Date: Fri, 03 May 2002 13:08:23 -0400
From: Robert C. Ferguson (WA State Univ.) <ferguson_at_wsu.edu>
Subject: Acquisitions reporting to collection development
Washington State University Libraries management is reviewing our
current
organizational structure with a view toward making useful changes. In
this
process, a number of proposals have emerged that have the Acquisitions
department, which now reports to the Head of Technical Services, instead
reporting to collection development, i.e., public services. Are there
other
libraries out there that have experience with an organizational model of
this sort-- one in which a centralized acquisitions department reports
to
the person or persons who are responsible for purchasing decisions for
library materials? I would be grateful for any observations you may have
about the working of such a model.
Robert C. Ferguson
Acquisitions Manager
Washington State University Libraries
Pullman, WA 99164-5610
tel. 509.335.7151
fax 509.335.9589
e-mail ferguson_at_wsu.edu
Received on Sun Jun 02 2002 - 12:02:18 EDT