University of Michigan-Flint

The Language, Linguistics, & Literature division supports the curriculum of the English Department and Foreign Language Department, which offer undergraduate degrees; the English Department also partially supports the American Culture master's program.

Monographs. The Language, Linguistics, & Literature collection holds 35,761 monographs, which is equivalent to a 3a, and is 69% of the number from the modified ACRL standard (51,984).

One problem with the literature collection is in access to collected works. In MIRLYN, the individual titles found in collected works are not accessible by subject searching; in many cases they are not even accessible by keyword searching. Author searching is the only reliable method of locating particular works that are contained only in collected writings. This problem is currently being addressed by Technical Services.

Acquisitions. The 1997/1998 monographs allocation for the English Department is $10,150. Taking a proportional share of librarians' budgets, plus the reference allocation, yields a weighted total of $12,301. This is sufficient to buy approximately 474 books at a discounted average price of $25.95 apiece. This amounts to about 7% of the total domestic publishing output for English, for an AC rating of 2b. Acquiring 10% of the publishing output per year would require a monographs allocation of $17,880; a 15% acquisitions rate would cost $26,806.

The 1997/1998 monographs allocation for the Foreign Language Department is $4557. Taking a proportional share of librarians' budgets, plus the reference allocation, yields a weighted total of $5523. This is sufficient to buy approximately 195 books at a discounted average price of $28.33 apiece. This amounts to about 5% of the total domestic publishing output for foreign languages, for an AC rating of 2b. Acquiring 10% of the publishing output per year would require a monographs allocation of $12,182.

Periodicals. The Library subscribes to the Modern Language Association Bibliography through MIRLYN. There are 126 relevant Wilson-indexed periodical titles, of which the Library has paper subscriptions to 52 (41%=2b) and web access to 22 more (58% total=3a).

Sources consulted: RA13, EB15, LINE, BTCS, MOLL, BCL3

Prepared by Grant Burns and Paul G. Streby, in consultation with Profs. Rafael Mojica, Reinhard Thum, Anita Barry, and Jamile Lawand.

Ratings for Language, Linguistics, & Literature CL=Current collection level; AC=Acquisitions commitment; GL=Goal level
LC class	Line no.	Category	CL	AC	GL	Comments
P	LLL 002	Philology, Linguistics	3a		3b	1269 titles; periodicals=2b
PA 1 - 8595	LLL 039 - 058	Classical Literature	2a		2b	Includes Latin & Greek literature
PB 1 - 431	LLL 059	Modern Languages (General)	2a		3b	44 titles; periodicals=2b
PC 1001 - 1984, PQ 4001 - 5999	LLL 073 - 082	Italian Language & Literature	2a		2a
PC 2001 - 3761	LLL 086	French Language	3b		3b
PQ 1 - 841	LLL 090	French Literature - History & Criticism	3b		3b
PQ 1300 - 1595	LLL 092	French Literature - Old French to ca. 1525	2a		2a
PQ 1600 - 1709	LLL 093	French Literature - 16th Century	2b		3b	More secondary literature needed.
PQ 1710 - 1935	LLL 094	French Literature - 17th Century	3a		3b
PQ 1947 - 2147	LLL 095	French Literature - 18th Century	3a		3b
PQ 2149 - 2551	LLL 096	French Literature - 19th Century	3a		3b
PQ 2600 - 2651	LLL 097	French Literature - 1900-1960	3a		3b
PQ 2660 - 2686	LLL 098	French Literature - 1961-	2a		3b
PQ 3801 - 3999	LLL 100	French Literature - Provincial, Local, Colonial	3a		3b	Weak in French-Canadian literature; stronger in African and West Indies French literature.
PC 3801 - 3976	LLL 105	Catalan language & Literature	1a		2a	9 titles.
PC 4001 - 4977	LLL 106	Spanish Language	3b		3b
PQ 6001 - 6269	LLL 108	Spanish Literature - History, Criticism, Collections	3a		3b	Spanish Literature, unless otherwise noted, refers to the literature of Spain.
PQ 6271 - 6498	LLL 110	Spanish Literature to 1700	2b		3b
PQ 6500 - 6576	LLL 111	Spanish Literature - 1700-1868	2b		3b
PQ 6600 - 6647	LLL 112	Spanish Literature - 1868-1960	2b		3b
PQ 6651 - 6676	LLL 113	Spanish Literature - 1961-	2b		3b
PQ 7080 - 8929	LLL 118 - 143	Latin American Literature	3a		3b
PC 5001 - 5498, PQ 9000 - 9999	LLL 145 - 156	Portuguese Language & Literature	2a		2a
PF 3001 - 5999	LLL 187	German Language	3a		3b
PT 1 - 951	LLL 194	German Literature - History, Criticism, Folk Literature	3a		3b
PT 1501 - 1695	LLL 196	German Literature - 1050-1500	2b		3b
PT 1701 - 1797	LLL 197	German Literature - 1500-1700	2b		3b
PT 1799 - 2592	LLL 198	German Literature - 1700-1860/70	3b		3b
PT 2600 - 2659	LLL 199	German Literature - 1860/70-1960	3b		3b
PT 2660 - 2688	LLL 200	German Literature - 1961-	3a		3b
PR	LLL 218 - 235	British Poetry, Early through Romantic	3b		3b
		British Poetry, Victorian	3b		3b
		British Poetry, Modern	3b		3b
		British Fiction, Early (16th - 18th Centuries)	3b		3b
		British Fiction, Middle (19th - Early 20th Centuries)	3b		3b
		British Fiction, Modern (Post-WWI)	3b		3b
PS	LLL 244 - 250	American Poetry, Early (Beginning-1900)	3b		3b/ 3c	Periodicals collection weak.
		American Poetry, Modern (20th Century)	3b		3b/ 3c
		American Fiction, Early (Beginning-1900)	3b		3b/ 3c
		American Fiction, Modern (20th Century)	3b		3b/ 3c
DIVISION AS A WHOLE			3a	2b	3b/ 3c

0 -- Out of scope

1 -- Minimal level
1a ---- Minimal level, uneven coverage
1b ---- Minimal level, even coverage

2 -- Basic information level
2a ---- Basic information level, Introductory
2b ---- Basic information level, Advanced (Appropriate for community college students)

3 -- Study or instructional support level
3a ---- Basic study or instructional support level (Adequate to support lower division undergraduate courses)
3b ---- Intermediate study or instructional support level (Adequate to support upper division undergraduate courses; not adequate for master's degree programs)
3c ---- Advanced study or instructional support level (Adequate to support master's degree programs)

4 -- Research level (Adequate to support doctoral research)

5 -- Comprehensive level