Ordering Library Materials
The faculty of Minot State University are strongly welcomed to participate in building the library’s collection. Each department, division, or college receives a budget that is used for one-time purchases (such as books, DVDs, or CDs) in their academic area. Faculty members are asked to forward requests to the designated faculty member in their area who, in turn, forwards the request to a liaison librarian.
Contact the Electronic Resources and Collection Management Librarian with questions or concerns about purchasing materials.
Kathleen Simi
Electronic Resources and Collection Management Librarian
701-858-3203
Procedures for ordering books and other library materials
Ordering a Book, AV Materials:
- Click on Book Order Form for Faculty
- Fill in the form, as completely as possible.
- Repeat for each book or other item you wish to request.
Choice Reviews:
Choice Reviews is a searchable list of more than 200,00 book reviews that can be filtered by date of publication, subject, readership level, and recommendation level. This new service replaces the Choice cards which are no longer available.
Ordering Non-Print Materials:
Non-print materials may be ordered using the standard online request form. Please mark the type of AV format after the title.
Ordering Deadline:
Submit all requests for materials by April 1st to ensure that the materials will be received and paid for by the end of the fiscal year (June 30th).
Receiving Notification of Your Orders:
When the items you request are ready for circulation, you will receive an email notification.
Ordering Periodicals:
Suggestions for purchase of periodical titles should be submitted to the Electronic Resources and Collection Management Librarian on a Periodicals Request Form. Periodicals are purchased from a separate fund and decisions concerning new titles are generally made during the spring of the year.
Since even a relatively inexpensive journal title represents a continuing expense, new journal titles are added selectively. The periodical collection’s holdings are constantly reviewed, and new and often-requested titles are added while seldom-used titles are dropped. While it is recognized that faculty members have research needs that on larger campuses can be more fully met through large periodical collections, at Minot State University faculty may have to rely on our interlibrary loan service to fulfill some of their research needs. Faculty members are strongly urged to distinguish between a research collection and one which is designed to meet the journal needs of interdisciplinary undergraduate and graduate programs. With this in mind, the library will carefully consider each new request for a new journal title to be added to the collection.
