This collection of acquisition materials from member libraries of the Association of Research Libraries (ARL) contains: (1) acquisition policies from Brigham Young University, Iowa State University, and the University of Cincinnati; (2) book selection policies from the University of Nebraska Undergraduate Library and Georgetown University; (3) an acquisitions code from the University of California at Davis; (4) definitions of collection levels at the University of Michigan; (5) an introduction and policy statement from Stanford University; (6) a collection development policy from the Joint University Libraries; (7) a general outline of a mass buying program from Pennsylvania State University; and (8) a statement on cooperative acquisitions in the libraries of the Consortium of Universities of Washington, District of Columbia, from Georgetown University. (THC)