University of Michigan - Flint

The Anthropology division supports the curriculum of the Anthropology Department, which offers undergraduate degrees in the subject. Courses in archaeology are supported by the History division of the conspectus.

Monographs. The collection holds 1838 monographs, which is equivalent to a 3a, and is 241% of the number from the modified ACRL standard (762).

Acquisitions. The Anthropology Department shares its monographs budget with the Sociology Department. The 1997/1998 monographs allocation for these Departments is $4382. Taking a proportional share of librarians budgets, plus the reference allocation, yields a weighted total of $5311. To divide this budget equitably between the Anthropology and Sociology departments and conspectus divisions, $1115 (21%) of the money was assigned to Anthropology and $4196 (79%) to Sociology (based on the proportion of graduating seniors for the most recently available two years). This is sufficient to buy approximately 36 books at a discounted average price of $31.15 apiece. This amounts to about 7% of the total domestic publishing output for engineering, for an AC rating of 2b. Acquiring 10% of the relevant publishing output per year would require a monographs allocation of $1526 for Anthropology alone.

Periodicals. There are 18 Wilson-indexed anthropology periodical titles, of which the Library has paper subscriptions to 9 (50%=3a) and web access to 4 more (72% total=strong 3a).

Sources consulted: SISS.

Prepared by Dorothy Gae Davis and Paul G. Streby.

Ratings for Anthropology CL=Current collection level; AC=Acquisitions commitment; GL=Goal level
LC class	Line no.	Category	CL	AC	GL	Comments
GN 1 - 296	ANT 015	Anthropology (General)	3a		3b	Subscription or access to 8 of 10 relevant periodicals (3b)
GN 301 - 673	ANT 024	Ethnology & Ethnography	3a		3b
GR 1 - 950	ANT 046	Folklore	2b		3a	Subscription or access to 4 of 7 relevant periodicals
PN 6400 - 6700	ANT 052.5	Proverbs	2b		3a	Mainly general reference & literature interest
GT 1 - 7070	ANT 053	Manners & Customs (General)	3a		3b
BJ 1801 - 2194	ANT 065	Social Usages, Etiquette	2b		3a	Mainly supports general reference
DIVISION AS A WHOLE			3a	2b	3b

7nbsp;

0 -- Out of scope

1 -- Minimal level
1a ---- Minimal level, uneven coverage
1b ---- Minimal level, even coverage

2 -- Basic information level
2a ---- Basic information level, Introductory
2b ---- Basic information level, Advanced (Appropriate for community college students)

3 -- Study or instructional support level
3a ---- Basic study or instructional support level (Adequate to support lower division undergraduate courses)
3b ---- Intermediate study or instructional support level (Adequate to support upper division undergraduate courses; not adequate for master's degree programs)
3c ---- Advanced study or instructional support level (Adequate to support master's degree programs)

4 -- Research level (Adequate to support doctoral research)

5 -- Comprehensive level