Collection Policy: Business Administration
1. Introduction
The Library supports the instructional and research needs of faculty and students
working within the Faculty of Business Administration. The Faculty’s precursor, the
School of Business Administration was established in 1965 and became the Faculty of
Business Administration in 1995. Over the years, Business Administration has offered a
diverse selection of programs including a 3 year Diploma in Business Administration
and a 1 year graduate diploma in Business Administration. After 1989, diploma
programs were eliminated and only degree granting programs were offered. It currently
offers several programs leading to a Bachelor of Administration (1976- ), Honours
Bachelor of Commerce (1967- ), Honours Bachelor of Commerce Co-op option (1996- )
and graduate degrees (2003- ).
The following programs are offered at the Thunder Bay campus:
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3 yr Bachelor of Administration

4 yr Honours Bachelor of Commerce – Business Economics major

4 yr Honours Bachelor of Commerce – General Management major

4 yr Honours Bachelor of Commerce – International Business major

5 yr Honours Bachelor of Commerce – Accounting major (Co-op option)

5 yr Honours Bachelor of Commerce – Business Finance major (Co-op option)

5 yr Honours Bachelor of Commerce – Human Resources
Management/Industrial

Relations major (Co-op option)

5 yr Honours Bachelor of Commerce – Information Systems major (Co-op
option)

5 yr Honours Bachelor of Commerce – Marketing major (Co-op option)

Honours Bachelor of Commerce – college transfer program

Bachelor of Administration – college transfer program

Entrepreneur certificate program

Master of Science in Management

Master of Business Administration
The following programs are offered at the Orillia campus:

Honours Bachelor of Commerce - Administrative Studies major

Bachelor of Administration – college transfer program

Master of Business Administration
The Chancellor Paterson Library is the main location for the business administration
collection. The Chancellor Paterson Library has been a depository library for federal
government documents since 1967 and a depository of Ontario government publications
since 1972. The Education Library provides some support material in the areas of
human resource management, leadership, and entrepreneurship. Business material of a
regional nature can be found in the Northern Studies Resource Centre. Students at the
Orillia campus rely heavily on electronic books and electronic journal articles but are
able to request printed resources from Thunder Bay when required.
2. History of the Collection
The Library has been collecting Business Administration material since the
establishment of Lakehead University. Many of the core topics, such as accounting,
marketing, and finance, have been offered consistently over time resulting in a good
representation of business fundamentals. Some areas of the collection were developed in
support of topics previously offered as business majors, such as the Major in Health
Services (1976-1984). Courses in entrepreneurship were introduced in 1990 and the
concept of electronic commerce in the 2000’s and the collection expanded accordingly.
Courses currently offered correlate to the eight majors being offered which include
business economics, management, international business, accounting, finance, human
resources management, information systems, and marketing.
The Faculty of Business Administration places a greater emphasize on journal
acquisitions then on the acquisition of monographs. Monographs that have been
selected in recent years have focused on various aspects of commerce including
commodities, international economic relations, marketing, and e-commerce (class HF);
business logistics (class HD); finance, specifically investment, capital formation and
speculation (class HG); and production management (class TS).
The print collection has been supplemented by the acquisition of business
administration electronic books.
3. Languages
English (or translation into English) is the primary language of the collection.
4. Chronological Guidelines
Current works with an emphasis on the last five years are of primary interest.
Retrospective material will be collected where appropriate.
5. Geographical Guidelines
There are no geographical restrictions although material predominately originates from
Canada, the United States, and the United Kingdom.
6. Types of Material
The Library actively collects monographs, journals, government documents, and
reference materials. Conference proceedings, dissertations and theses, annual reports
and other serial publications are acquired selectively.
The predominate format for monographs is print although the Library is actively
building the electronic book collection. The predominate format for journals and
government documents is electronic. Retrospective material in other formats such as
microform, CD-Rom and DVD are available in the collection but are not actively
acquired.
7. Subject Areas/Levels
(4 levels: basic, initial study, advanced study, research)
The subject organization below follows the Library of Congress Classification Outline,
Class H – Social Sciences, Class J - Political Science, Class T – Technology.
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Subjects
LC Class
Current
Level
Target
Level
HA – Statistics
1
General works. Theory and method
HA 1 – 39
Initial
Advanced
2
Statistical data – by region or country
HA 175-4737
Initial
Initial
HB – Economic Theory. Demography
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Subjects
LC Class
Current
Level
Target
Level
3
Economic theory
HB 1 – 846.8
Advanced
Advanced
4
Demography. Population. Vital events
HB 848 -3840
Initial
Initial
Advanced
Advanced
HC – Economic History and Conditions
5
Economic history and conditions
HC 10-1085
HD – Industries. Land Use. Labour
6
Management. Industrial Management
HD 28 - 70
Advanced
Advanced
7
Economic growth, development,
planning
HD 72 – 88
Initial
Advanced
8
Land use
HD 101-1395.5
Initial
Initial
9
Agricultural economics
HD 1401-2210
Initial
Initial
Industry
HD 23214730.9
Initial
Advanced
11
Labour. Working Class. Industrial
Relations
HD 48018943
Advanced
Advanced
12
Special industries and trades- energy,
chemical, construction,
manufacturing, etc.
HD 90009999
Initial
Advanced
10
HE - Transportation & Communication
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Subjects
LC Class
Current
Level
Target
Level
13
Traffic engineering; water, air &
automotive transportation; railroads;
postal service; telecommunication
industry
HE 336 - 9990
Initial
Initial
HF – Commerce
14
General works
HF 1 – 1186
Initial
Advanced
15
International economic relations.
Tariff. Free trade.
HF 1351-3638
Initial
Advanced
16
Local commerce
HF 3639-5392
Initial
Advanced
17
Marketing.Retail.Selling.Consumer
behaviour
HF 5410-5489
Advanced
Advanced
18
Office automation, word processing,
data processing
HF 55485548.85
Initial
Advanced
19
Personnel management
HF 5549-5599
Advanced
Advanced
20 Accounting
HF 5601-5688
Advanced
Advanced
21
HF 5691-5716
Basic
Basic
22 Business communication
HF 5717-5780
Initial
Initial
23 Advertising
HF 5801-6182
Initial
Advanced
Business mathematics
HG – Finance
#
Subjects
LC Class
Current
Level
Target
Level
24 Money
HG 201-1496
Initial
Advanced
25 Banking
HG 1501-3550
Initial
Advanced
26 Credit. Debt. Loans.
HG 3691-3769
Basic
Initial
27
Foreign exchange. International
finance.
HG 38104000
Initial
Advanced
28
Financial management. Business
finance.
HG 40014285
Initial
Advanced
Trust services. Trust companies.
HG 43014480.9
Basic
Initial
29
30
Investment, capital formation,
speculation
HG 4501-6051
Initial
Advanced
31
Insurance
HG 8011-9999
Basic
Initial
32 General works. By region or country.
HJ 101-2056.7
Initial
Advanced
33 Budget. Income & expenditure
HJ 2240-5957
Basic
Initial
34 Revenue. Taxation. Internal revenue.
HJ 2240-5957
Initial
Advanced
Customs administration; government
35 spending; public debt; public
accounting
HJ 6603-9995
Basic
Initial
HJ – Public Finance
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Subjects
LC Class
Current
Level
Target
Level
JL - Political Institutions and Public Administration
Political institutions and public
36 administration – Canada (public
policy)
JL 1-500
Advanced
Advanced
T - Technology
37
Management information systems
T 58.5-58.62
Basic
Advanced
38
Production management/operations
management
TS 155-175
Initial
Advanced
8. Interdisciplinary Activities
There is interdisciplinary activity with the Department of Economics as all first year
Business Administration students are required to take an introductory course in
Economics. In subsequent years, the Faculty of Business Administration offers 8 distinct
majors including Business Economics and students who select this major have economic
options available to them including microeconomics, money and banking, public
finance, and econometrics. In their 4th year all Business Administration students can
select course options identified in History, Philosophy, and Political Science.
9. Strengths/Weaknesses
The Faculty of Business Administration places a greater emphasizes on the acquisition
of journals rather than on monographs. This focus in collection development has
resulted in a reduction in print monograph acquisitions however the library’s purchase
of electronic books has enhanced the currency of the overall collection. Electronic books
are available on all topics of business administration but are particularly strong in
relation to industrial management, labour and industrial relations, economic history
and conditions, and public policy. Packages containing a significant number of
electronic books in support of business research include Canadian Electronic Library,
SpringerLink, Taylor and Francis, Cambridge University Press, Oxford University Press,
and Wiley-IEEE.
Due to the overlap in some subject areas, the print monograph collection benefits from
purchases made by the Department of Political Science (Public Policy), Department of
Economics (Business Economics), and the Faculty of Engineering (Information
Systems). The journal collection is a priority for the Faculty of Business Administration
and is strong in both print and electronic format. The majority of print journals relate to
commerce (class HF) and industries, land use and labour (class HD). Subject coverage
of electronic journals extends across all components of business administration.
Electronic journal packages containing a substantial number of journals relating to
business are ABI/Inform, JSTOR, Sage publications, Science Direct and SpringerLink.
10.
Thunder Bay and Regional Resources
The collection of the Thunder Bay Public Library (TBPL) contains additional material at
the undergraduate level. The main focus of TBPL resources are accounting,
management/leadership, and advertising/marketing. The collection of the Paterson
Library Commons, Confederation College, also contains a selection of business related
materials. The range of materials correlates to the business programs currently offered
by the college: accounting, human resources, marketing, international business and
trade, business fundamentals, corporate communications, and office administration.
11.
Internet Resources
The Library maintains links to business resources on the Internet via the electronic
Business subject guide. The subject guides for Economics and Political Science provide
additional access to internet related resources.
12.
Liaison:
The Faculty of Business Administration is responsible for selecting appropriate library
resources. A library representative from the Faculty of Business Administration liaises
with a designated Collections Development Librarian with respect to the Faculty’s
library budget, the acquisition process, consortia projects and serials management. It is
the responsibility of the Collections Development Librarian to ensure that relevant
information regarding new publications is forwarded to the Faculty’s library
representative for consideration. The Library accepts donations of books and journals
which fall within its collection scope.
13.
Weeding.
Weeding will be done on an ongoing basis to preserve the quality, currency and strength
of the collection.
December 2011
Collection Policy
Business Administration
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Library Representative
Collection Development Librarian
Faculty of Business Administration
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