COCC Redmond Library Collection Guidelines
Last Reviewed & Updated: November 2025
COCC Libraries Collection Development Policy
Libraries create collection development policies and guidelines to provide a framework for selecting and maintaining library materials consistently and intentionally. Policies ensure that library collections support the institution’s mission and priorities and are created in collaboration with library leadership.
The COCC Library’s Collection Development Policy applies to the COCC Redmond Library collection.
Purpose and Scope of the COCC Redmond Library
The COCC Redmond Library collection is meant to support coursework and programs taught on the COCC Redmond Campus. It may also be of benefit to students at the Madras and Prineville branch campuses by providing closer access to needed materials.
In addition, materials in this library collection will support student access to browsing books (fiction and nonfiction) for life-long learning, and access to news and current events (current print and online newspapers and magazines).
Finally, a collection of equity-centered children’s books will forward the mission of Barber Library’s Children’s Literature and Equity Resource Center to the Redmond Campus.
The Redmond COCC Library collection will be made up of physical items. All COCC Library e-books, online encyclopedias and online article databases are readily available from any COCC campus or student/staff household. In particular, e-books—primarily from the shared Orbis Cascades Academic Complete, Cambridge STEM, Oxford Scholarship and Wiley collections (more than 225,000 constantly updated titles)—are available from all COCC campuses and by any COCC student using any device from any location.
COCC Redmond Library collections will emphasize works that fulfill students’ immediate needs, concerns and interests. Examples include: annual handbooks and guides; foundational works for COCC Redmond programs; lifelong learning and browsing titles in law, parenting, cooking, money management, stress reduction, study skills and related topics; current events; fiction; and graphic novels. Print items may be requested from the Barber Library collection for delivery to the Redmond Campus. In addition, all COCC Redmond students can order items from Summit—our library catalog for the Northwest academic library consortium Orbis Cascades.
Caveats
Some items—namely news periodicals, browsing books and children’s literature—will be duplicates of the Bend Campus Barber Library collection. The idea is to have materials readily available at hand for Redmond COCC students.
Like all library collections, the COCC Redmond Library collection will need to be kept up to date—especially in technical fields such as Vet Tech and Manufacturing.
Historical Notes
The foundation for these collection development guidelines is the outline created for a 2022 “opening day collection” project funded by a grant from LSTA and based on input from COCC North Campus faculty, the campus directors, and students. Input was gathered from instructors, a student survey, and campus directors.
Annual funding was drawn in 2023-2024 from Library Capital, and in 2024-2025 from Library Non-General funds. Funding continues in 25-26 from Library Non-General funds.
These guidelines were revised and updated November, 2025 by the COCC Library Collection Development Librarian in collaboration with the COCC Redmond Outreach and Instruction Librarian and reflect conversations with the COCC Redmond Campus Director, program directors, and COCC Redmond instructors.