Developing and Managing the Brown University Library Collections
Collection Policies by Subject:  Classics

• Library Liaisons:
  William_Monroe@brown.edu
• Departmental Library Representative (DLR): 
  Rene_Nuenlist@brown.edu

  Note: Collection Development Policy originally written by Ann Dodge.
  
  

• Description of the Academic Program | Classics Departmental Home Page
  Instruction in Greek and Latin has been offered since the founding of the University. The Departments of Greek and Latin were combined in 1923, to form the Department of Greek and Latin Classics. In 1945, the name was changed to the Department of Classi cs. Classes are offered in Latin, Greek and Sanskrit languages, as well as ancient history, art and archaeology, ancient philosophy and linguistics. Faculty research interests include Greek and Latin literature and language with strong interest in Homer , Virgil, and Horace, medieval Latin, modern Greek, epigraphy, linguistics, religion, law, mythology, cultural studies and literary theory.
  Database of Honors, Masters, and Ph.D Theses

• Overview of the Collection
  The library collections for Classics consist of a core of 24,000 titles, of these 203 are current serials. Approximately 17,000 of these are in language and literature and 7,000 are in history. The library collections supporting Classics are strengthene d by those collections supporting the related disciplines of Comparative Literature, Egyptology, History, History of Mathematics, Linguistics, Modern Greek, Philosophy, Political Science, Religious Studies as well as the Center for Old World Art and Archa eology. There are several major electronic resources: Perseus 2.0, Thesaurus Linguae Graecae and Dyabola, a bibliography of classical archaeology. The library has a complete run of both the Oxford Classical Texts and the Loeb Classical Library. There a re also extensive holdings of both the Teubner and Bude series.

  See Library support statement for Graduate Program Review for Classics

• General Collecting Guidelines
  The Library collects Greek and Latin literature of the ancient world. This includes original texts and commentary and criticism concerning those texts. Resources for the study of epigraphy and linguistics are also acquired. In addition to langua ge and literature, materials are also collected in ancient history, law, medicine, religion and philosophy.

• Specific Collecting Guidelines
  • Language: Texts in Latin and Greek and critical works in major European languages. The works are also collected in translation. Modern criticism, including literary history and theory is acquired both in English and western European lan guages. Non-European languages excluded.
  • Chronological Span: Earliest periods through the fall of the Roman Empire
  • Imprint Date: Twentieth Century. Nineteenth century and earlier to replace missing or damaged volumes.
  • Geographical Range: Regions governed or influenced by ancient Greece or Rome.
  • Types of Material Included: Monographs, journals, proceedings, annuals, reference tools, web resources, microforms and dissertations. Limited purchase of audio-visual materials. Excluded: Textbooks, abridged editions and exhibit catalogues.

• Areas of Distinction
  Brown has been acquiring materials to support the Classics since its founding, making the retrospective collection quite strong.

• Special Collections
  Foster Horace Collection
  AnnMary Brown Memorial Collection of Early Printing

• Breakdown of Subjects and Collecting Levels

• New Titles Cataloged

• Related Collection Development Policies:
  • Center for Old World Art and Archaeology
  • Comparative Literature
  • Egyptology
  • History of Mathematics
  • Modern Greek
  • Philosophy
  • Religious Studies

• Related Collections and Other Resources
  Center for Research Libraries: foreign dissertations
  Rhode Island School of Design: collection of antiquities.

  Internet Resources
  

  • L'Annee Philologique sur la web
    http://www.aph.cnrs.fr
  • Internet Ancient History Sourcebook
    http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/ancient/asbook.html
  • Perseus Project
    http://www.perseus.tufts.edu
  • Table of contents of Journals of Interest to Classicists
    http://www.chass.utoronto.ca/amphoras/tocs.html

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