Katharine Treptow Farrell, Head of Acquisitions Services and Assistant Head of Technical Services, 609-258-3192

Carol J. Fagundus, Assistant Head of Acquisitions Services, Projects/Training Coordinator, 609-258-5754

About Acquisitions Services

Acquisitions Services is the branch of Technical Services responsible for acquiring material for the various collections of the Princeton University Library. We perform a wide variety of tasks associated with library acquisitions, including pre-order searching, ordering, receiving, record maintenance, periodical check-in, copy cataloging, invoicing, sorting/distributing for cataloging, labeling and/or binding of these materials.

Acquisitions consists of four primary units, each organized either by its function or by the material-type being processed. In addition, the Division manages many approval plans, although some of the production work for these acquisitions takes place in Catalog and Metadata Services.

• Monograph Acquistions Unit: Tom Martine 609-258-3219

  Preorder searching, ordering, claiming, and receipt of firm orders for books, maps, sound and videorecordings, scores, computer files, etc. Provides rush service for reserve orders, secondhand or antiquarian catalog, Internet orders, etc. Contact Monograph Acquisitions for claims or reports.

• Serials Acquisitions Unit: Heidi Fisher, head ; Susan Hajdas-Sikorski , asst. head and Exchange coordinator ; 609-258-5415 .

  Preorder searching, ordering, claiming, check-in and adding of print and electronic journals, multi-volume monographs, monographic series and other continuations. Contact Serials Acquisitions for claims or reports.

• Invoice Unit: Arthur F. Miller, head 609-258-5342
  

  Pays invoices for all library book fund acquisitions including those of the East Asian Library and Documents Division. Contact Invoice Unit for payment information or queries.
  

• Shelf Direct and Binding Services Carlos Santos 609-258-3207

  Processes materials for binding and provides final physical processing of material, such as call number labels, book plates, property stamps, and mylar covered dust jackets. Processes approval plans with purchased cataloging.

• Approval Plans Coordinator : W. Robert Black, 609-258-1597

  Manages approval plans, updates profiles, resolves acquisitions questions related to approval material, and acts as liaison with collection development staff and cataloging staff.

  
  

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