The Technical Services Department is behind the scene but plays an important part in making library materials available to you through the online catalog. There are three units in the department, Acquisitions , Serials , and Cataloging .
Acquisitions receives order requests from faculty, staff, and students.
Each academic department is allocated funds for purchasing books and media, and each department appoints a faculty library representative to submit orders and monitor the funds. Acquisitions staff places orders with vendors who offer discounts to libraries and who fulfill orders in a timely manner. The staff also processes all materials donated to the library. To suggest titles for purchase by the library, submit a suggestion . The Serials staff manages subscriptions to over 4,000 magazines, journals, newspapers, yearbooks, etc.