Acquisitions
We consist of two interconnected teams - Book Purchasing and Inter-Library Loans (ILL) – that provide readers with non-teaching material that we don’t currently hold. Order a Book requests are fulfilled either via the Book Purchasing Team (on an e-first basis) or by ILL (who facilitate access to material held at other libraries in the UK and overseas). Order an Article and Order a Chapter requests are satisfied via the ILL team. We aim to provide material in a speedy, environmentally sustainable and cost-effective way, via customer-centric processes, on platforms that are accessible and user-friendly, to support and advance teaching, learning and research throughout the University. Further details and request forms are available via the Order resources page.
Acquisitions Manager
Member of CSD Leaders Team. Responsible for the procurement of non-reading list content in digital and physical formats via purchasing or inter-library loan. Responsible for selecting suppliers on the relevant national framework agreement and for supplier monitoring and contract management. Responsible for developing the collection by means of Evidence-Based Acquisition (EBA) schemes. Responsible for managing budgets related to Order a Book (staff and student), EBA and extended-access schemes. Responsible for identifying and evaluating innovative and sustainable schemes to support open access monograph publishing.
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Des Coyle
Email: des.coyle@manchester.ac.uk
Acquisitions Team Leader
Supporting the efficient delivery of non-reading list content through line-management of the Book Purchasing and Inter-Library Loans teams. Responsible for assisting with e-book schemes including usage and expenditure analysis. Setting up specialist purchasing schemes for CSD teams. Meeting with suppliers and monitoring of supplier performance. Specialist orders/invoices. Liaison with academics, researchers and students.
Acquisitions Co-ordinator (Book Purchasing)
Supervision of the Book Purchasing team to ensure the efficient supply of requested content. Liaison with staff, students, and suppliers. Electronic and print monograph ordering. Receiving of material and processing of invoices. Regular recording and analysis of statistics. Close collaboration with the Acquisitions Co-ordinator (Inter-Library Loans).
Acquisitions Co-ordinator (Inter-Library Loans)
Supervision of the Inter-Library Loans team to support the effective and efficient supply of requested content. Liaison with our staff and students. Monitoring WSILL & RapidILL borrowing and lending, invoices, statistics, non-standard ILL requests. Close collaboration with the Acquisitions Co-ordinators (Book Purchasing).
Accquisitions Assistant (Inter Library Loans)
Working closely with the Book Purchasing team, we satisfy requests for new content as quickly, efficiently and accurately as possible through inter-library loan or purchase. We are responsible for the processing of borrowing requests from our students, researchers and academics including requests via Order a Book/Chapter/Article. UK/international lending requests. Retrieval and processing of physical items. Recording of statistics.
Acquisitions Assistant (Book Purchasing)
Working closely with the Inter-Library Loans team, we satisfy requests for new content as quickly, efficiently and accurately as possible through purchase or inter-library loan. We are responsible for electronic and print monograph ordering including requests via Order a Book, The John Rylands Research Institutue and Library, PURE, etc. Receiving of material and processing of invoices. Activating e-books, topping up e-book access to meet demand, and updating the e-book help pages. Liaison with staff and students including answering enquiries.
