Acquisitions101Tools&Processes课件.ppt

Acquisitions 101: Tools & Processes Roberta Schenewerk – Acquisitions Manager Fort Worth Public Library Changes Over the Last 10 Years Gone from printed to electronic purchase orders It is much easier to tell immediately if a vendor can supply item Philosophical change – from the books get here whenever to getting the books to patrons by street date Internet orders are somewhat more complicated in that every vendor’s database is different Purchase orders are released continuously instead of only being sent once a week Changes Over the Last 10 Years (continued) Less data entry – now we bring in vendor bib records Contracts have moved from low bid to “best value” Purchasing more circulating materials and fewer reference materials Spanish materials are a lot easier to identify and obtain While genealogy materials are still among the hardest to identify and obtain, it is much easier than it was with more of them using the Internet FWPL Background Serves a population of about 662,000 15 libraries including a main/downtown branch, 10 neighborhood branches, 2 regional libraries, & 2 satellite branches One branch will be relocating to a new facility in the next year Construction will start on a new branch in about a year Fort Worth is also the anchor member of a 7 library consortium called MetrOPAC FWPL Background (continued) Use the SirsiDynix Horizon acquisitions module FY07 materials budget is a little over $2.4 million The rough breakdown is 50% books 35% AV 10% online resources 5% magazines Collection Management Division Consists of ….. Collection Management Administrator Materials Selection ( 3 selectors) Acquisitions (7 staff) Cataloging (3 staff) Processing (6 staff) Digital Resources Librarian FWPL Acquisitions Organization Acquisitions Manager/Librarian Supervisor Assistant Manager/Library Assistant Senior Account Clerk Ordering Clerk Receiving Clerk Mail/Periodical Clerk Page Allocating the Materials Budget Materials Budget: Who Gets How Much Al