These trends likely will continue and will intensify. Evidence suggests that the likelihood of pandemics has increased over the past century because of increased global travel and integration, urbanization, changes in land use, and greater exploitation of the natural environment ( Jones and others 2008 Morse 1995). Materials also may be considered for permanent removal in response to significant and long-lasting changes in the curriculum, areas of research, and teaching priorities of the Dornsife School of International Relations.Pandemics are large-scale outbreaks of infectious disease that can greatly increase morbidity and mortality over a wide geographic area and cause significant economic, social, and political disruption. Library faculty consider permanent removal of print materials based primarily on the following criteria: older editions that are not historically significant, duplicate copies, damaged or mutilated materials, or in response to emerging space constraints. Materials in other languages are acquired very selectively in support of current curricular and research needs or that are accepted as transfers on a case-by-case basis from the East Asian Library and the Boeckmann Center for Iberian and Latin American Studies. The collecting efforts emphasize materials either published in or translated to English. With the exception of course textbooks, anthologies, and reprints of doctoral dissertations, scholarly materials of all types, including multimedia and online resources, are collected. Ear lier works are generally not collected because they represent a transition from contemporary affairs to studies of history. With the exception of international relations theory and ideology, materials examining issues within the past twenty-five years is covered in this collection development policy. There are no geographical limitations regarding what is acquired, but specific emphasis is placed acquiring research resources covering the international affairs of European countries in support of the European Union depository collection for Southern California. Materials are acquired in three ways: standing orders of books from specific publishers and in designated subject areas under the GOBI vendor profile, individually purchased titles from GOBI and other vendors, and donations. Acquisition of materials related to international finance, global commodities trading, and the global labor market are collected in collaboration with the Business Library. Additional emphasis is given to collecting materials related to issues of globalization, foreign aid, non-governmental organizations, global disaster management, sustainable development, peace and conflict studies, all aspects of international human rights law, and economic development in emerging economies.
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The library collects in the major areas of emphasis of the discipline, including but not limited to, general theory and methodology of international relations, international political economy, defense and security studies, foreign policy analysis, terrorism and counter-terrorism, state-society relations, comparative politics, public diplomacy, and regional studies.
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Resources in all formats that support teaching, research, and learning in the discipline of international relations are located primarily in or accessible online from the Library for International and Public Affairs. Introduction and Collection Development Policy