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Course Overview
You and Your
expectations
Acquisitions
Department
Overview
The role of the LTA
Acquisition of Library
Materials: 1103
Unit 1

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Course Expectations
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Syllabus & Timeline
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Blackboard
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Additional Readings
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Assignments & Group Projects
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Participation
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Attendance & Timeliness
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Questions?

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Getting to know you
8 Nouns
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Select 8 Nouns to describe yourself and write a sentence or
two to talk about each one.

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Video
Reading: Handout
Behind the Scenes - Technical Services
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J6iRDOe4Bw4&feature=email
Take time to write down 3 things you do not know about libraries or
would like to know more about regarding technical services and
acquisitions.

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What is Acquisitions?
“Acquisitions departments do their jobs well when
they process orders quickly, get materials quickly
(and at the best discount), process materials for
cataloging quickly and process invoices quickly,
with the least work on the part of selectors (with
whom they communicate well).”
Peter Stevens, Head, Acquisitions Division, University of Washington Libraries

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Technical Services
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Acquisitions is a part of Technical Services.
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Handles tasks associated with bringing materials into the
library and making them ready for the general public or
service population
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What is Public Services?
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Activities that directly assist the end-user in gaining access
to information in the library’s collection as well as from other
collections

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Library Functions
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Identification
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Selection
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Acquisitions
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Organization
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Preparation
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Storage
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Interpretation
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Utilization
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dissemination
Where does technical
services fit within these
functions?

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Acquisitions Process and the LTA
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Who works in the Technical Services department
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Librarian
LTA
Library clerk
Part-time Help
Students
Video - A Day in Technical Services
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wru5fTcL0bU

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Acquisitions Department Activities
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Preliminary Request Procedures
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Verification
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Order preparation & placing orders
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Bookkeeping Procedures
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Receiving Procedures
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Returns
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Other
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Gifts
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Weeding

10. Flow Chart of Acquisitions Process

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Discussion – In class
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What Challenges do you see
acquisitions departments
facing in the next 5 years?
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How may the role of the
collection development
librarian and the LTA overlap?
Consider challenges and
benefits in this relationship.
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Would it be helpful to work in
both Technical Services and
Public Services? Why?
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What skills or competencies
do you think employees in
Technical Services should
have?

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Vocabulary – See text and
blackboard for definitions
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Technical Services
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Receiving
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Acquisitions
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Packing slip
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Selectors
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Invoice
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Verification
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Requisition
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Ordering
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Serials
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Encumber Funds
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Weeding

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For Next week:
• - Read Chapter 1 & 5 in textbook
• - Complete online discussion questions
• - Look over syllabus for questions
 Internet resources
 Browse through AcqWeb at this URL:
http://acqweb.org/
 Internet Library for Librarians
 University of Reading acquisitions process