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Selection and Ordering Library Resources

The majority of titles requested for purchase are received directly from Faculties and should be relevant to teaching activities and/or research interests.

Faculties have a Library Liaison Officer through whom requests for purchase can be channelled, and forwarded to the Acquisitions Librarian.

Serial purchases should be considered by the Faculty as a whole and must be authorised by the Library Liaison Officer or the Head of School.

Faculty profiles are maintained with the Library's major suppliers, to facilitate the advisory service of relevant new titles. Profiles are revised periodically on the advice of the Faculty Librarians, to reflect changes in subject emphasis.

Average prices in the relevant subject areas are used for committal of funds, if a price is not available at the time of ordering. A revised list of average prices is calculated from the Library's automated system Innovative annually.

Order Request Form

 


Set Texts

Multiple copies of set texts and recommended readings are purchased from Faculty funds, according to the following formula. The Faculties and/or Departments advise the University Cooperative Bookshop of their text book requirements, the semester before they are needed. These requirements are forwarded to the Acquisitions Librarian by the Bookshop staff, to facilitate ordering for the Library's collections.

3 copies per 100 students are purchased, up to a maximum of 5 copies.

Number of students
Number of copies
1-30
1
31-60
2
61-100
3
101-130
4
131-160+
5

 

Recommended Reading

One copy of each recommended reading title is purchased.


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