Because we have largely moved to patron driven acquisitions for both print and electronic formats, we no longer allocate by discipline. We have a single monographs bucket for any non-serial item (videos, ebooks, books, CDs, etc). We are in our second year using this model and it is working well for us.
We still track purchases by discipline using reporting funds - all areas had purchases last year, and it was fairly balanced. Faculty are patrons, too, so when they request titles, we acquire them. Some were concerned that it would turn into a free-for-all, but it hasn't.
Kelly Smith
Coordinator of Collections and Discovery
Eastern Kentucky University Libraries<http://www.library.eku.edu/>
email kelly.smith2_at_eku.edu<mailto:kelly.smith2_at_eku.edu> | tel 859-622-3062
subject guides http://libguides.eku.edu/profile/KellySmith
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Subject: [ACQNET-L] Allocation Formulas / Budget Reductions
Dear Colleagues,
Our library is exploring possible ways of reconfiguring our current allocation formula.
At the University of Scranton, the acquisitions funds are allocated to departments. Each department determines how to expend those funds among books, periodicals, standing orders and electronic resources. We use an allocation formula that has four factors to allocate new funds that are added to the base budget. The factors are: number of courses taught in the discipline, FTES in those courses, FTEF teaching the courses and cost of acquiring materials in the discipline. The cost factor looks at average prices of books and journals and the dependency of the department on these materials types.
We are interested in finding out what other libraries are doing with respect to the allocation of acquisitions funds to departments in these days of high inflation and budget reductions.
1. Does your library use an allocation formula for new funding only or for your base budget?
2. If you have had a reduction in your acquisition budget, what process did you use to reallocate funds? Did it involve any type of formula?
If you are able to share this information with us we would greatly appreciate it. Please send it directly to my email address: narda.tafuri_at_scranton.edu<mailto:narda.tafuri_at_scranton.edu>.
Thank you for your kind assistance!
Narda Tafuri
Narda Tafuri<mailto:narda.tafuri_at_scranton.edu>
Associate Professor
Coordinator of Technical Services
The University of Scranton
Weinberg Memorial Library
Scranton, PA 18510
Voice - (570) 941-7811
Fax - (570) 941-7809
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