 5 years of original reserve purchase.

To learn more about Course Reserves see Oxford's Reserve Guide.