Standard practice for purchasing databases

Hello,

The basic practice at my university for purchasing print monographs,
ebooks, print journals and e-journals is for the subject selector to submit
a purchase request to either the acquisitions tech (for books/ebooks) or
the serials librarian (for journals). Databases were handled by a long time
member of the reference department who will be retiring shortly and all
electronic resource management will be with the serials librarian.

Recently, the subject selectors have been dealing directly with vendors,
setting up trials and submitting purchase requests for databases. This was
not a change that was brought to the attention of the acquisitions staff.

Is it standard practice at other libraries to have subject selectors
completing the purchase process themselves?

Thanks for the input.

Leigh


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