Political Science 2004/2005 Policy last revised 2002/2003
Study or Instructional Support Level
Subjects and Collecting Levels
General legislative and executive papers
Political institutions and public administration
Local government. Municipal government
Colonies and colonization. Emigration and immigration. International migration
- number of faculty in the Department
- number of undergraduate and graduate majors in the Department
- the average price of books for the discipline
- the number and level of courses offered by the Department
- collection use by the Department
- student enrollment in courses by the Department
- It provides information about a subject in a systematic way, but at a level of less than research intensity, and supports the needs of the undergraduate and the beginning graduate levels.
- It includes a wide range of general and specialized monographs and reference sources, a wide range of basic works in appropriate formats, a significant number of classic and retrospective materials, complete works of more important and lesser-known authors.
- It includes periodicals both general and specialized in perspective, and access to the appropriate electronic resources pertaining to the subject, such as journals, bibliographies, and text.
- It includes a limited collection of appropriate foreign language materials, foreign language materials for a non-native speaker, such as Arabic language texts with English translations and transliterations.
- It includes the major published sources required for dissertation and independent original research.
- It includes all of the sources mentioned in level no. 3, but when the collecting level is very extensive in all areas, including materials containing research reports, new finding, scientific experimental results, and other information useful to researchers. It would include all significantly important reference works, and a wide selection of specialized monographs, as well as a very extensive collection of journals and major indexing and abstracting services. Older materials are usually retained for historical research and are preserved to serve the needs of historical research in various areas of study and research.
The Libraries seek to support the range of instruction and research in political science. At the undergraduate level political science at AUC includes the study of modern state, its historical evolution, variations in its present configurations, and relations between and among nations, including, institutions that organize these relations. It seeks to understand relationships between politics, economy and society. The scope of political science is local, national, regional, international, and global. The program at AUC includes major fields and sub-fields of political science, viz: Comparative Politics, Development, International Relations, Political Economy, Political Theory and Philosophy, and Public and International law. The Middle East, Africa, and the Third World generally are emphasized in the program.
The graduate program in political science offers advanced study in four specializations: Comparative Politics, International Relations, International Human Rights Law, and Professional Development. Courses in other areas of political science are offered from time to time as special topics electives when there is faculty and student interest. The strength of Comparative Politics at AUC is in Third World politics and development with greatest expertise among the faculty being in the Middle East and Africa, and includes international and regional relations in these areas, state and society relations, and Political Economy. International Relations includes examination of current world politics as well as the many dimensions of the international system. Regional relations, foreign policies of selected states, and international law are included, as well as Middle Eastern and African international and interstate relations, and international political economy. International Human Rights Law is meant to provide students with a fundamental understanding of issues related to the United Nations, Middle East and Africa. Professional Development is designed for persons who are presently working in development organizations and for those who seek to enter such a career
Lamia Eid
Political Science Library Liaison
Main Library, 2nd floor
Phone: 2797-6913
E-mail: lamiaeid@aucegypt.edu
The department allocation is distributed for the purchase of monographs, serials, series, and the acquisitions of online databases. Recommendations for purchase of the monographs, including government documents and treaties as well as other print format serials is primarily in the English language, and to a lesser extent in Arabic and European languages. Special interest in collection development is focused on purchasing documents and primary sources in both English and Arabic languages on the Middle East, Africa and Third World countries and their international relations.
Languages:Primary and secondary sources are predominantly in the English language, but Arabic and French and other language sources are also considered for purchase if relevant to the coursework.
Chronology: Emphasis on current topics and historical subjects of regions and areas of interest that are studied on both the undergraduate and graduate levels.
Geography:Comprehensively on Egypt, Middle Eastern, African countries and the United States. More selectively Europe, Asian countries, Canada and other regions.
Publication Date:The acquisitions of Political Science materials are not limited to publication dates, for primary sources including documents of international organizations and countries are selected. Current literature on specific topics of interest such as international relations and law is a focus in the selection process.
Treatment of Subject: The policy for building a comprehensive and well balanced collection in the field has to be determined in view of the courses taught in the Political Science Department. Materials would include primary sources on local, national, regional, international, and global politics. Although current issues in international affairs and politics are taken into consideration in the selection, the emphasis is on subjects related to Egypt, Middle Eastern and African countries as well as the United States.
Types of Materials:Monographs and primary sources such as government documents whether in print or micro-text, treaties, treatises, serials publications containing factual information such as newspapers (especially in microfilm editions) are a consideration for selection. The collection will also include specialized monographs, and monographic series on the special topics of interest and relevance to the coursework. The Political Science Department is not solicited for the choice of journals and electronic resources. The Library does not cancel any item before consulting with the department's faculty.
Budget Allocation Formula:The Political Science Department is one of 14 academic departments, and accordingly its book budget allocation is determined by the departmental budget allocation formula developed by the Library Advisory Committee. The Department is assigned a certain percentage of the entire Departmental book budget based on the following:
The current Political Science Department faculty liaison is
Dr. Vikash Yadav: e-mail - vyadav@aucegypt.edu
The faculty liaison coordinates the process of the selection of the recommended monographs and serials titles by the faculty of the Department for acquisition.
The Library sends Choice cards as well as other selection sources to Dr. Yadav. Requested items are initialed by the Department faculty, and are then sent to Lamia Eid, the Library Liaison, who in turn sends them to the Head of the Acquisitions Department budget for ordering.
A monthly list of the orders requested and a report on the latest financial status of the expenditure, encumbrance and free balance of the Political Science Department budget allocation is sent to the Department for a review of the monthly transactions.
The collection level codes below run from numbers 2 through 4, and they describe the
levels of collection activities that are required for subjects of the courses offered at the Political Science Department. The numbers are defined as follows:
It serves to introduce and define a subject, to indicate the information available elsewhere, and to support the needs of general library users through the first two years of undergraduate programs. It may include dictionaries, encyclopedias, selected editions of important works, limited collection of representative general periodicals, bibliographies, and access to limited bibliographic databases.
3 = study or instructional support
It provides information about a subject in a systematic way, but at a level of less than research intensity, and supports the needs of the undergraduate and the beginning graduate levels.
Subjects and Collecting Levels (According to Library of Congress Classification)