Collection Policy Statements

The Institute for Regional Studies acquires materials in a broad spectrum of subjects and formats. In developing collecting priorities, this policy takes into account those areas of past collecting strengths, those areas that are heavily used by researchers, and those areas within the present collections identified as lacking adequate materials based upon research requests. The research collections of Institute fall into eight broad categories:

Manuscripts
Publications
Photographs
Local Government Records
Film, Audio and Video
Maps and Ephemera
Family History and Genealogy
Lawrence Welk Collection

Following are sections for each of the above categories that outline current and future collecting emphases. Each provides both general and specific collecting criteria. It is expected that these documents will change, reflecting new collecting areas and de-emphasizing others