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BGSU Libraries collects federal, state, local, and Canadian documents. See the descriptions of our collections below.
Federal Documents Collection
Bowling Green State University became a federal depository in 1933. We select 63% of the offered items. Our collection of
700,000 publications is rich in historical and current material. We hold the:
- Census of Population reports from 1790 to present,
- Foreign Relations of the United States,
- U.S. Treaties and International Agreements
- U.S. Congressional Serial Set,
- and many other important historical primary research sets.
We emphasize collection in agriculture, business, civil rights, economics, education, environment, foreign relations, geology,
health, housing, justice, labor, law, presidential materials, small business, and social welfare. Additionally we select all
congressional materials including hearings, reports, documents, floor debates, bills and public laws, and studies.
Ohio Documents Collection
The department became an Ohio depository in 1953 and receives all agency publications distributed through the state depository
program. Our state collection numbers about 20,000. The collection includes agency publications such as reports, directories,
pamphlets, leaflets, posters, newsletters, and journals; the Judicial Branch materials including administrative opinions and
state Supreme Court opinions and decisions; and Ohio General Assembly materials including the Laws of Ohio, and the House and Senate Journals.
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Bowling Green City Documents
We began collecting selected material from the City of Bowling Green in the early 1980's. The collection includes City Council
Minutes, Mayors Reports, the Bowling Green City Code of Ordinances, and the Annual report of the Bowling Green Police Division. This collection is located in the main documents stack area behind the Ohio Collection and all call numbers begin with BG.
Canadian Documents Collection
BGSU became a Canadian Government Documents Depository in October, 1999. Our collection focuses on business, environment,
Great Lakes, Native Peoples, and social issues. It includes journals, reports, and cd-roms. We also collect some of the important
statistical reports produced by Statistics Canada. The growing collection is arranged by Canadian Documents Classification
Number and is shelved in the main documents stack area along the back wall of the collection.
Documents Collection Development Policy Statement
The Government Documents Collection Development Statement was developed to clarify the government documents collection development objectives; to assign responsibility for the development
of the collection; to describe methods by which the collection is managed; to provide general guidelines by which GPO item
numbers are selected or rejected; to provide guidelines for the purchase of materials; and to indicate the role of resource
sharing.
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