Responsibilities

The Acquisitions Department is responsible for ordering, receiving, and paying for new materials (books, periodicals, media, etc.) purchased for the Main Library and its branch libraries. The Acquisitions Department also tracks the library’s annual materials budget.

The Bibliographic Searchers assist with the pre-processing of gift books donated to the library.

The Bindery Unit is affiliated with Acquisitions. The Bindery’s primary responsibilities are receiving and shelving new periodical issues, preparing older loose periodical issues to be bound into volumes, and rebinding damaged Library books. The Bindery does not do any of the actual binding—it is contracted out to a third party.

Hours of Operation and Getting Help

The Acquisitions Department and the Bindery are open between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m., Monday through Friday, except during federal and university holidays.

For Acquisitions assistance, call (405) 744-6306.

For Serials or Bindery assistance, call (405) 744-9765.