Serial acquisitions are handled centrally in the Collection Strategies Unit (CSU) on the 5th floor of Cameron Library. Decisions relating to serials acquisitions are made by the Collection Strategies Librarians.
CSU’s Acquisition & Collection Support Team takes care of placing new orders, ensuring that access has been set up, paying invoices, tracking payments in PeopleSoft, troubleshooting e-resource outages , and contacting vendors. This team also handles the check-in of print serials.
Staff are encouraged to use the Subscription or Large Purchase Suggestion Form to suggest new serial subscriptions to CSU. Note that suggestions are reviewed periodically throughout the year, and are typically considered during the fall for addition to the collection in January.