Hello,
I'm hoping the group can provide some advice on how to best structure firm order funds. We have historically offered a firm order allotment for monographic purchases to every major and minor program offered at the College to ensure that the research needs of each area of study are represented in the collection. However, the addition of many new programs over the years and a steadily shrinking firm order budget have made this system no longer feasible, with minor programs now only getting a couple hundred dollars for the whole fiscal year.
I was wondering if you all could share how you've structured your firm order funds to keep your collection balanced without spreading the funds too thin across each area. We don't want to remove program allotments entirely or even divide the budget broadly by school, as some larger programs could easily spend out the whole budget themselves without considering the needs of smaller departments.
I'd be interested in any information you all could share on how firm orders are organized at your institutions!
Thanks!
Lindsay Barnett
Collection Development & Assessment Librarian
College of Charleston Libraries
66 George St.
Charleston, SC 29424
843-953-8024
Received on Fri Aug 18 2017 - 13:32:01 EDT