Access and Resource Services

Organization and staffing

The mission of Order Services is to provide exceptional support services for all collection development activities through prudent stewardship of the materials budget and strong working relations with our customers, colleagues and business partners.

Order Services assists Library Selectors with placing orders for print and media purchases for the collections. We order and receive materials for all areas of the physical collections except purchases for the Business Library and non-Roman language materials ordered by Area Studies Selectors. We work with Collection Management, Interlibrary Loan, Reserves, Preservation, and many other areas of the library to fulfill and receive orders for new and out of print publications. 

We manage rush, standing orders, media purchasing, monographic series, approval plans, and firm orders from vendors around the world. 

We collaborate with Accounting on fiscal rollovers, invoicing issues, vendor account setup, and many other transactions impacting book funds. 

What We Do

        1. Order print monographs, audio & visual media, & microforms

        2. Receive approvals, firm and standing orders

        3. Create POs for Invoices

        4. Standing order maintenance (monograph series)

        5. Manage Approval plans

        6. Rush order processing

        7. E-book acquisitions

        8. Demand-driven acquisitions for e-books (monographs)

        9. Order replacement copies

        10. Maintain monthly statistical reporting

        11. Monitor orders in Review status to resolve order data issues

   

        1. Find acceptable copy on receipt, expedite to Marking

        2. Create holdings for standing order receiving records

        3. Coordinate e-book cataloging/activation with invoices received

 

        1. Record and monitor credit card transactions

        2. Report invoices in review holding up status of purchase orders received

        3. Fiscal Year cutover & ordering deadlines

        4. Monitor DDA & e-book invoices from vendors

 

        1. Maintain Shelf Ready Review shelves

        2. Provide Order Services orientation programs for selectors

        3. Attend Collection Management meetings

        4. Communicate with selectors via ordering listserv and Ask-Acquisitions

        5. Support selectors with order status information, vendor setup, new standing order    requests, etc.

        6. Serve on Cabinet appointed Acquisitions Committee (Oxford, Law, Woodruff, Rose members)

Systems Used

Vendors

Electronic functions

Credit card (PCARD) Purchasing