F. D. Bluford Library

Subscription/Standing Order Recommendation Form

 

Type of Subscription:   Standing Order    Journal Subscription   Electronic Database

 

Title _________________________________________________________________________

 

Publisher _____________________________________________________________________

 

Indexed in ____________________________________________________________________

 

         Catalog or Blurb Attached: Yes   No                   Justification Completed:    Yes   No


 

Justification:

            _________ 1.  Essential to the __________________________ collection.

 

                          _________ 2.  Important to the general collection.

 

                          _________ 3.  Heavily used title requiring duplication.

 

                          _________ 4.  A standard reference tool.

 

                          _________ 5.  Other (specify) __________________________________.

 

                                                       Subscription Recommendation Considerations

 

In preparing your justification statement you should consider as many of the following as well as any other points that you feel are germane:

1      the number of potential student users to be served;

   

1      the specific faculty research to be supported;

 

1      an interdisciplinary title and other departments/programs would be served by the acquisition of this title;

 

1      the title covers a new, permanent area of the curriculum;

 

1      no other title(s) are currently subscribed to or are available provide this support;

 

1      articles that could possibly be provided through the library's document delivery service cannot serve as a substitute for this subscription.

 

 

Recommended by______________________________________________________________________________

                                                                                 Name, Department, Title

 

Chairman ____________________________________________________________________________________

                                                                                               Signature

 

Bibliographer_________________________________________________________________________________

                                                                                               Signature

Action Taken:

________________ Approved by Collection Development Librarian                      Fund Code: __________________

  Date/Initials      

               

 Subscription to begin with:                                                                  Volume _____ No. _____ Date __________

 

You may FAX form to 334-7783.  Attn:  Collection Management Librarian.

 

EW                 rev  4/05