Acquisition
A library acquisition is the department of a library responsible for the selection and purchase of knowledge materials or resources. The department may select vendors, negotiate consortium pricing, arrange for standing orders, and select individual titles or resources.
Libraries, both physical and digital, usually have four common broad goals that help dictate these responsibilities. These goals are significant to libraries in order to maintain the basic principle of access.
- To acquire material as quickly as possible
- To maintain a high level of accuracy in all work procedures
- To keep work processes simple in order to achieve the lowest possible unit cost
- To develop close, friendly working relationships with other library units and vendors
There are generally five steps taken in order to acquire material for a library collection, whether physical or digital.
- Request processing
- Verification
- Ordering
- Reporting (fiscal management)
- Receiving orders
The acquisition of library materials is with the suggestions of various department heads. We purchase the National and International books, magazines. All the books are classified according to Dewey Decimal Classification (DDC).
