INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS
[Industrial Relations Library (IR)]
I. General Collecting Guidelines
A. General purpose
To support teaching and research through the doctoral and faculty levels and the research requirements of the Industrial Relations Section of the Economics Department.
B. Subjects excluded
All subjects not related to industrial relations as defined in Section II.
C. Overlap with other collections or subjects: division of responsibility
The IR selector has the responsibility for collecting material on the employment and wage relationship of women, blacks, Hispanics, and other minority groups. General studies on these groups are the responsibility of selectors for African-American Studies, History, Sociology and Women's Studies.
In the area of Education, the IR selector collects material on vocational education, training and career development programs for employees, collective bargaining and unionization of personnel in educational institutions, and human capital studies. The focus is on the relationship of education to the size and composition of the labor force.
Materials covering the psychological aspects of workplace behavior, including all clinical studies, and works falling into the categories of industrial, social, or applied psychology are reviewed by the Industrial Relations and Psychology librarians. The division of responsibility is not always clear with these materials.
There is some overlap between Industrial Relations and Sociology in areas of group interaction, social differentiation and organization. The Industrial Relations selector emphasizes the work implications while Sociology is more concerned with the social and cultural aspects.
Labor history is primarily collected by the History bibliographer.
Both the Industrial Relations and Economics Librarians rely heavily on assistance from the Bibliographer for Latin America, Spain and Portugal for purchases of Spanish and Portuguese language materials on labor in those areas of the world.
D. Languages collected and excluded
Emphasis is on the English language; titles in the Western European languages are collected very selectively. Excluded are works in Slavic, East Asian and Near Eastern languages.
Emphasis is on the United States, Canada, and the United Kingdom. Works about other countries are collected very selectively.
F. Chronological limits
Emphasis is on current developments.
None, except for occasional monographs covering the first two decades of the 20th century. The bulk of the collection dates from 1922, the year the Industrial Relations Section was founded.
H. Types of material collected and excluded
Collected: books, serials; research reports; pamphlets; working papers; microforms; electronic resources.
Excluded: juvenile; audio-visual materials; maps.
I. Agreements/arrangements with other libraries
There are no formal agreements or arrangements with other libraries.
J. Other factors
Industrial Relations participates in the Anglo-American Book Approval Plan.
II. Subjects and Collecting Levels
Collecting Level Overlap
Industrial Psychology
Includes: Employment-testing, decision- 2 Psychology 3
making, and the psychological aspects of
work life.
Applied Psychology
Includes: Communication, interviewing, 1 Psychology 2
leadership, negotiation.
Industrial Cooperation
Includes: profit-sharing, employee 3
ownership and the cooperative movement
Labor Economics
Includes: Periodicals, proceedings, annual 3 Economics 4
reports, loose-leaf services and texts.
Labor Arbitration
Includes: mediation and Conciliation 3
Labor Disputes and Settlements
Includes: Strikes and lockouts including the 3 History 4
histories of many important strikes.
Employee representation in management and 2
work councils
Includes: Industrial democracy and
and co-determination
Labor Market, Unemployment
Includes: Labor supply, employment 4
discrimination, human resource policy,
occupational training, and labor mobility
Wages, Hours, and Working Conditions
Includes: Employee benefits, absenteeism 3
Female Labor
Includes: Women and employment, 3 History 4
women in trade unions, equal pay
for equal work, comparable worth
Child Labor
Includes: Youth employment 3
Older Workers
Includes: Retirement counseling and age 3
limit policies
Structural unemployment 3 Engineering 3
Includes: automation and technological
change in industry
Labor Unions Employers' Associations 2 History 4
Includes: Labor union history, labor unions
congresses, labor union periodicals 4 (congresses/periodicals)
Industrial Relations
Includes: collective bargaining 4
Social Security
Includes: Unemployment insurance, health 4
insurance, Medicare, pensions, pension trusts
Rehabilitation
Includes: Vocational rehabilitation, 2
employment of the disabled
Industrial Hygiene
Includes: Industrial safety, industrial 2
accidents, and accident prevention
International Labour Organization
Includes: ILO conference proceedings/ 3
minutes, ILO publications, publications
about the ILO
Worker's Compensation 3
Labor Laws and Legislation
Includes: Compilations of labor laws 2 Law 1
state codes, looseleaf services collective History 4
labor agreements. 4 (looseleaf services)
Public employee trade unions, collective 3
bargaining, employee-management relations
in government.
Labor-By Country. United States 3 U.S. Depository 4
Includes: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (documents)
publications, state department of labor
reports, state federation of labor reports.
Labor-By Country. Gr. Britain. 4 Economics 4
Labor-By Country. Canada. 3 Economics 4
Labor-By Country. Others. 1 Economics 4
Executives.
Includes: Selection and rating, training, 3
executive ability
Personnel Management
Includes: Recruiting, placement, discipline, 3
grievance procedures, interviewing, rating,
supervision, training, communication, job
classification and analysis, job satisfaction,
incentives, transfer.
Management Theory and Technique 2
Sociology of work and industrial sociology 2 Sociology 4
May 1996
Kevin P. Barry