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Allocation of Funds
The Odum Library collection budget is divided among the departments according to a formula based upon the number of credit hours generated by a department and the average cost of materials (monographs and serials) for the discipline. This allocation is distributed to the college deans, then to department chairs, and finally to the department coordinator. Coordinators will receive letters in the early Fall and Spring semester concerning their department's budget and schedule for ordering deadlines. (Library's Materials Budget FY 2009)
What can you use the funds for? / General ordering policy
Books, serials and audiovisual materials are selected and ordered by departmental faculty according to an established library collection development policy. See your department coordinator for a copy. Textbooks, brochures, workbooks and other expendable materials may not be ordered. Any computer software requested must be for instructional purposes. Periodically, the department should review their journals and databases and submit by May 1 of each year any additions or cancellations.
Contingency funds
Contingency funds are requested through the Library Affairs Committee. These funds may be used for special requests for materials beyond the regularly allocated budget or for materials to support new courses, degree programs, or accreditation requirements but not used for serial subscriptions. For consideration by the Library Affairs Committee the Library Contingency Funds Request Form must be submitted by the January 22, 2008.
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