The department is under the direction of the Acquisitions Librarian acting as Head of the Collection Management Department who reports to the Dean of Libraries. While the organization continues to evolve since the combination of previous departments, historically there have been four principal divisions of responsibility:

1. firm order division which establishes bibliographic integrity, selects vendors, and prepares purchase orders;
2. receiving division which is responsible for the proper identification of, initial accounting for, and processing of materials received on firm orders;
3. standing order division which places, monitors, and receives non-periodical continuations; and
4. gift division which receives and accounts for non-periodical gifts.

Student assistants are employed to provide support in all areas of the department. A departmental organization chart is kept updated as are job descriptions for all employees.

This page was last reviewed 04/19/2010
please send questions / comments / suggestions to
Kevin Merriman, Head of Collection Management