Acquisitions Department
Acquisitions Department Personnel
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Acquisitions Policies and Procedures
Collection Development
- Functions
The Collection Development Coordinator is responsible for the following activities:
- Fund allocation and oversight
- Support for library liaisons
- Subject-specific collection analysis
- Dissemination of information regarding the availability of resources
- Collection maintenance
- Development of policies outlining the overall pattern of collection growth
- Organization
The Collection Development Librarian supports the collection development activities of the library liaisons as they work with the university's academic departments to build, plan, and review the library's collections. - Policies and Procedures
- Fund Allocation
Available funds are allocated to academic departments based on an allocation formula. This formula utilizes the following department-based information: number of new course offerings, credit hours, majors, and fte faculty. The results of the calculations are added to a base allocation (currently 2% of available funds) and the total if the amount available to each department for discretionary purchasing.
Allocated funds are reserved for the exclusive use of the department until March 1. At that time any remaining funds will revert to a library general fund to be used to acquire resources identified by the WSU community as a whole.
While subscriptions are not charged against an individual department's funds each subscription is associated with the initiating department.
- Ordering
Orders are first sent to the library liaison for review who then sends the order to the Acquisition Department. - Backlogs
Orders received after funds have been exhausted will be placed in a backlog. Unless otherwise advised, these orders will be placed once funds are available
- Fund Allocation