Geography and Anthropology

Collection Development Policy Statement

Library's Collection Development Objectives

Support faculty and student research and the curriculum through the Ph.D. level in the discipline of Geography and through the M.A. level in the discipline of Anthropology.

Curriculum Program Descriptions

Paul Farnsworth is the Chair of the Department of Geography and Anthropology. Among the faculty members, eleven have held titled professorships including two Alumni Professors and four Boyd Professors, LSU's most prestigious designation. Five distinguished professorships are currently occupied by faculty members and several department faculty have served in numerous positions of leadership within the disciplines of geography and anthropology.  Listed below are the number of degrees awarded to students in Geography and Anthropology at Louisiana State University in the past seven years.
 
 

Research Facilities

• Archaeology Laboratory
• Biogeography and Quaternary Paleoecology Laboratory
• Cartographic Information Center
• Computer-Aided Design & Geographic Information Systems (CADGIS) Lab
• Computer Mapping Sciences Lab
• Forensic Anthropology and FACES Lab
• Geography and Anthropology Remote Sensing (GARS) Lab
• Kniffen Cultural Resources Laboratory
• Louisiana State Office of Climatology
• Southern Regional Climate Center

Geography:

Aeolian Geomorphology & Dune Dynamics Aerial Photography Agricultural Climatology Agro-Food Systems Alluvial and Coastal Morphology Applied Meteorology Arctic Biogeography Cartography Central and Latin America China  Climatology Coastal Geomorphology Computer Cartography Cultural Geography Economic Geography Environmental Geography Ethnic Geography Europe Field Instrumentation and Measurement Techniques Gender Geographic Information Systems Geomorphology Hazards Historical Geography Human Geography Hydrology Landscape Locational Analysis

Louisiana  Macrohistorical Geography Medical Geography (spatial patterns of) Mississippi River Network-Integrated Data Management and Delivery Systems North America Paleoecology Paleotempestology Palynology Physical Geography Political Geography Qualitative Methods Quantitative Methods Quaternary Radar imagery (geoscience applications of) Regional Development  Remote Sensing Sediment Transport Settlement Social Science Writing Social Memory Social Theory Soils Spatial Analysis Synoptic Meteorology Urban Geography Water Resources World War II-era Maps

Anthropology:

Africa African Diaspora Afro-America Anatomy Bioarchaeology Biological Anthropology Burials and Cemeteries Caribbean Coastal Maya Archaeology Colonial America Contact Period Studies Cultural Anthropology Discourse Analysis Economic Patterns 18th-20th centuries Ethnohistory Ethnomusicology Folklore Forensics French Louisiana Historical Archaeology Historic Cemeteries Human Evolution Humanistic Geography Human Fertility Geophagy GIS and Archaeology

Great Lakes Region Linguistics Louisiana and the American South Osteology Material Culture Mayan Archaeology Mayan Languages Medical Anthropology Mesoamerica Middle America Osteology Paleodemography Paleopathology Performance in Pop Culture Phenomenology Poetics of Place Pottery Analysis Prehistoric Archaeology Sea-level Rise and Cultural Behavior Skeletal Biology Spanish America Sociocultural Studies Southeastern United States Prehistory Trade Networks U.S. South & West Vernacular Architecture West Indies

CD ROMs, Electronic Books, Remotely Accessed Texts

LSU Libraries will purchase CD ROM works on a case by case basis when requested by faculty members or graduate students in need of enhanced capabilities afforded by CD ROMs. The LSU Libraries recognizes that electronic information, e-books, electronic paper, etc. merit attention. The purchase of access to remote data and texts, such as JSTOR and others, will be pursued when the ownership of remote products will benefit the greatest number of students, staff, and faculty at the best possible price. Purchase of remotely accessed texts must follow the policy and procedures set forth in Procedures for Acquiring and Processing Electronic Resources.

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