Guide to Making Acquisition Recommendations /

Making Acquisition Recommendations /

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Guide to Making Acquisition Recommendations

1. The Library welcomes acquisition recommendations from University faculty, students, and staff for books, journals, AV materials and electronic resources.
2. Before making a recommendation, search the Library Online Catalog to ensure that the material is not already part of the Library collection. Once confirmed, you can fill out an acquisition recommendation.
3. You can recommend up to five items per month. Each item requires a form.
4. If the recommended material is already in the Library collection, the Library will not consider purchasing another copy until six requests are received.
5. Recommendations for non-academic materials (for example novels, essays, and recreational reading materials) will not be accepted until three months after the material is published. However, if the material is relevant to a course, indicate the lecturer and course name as well as the reason for the request, and the Library will consider the recommendation.
6. If the recommended material is from a specialized academic field, the Library will send your request to the Library committee of that academic department for review before making an acquisition decision.
7. If the Library decides to subscribe to a recommended journal, the journal will be ordered as a part of its yearly journal renewal system.
8. Notifications regarding requests are only sent via email, therefore you must include your email address.
9. You can place a material on hold at the same time you make an acquisition recommendation, as long as it will be available for loan. Please make sure that the Library Online Catalog system has your correct email address in order to send you a notification when the material is ready for loan.
10. If you have received a collection notification for a newly acquired material, go to the specified library branch for collection within five days. Otherwise, the material will be returned to its shelf and you will have violated the Library’s reservation regulations.

Making Acquisition Recommendations

NTHU Library

Recommendation for Books, Journals, AV Materials, and Electronic Resources

Note: The System is limited to the use of NTHU faculty, staff, and students

Enter your university ID card number.

Example: If your ID card number is 890101-0, enter 8901010 (leave out the hyphen, i.e., “-”), or you can enter your library card number.

Password

Note: Use the same password for the Library Online Catalog.