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Acqusitions Department

The mission of the Acquisitions Department is to acquire or facilitate access to materials which support the Colgate community. Materials will be acquired as promptly and as cost effectively as possible for both the Case and Cooley Libraries. The FastCat team is responsible for all ordering, and cataloging books which have Library of Congress records on OCLC. Selection of material, which is coordinated by the Head of Collection Development, is determined by collection development policy with priority being given to titles that support the curriculum of Colgate University. All members of the Colgate community are encouraged to suggest additions to the collection.Click here for information about acquisitions policies & procedures.

Contact Information:

Head of Collection Development : Emily Hutton-Hughes (315) 228-7308

Digital Resources Librarian: Mike Poulin (315) 228-7025

Acquisitions Supervisor and billing contact: Tami Watson (315) 228-7307

Media Acquisitions Coordinator: Rhonda Pancoe (315) 228-7858

Serials Department Main contact: Ian Woodward (315) 228-7306.

Case Library Fax number: (315) 228-7934

Shipping Address:

Case Library and Geyer Center for Information Technology 13 Oak Dr. Hamilton, NY 13346 USA

Request items to be added to the collection (Colgate Community only please)

Database vendors : contact information, help desk etc.
Contact information: sales and technical support
Interlibrary Loan License restrictions

Sources for Acquiring Out Of Print Material: Alibris (good portal for very reputable out of print dealers); UK Book world (links to British oop booksellers); International league of Antiquarian Booksellers; Proquest Books on Demand

In Print & Price Listing Resources /Ordering Materials Online
: Note about status information: "Readily available" means the book is in print and in stock. "Available for order" means that the book is likely out of stock. Remember to check the stock availability tab when you see this note. It is likely that the book will need to be obtained from Alibris.

Amazon Books (US) Amazon Germany Amazon France Amazon UK Barnes & Noble
Powells.com
Borders
AddAll : Book Search & Price Comparison
BestBook Buys (more comparison book shopping) Book Finder.com (comparison book shopping)
Price Compare or Search Online Bookstores by ISBN

US & Canadian, and UK Vendors Used Frequently: Gale Group; Lindsay and Croft (U.K. vendor); Proquest Information & Learning , Dissertations; Yankee Book Peddler and GOBI Direct; Worldwide Books (art publications)

Selected International Publishers, Bookseller's & Vendors: African Books Collective; Alapage.com (French bookseller); Bagchee Associates (India); Casalini Libri (Italian vendor); Grant & Cutler (British foreign language bookseller); Harrasowitz (German vendor); KKAgencies (India); Latin American Book Store; Leer: libros en espanol (Latin America, Spain, Caribbean, Portugal); Servilibros (Spanish vendor); South Pacific Books LTD; Touzot (French bookseller); World Bank; United Nations UN Sales Publications What's new page

Audiovisual links: CDNOW (music and videos)
CDHOTLIST
Criterion Colelction; Facets Multimedia; Films for the Humanities and Sciences; Library Video Company; Midwest Tape
Microcinema International
DocuSeek Film and Video Finder; Women Make Movies: Film & video catalog

Serials Links used frequently: Ebsco Information Services; EbscoNet; Harrasowitz
National Archive Publishing Company

Some Acquisitions Facts: FY2005/2006 Number of books acquired: 12,391 vols.
Average price of an US published academic monograph incl. vendor discount: $47.58 (2005/2006)
Average price of a US periodical excluding Russian translations: $400 (2006); Average price increase for a periodical subscription expected in 2007: 9.4%

Acquisitions Manual of operations

Request forms
Database vendors
Book publishers / vendors
AudioVisual vendors
Serial vendors

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