Collections

collection imageCornell University Library's collections are built and managed by a group of more than forty selectors and curators (see selectors by subject). The Department of Research & Learning Services is a key component of Cornell University Library's decentralized collection development infrastructure. The Department is home to ten of the librarians who select materials for the Olin and Uris Library collections, which contain Cornell's largest holdings in the humanities and social sciences.

Research & Learning Services represents collections and coordinates the efforts of selectors in collaboration with Cornell's Associate University Librarian for Scholarly Resources and Special Collections and in conjunction with the Library's subject-based selection teams. The Department also provides certain administrative services for collection development across the Cornell Library system.