The Acquisitions System and Policies
Miami University Libraries
Library resources are acquired through a multi-faceted system consisting
of an
approval plan, direct orders, subscriptions to periodicals and series,
gifts, and purchases from endowed funds. Through an approval plan with
Yankee Book Peddler we should receive most new monographs published by
United
States university and academic presses as well as new works by major
contemporary
writers. Direct orders supplement the approval plan through selective
purchasing of British and European monographs and new poetry, fiction,
and drama. Selective subscriptions to yearbooks and monographic series
insure the timely receipt of new volumes; the periodicals subscription
list aims to bring in the most important criticism, scholarship, and new
writing from scholarly journals and literary reviews. Ongoing development
and management of the collection is the responsibility of the Humanities
Librarian, who in turn works closely with
Department faculty in English, French and Italian, German and East Asian,
and Theatre.
Please contact Bill
Wortman with suggestions for new purchases, for concerns about the
Library's collection and services, and to discuss special needs connected
with courses and research.
Return to the Subject Guide to English
page.
July 2000 | William A. Wortman