Acquisitions


Selection of Library Material

Selection of Library Material to be added to the collection is based on faculty recommendations, book reviews, and recommended lists in library literature. The basic tool, CHOICE, covering new publications for colleges, is divided into disciplines and distributed to each school and department.

Acquisitions Criteria
  • Usefulness of the publication for ongoing academic programs.
  • Need for timelines (e.g. new editions).
  • Quality of author and publisher.
  • Recommendation from qualified reviews.
  • The library does not purchase required textbooks, multiple copies, or personal copies. Research material, if its usefulness is limited to highly individual projects, will be made available on interlibrary loan from other libraries. Budget limitations make it necessary at times to establish priorities among book requests within one's department.
Acquisitions Procedures

Print Acquisitions Form
Instructions

Online Acquisitions Form
Instructions

  1. Complete the print LIBRARY REQUEST FORM . NOTE: requests received with circled titles on brochures or on scraps of paper are delayed until clerical help is able to transfer the information to the request forms. 
  2. Rate the titles you select:

    A=Class use or essential for subject
    B=Suggested Reading
    C=Supplemental
    D=Peripheral
  3. Attach brochures, reviews or advertisements, including an order form, if available.
  4. Required readings for reserve should be marked as such with the course number on the top right corner of request form.
  5. Keep the pink copy for your files. To inquire about titles on order, call the Acquisitions Department and refer to title and/or author.
  6. Send request to your LIAISON LIBRARIAN.
  1. Complete the ONLINE ACQUISITIONS FORM.
  2. Rate the titles you select:

    A=Class use or essential for subject
    B=Suggested Reading
    C=Supplemental
    D=Peripheral
  3. Email the completed form as an attachment to your LIAISON LIBRARIAN.
  4. If you have brochures, reviews or advertisements about the item to be ordered, please send it via intercampus mail to your LIAISON LIBRARIAN.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 


The average delivery from domestic vendors/publishers is 2-5 weeks. If the ordering information is incomplete or if the title is from a foreign publisher, it will take longer for the material to arrive.

If you have any questions about the acquisitions process contact your LIAISON LIBRARIAN or the ACQUISITIONS DEPARTMENT.

Acquisitions Sample Request Form


Questions

For assistance or questions concerning acquisitions, please Contact:

Deena Medzie at 610-499-4078 or dmmedzie@widener.edu
Contact the Library
Wolfgram Memorial Library
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Chester PA, 19013
610-499-4067
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