The Odum Library collection budget is divided among the departments according to a formula based upon the number of quarter credit hours in a department and the average cost of materials for the discipline. Each individual department establishes its own procedures for ordering materials.
Most departments designate a faculty member to act as library coordinator.
The coordinator, together with a member of the library faculty designated as liaison, may collect orders, keep records and inform the faculty of deadlines and priorities. Contact your departmental library coordiantor, or call the library faculty member who is liaison for your department for additional information. General Ordering Policies Books, serials and audiovisual materials are selected and ordered by departmental faculty, including library faculty who select reference materials, serials and books supporting the general collection. Textbooks, brochures, workbooks and other expendable materials may not be ordered. Any computer software ordered must be for instructional puropses.