Good Afternoon, Our Media Library has recently merged with the Main Library on campus. Prior to this we were not under the administration of the Library. Thus we did not use the Acquisitions Module for ordering materials. I ordered materials through the vendors, Amazon, wherever I could find them not through jobbers or approval plans. This worked well for us in that we were able to order materials quickly (depending on the money left), check them and have them cataloged in a timely fashion and to the faculty who ordered them, often on short notice. I realize that as we are part of the Library system now, things will change. I'm wondering if anyone has experienced something similar. How did you incorporate media purchases? How did you make the decision about who would do the ordering. All of this is up in the air at this point, but I'd love to have some information from anyone who has gone through this type of change. Thanks in advance for your help. I have searched the archives and do have most of the posts up to 2010.
Jean Media Library Coordinator Walker Library Middle Tennessee State University Box 13 / 1301 East Main Street Murfreesboro, TN 37132 PH: 615-898-2725 email: jean.re...@mtsu.edu
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