Library Collection Development

Monthly

• Budget reports showing expenditures and encumbrances are provided to all liaisons each month throughout the fiscal year.
• New Titles guide is updated after each completed month.

July

• Fiscal year runs from July 1 through June 30.
• Library ordering resumes.

August            

• Liaison assignments are finalized after academic departments' faculty return to campus.

September

• Departmental Liaisons are informed of their materials allocations for the year.
• Annual Liaisons meeting ​
  • Invitations to the Annual Liaisons meeting are sent after faculty return to campus in August.

December

• 50% of allocation should be spent or encumbered by December 1.
• Reminder of the April 1 ordering deadline is sent to all departmental liaisons before fall semester’s end.

February

• February 1: Second reminder of the April 1 deadline is sent to all departmental liaisons.
• Liaisons in the library are informed of remaining funds in the Departmental allocations.

March

• March 15: Final reminder that order requests from departmental liaisons should be submitted by April 1.

 April through June

• April 1: Ordering deadline.
• April 2: Unused allocations are reallocated toward areas with order requests on hand.
• Acquisitions and Collections Librarian discusses unordered requests with departmental liaisons.
• Unordered requests are sent back to the liaisons, if requested.
• Departmental liaisons' continuing service in following year is verified before May Commencement if possible.
• Library liaisons work with departmental liaisons toward meeting long-term strategic collection-building needs.
• Acquisitions and Collections Librarian begins preparing for next year's team of departmental and library liaisons.
• Preparation begins for new fiscal year.
• June 30: end of current fiscal year.