Acquisitions, Collection Development & Gift and Exchange:

The Acquisitions, Collection Development, Gift and Exchange are one unit of the library operations and services. Under the general direction of the Chief Librarian, the unit works collaboratively with library and academic department faculty members, the college business office and library vendors. The Acquisitions Unit provides leadership and guidance acquire all formats of library materials by utilizes the library materials budget allocated in a cost effective and timely fashion to build and enhance the resources and collection of the Charles Evans Inniss Memorial Library. The Unit manages a complex array of activities and workflows to acquire library materials, including books, e-books, serials, electronic serials, electronic databases, library reserve materials, av items, microforms, maps, atlas, etc. for the library. Activities include ordering, receiving, reporting, claiming, financing and payment, bibliographic controlling, records maintaining, vendor selection, consortium pricing negotiation, maintaining vendor and client relations. Managing the library’s expenditures against the allocated acquisitions budget is essential within the given fiscal time frame. The work encompasses business relations with publishers and vendors and interacts with materials selectors and the College Business Office. Internally, the Unit supports the library subject selectors, liaison librarians and faculty members in collection building and management of the library materials budget. The partnership between the faculty and library in evaluation and selection of materials requires mutual scholarly communication. Each department designates a faculty member to form the college wide Library Resource Committee to represent their department to the library. The Library assigns a library faculty to each department as that department’s liaison with the Library. Both faculty and librarian liaisons are responsible for selecting and soliciting materials for their assigned disciplines for enhance library collection. This requires the liaisons to be knowledgeable in the curriculum offered and current collection in the subject area. Listed below is a table listing current year liaison responsibilities of the library and academic faculty. The unit monitors, coordinates, implements and evaluates all collection-related activities, including the evaluation and selection of electronic resources to be added to the library collection by using the Student Tech Fee. The Unit coordinates all activities related to the accepting library gifts, evaluating donated materials and disposing them appropriately. Weeding or deselecting of library materials by the library materials selector is also one of the functions of the unit. Through the material selection and evaluation processes and acquisitions of all formats of new library materials, the library can be a learning center to support college academic programs and curriculum and provide library users with studies and research needs at campus and off campus, remotely. 

Due to the renovation project of the Library, the Acquisitions Unit is currently located in Room 414 of the Carroll Street Building where the temporary Library is sited. The office hours are Monday to Friday, from 8:00 am to 5:00 pm, except official holidays.

MECL SUBJECT SELECTOR, WEEDING, AND LIAISON RESPONSIBILITY, 2012-2013

Departments/Subjects

Library Faculty/ Subject Selector/Liaison

Faculty Liaison (College Wide Library Resources Committee) LC Classification of Subject Areas (not inclusive)

Accounting

Ching Chang
X4865
chingchang@mec.cuny.edu

Kiho Kim
Dept. of Economic & Finance
X5105
kiho@mec.cuny.edu

HF, HF 5601-5689

Africana and Caribbean Studies

Kerwin Pilgrim
X4875
kpilgrim@mec.cuny.edu

 

E185, E441-453, F1601-2175 & Appropriate Areas

Art

Ida Bazan
X4816
ibazan@mec.cuny.edu

 

N, TT, TR

Biology

Benjamin Franz
X4875
bfranz@mec.cuny.edu

Emmanuel Igwegbe
Dept of Biology
X4831
eigwegbe@mec.cuny.edu

QH, QK, QL, QM, QP, QR, S (Agriculture)

Business Administration

Ching Chang
X4865
chingchang@mec.cuny.edu
Kerwin Pilgrim
X4875
kpilgrim@mec.cuny.edu

Veronica Udeogalanya
Dept. of Economics & Finance
X5102
veronica@mec.cuny.edu

HB, HC, HD, HE, HF, V (Naval Science)

Computer Information Systems

Qingguo Huang
X4867
qhuang@mec.cuny.edu

Kim Moorning
Dept. of Computer Infor. Sys.
X5148
kimm@mec.cuny.edu

HF5547-5548, etc.

Computer Science

Qingguo Huang
 X4867
qhuang@mec.cuny.edu

Harini Patel
Dept. of  Physical, Environmental & Computer Sciences
X6158
hpatel@mec.cuny.edu

QA75-76, QA267-268, T, TK, etc.

Creative Performing Arts

Karl Madden
X4997
kmadden@mec.cuny.edu

Dwayne Bynum
Dept. of Mass Communications
X4983
dbynum@mec.cuny.edu
Carolyn Jones (Alternate)
X4983
cjones@mec.cuny.edu

PN1560-3305, etc.

Economics and Finance

Alexei Oulanov
X4834
aoulanov@mec.cuny.edu

Kiho Kim
Dept. of Economic & Finance
X5105
kiho@mec.cuny.edu

HC, HG, HJ

Education

Ida Bazan
X4816
ibazan@mec.cuny.edu
 

Rosalina Diaz
Dept. of Education
X4916
rdiaz@mec.cuny.edu

L

English

Kerwin Pilgrim
X4875
kpilgrim@mec.cuny.edu

Joanna Sit
Dept. of English
X4843
jsit@mec.cuny.edu

P, PE, PN, PR, PS

Environmental Sciences

Benjamin Franz
X4875
bfranz@mec.cuny.edu
Alexei Oulanov
X4834
aoulanov@mec.cuny.edu

Harini Patel
Dept. of  Physical, Environmental & Computer Sciences
X6158
hpatel@mec.cuny.edu

QD, ETC

First Year/Special Programs, Student Services

Kerwin Pilgrim
X8712
kpilgrim@mec.cuny.edu

Alexis McLean
Depts. of Special Programs, SEEK, Student Services
X4962
amclean@mec.cuny.edu

LB2343, ETC

Foreign Languages

Ida Bazan
X4816
ibazan@mec.cuny.edu
Danesh Yazdani
X4877
yazdani@mec.cuny.edu

Jesus Bottaro
Dept of Foreign Languages
X6263
jbottaro@mec.cuny.edu

PA,PB,PC,PD,PF,PG,PJ,PK,PL,PM,PQ,PT

Geography-Interdisciplinary Studies

Danesh  Yazdani
X4877
yazdani@mec.cuny.edu

 

G,GA,GB,GC,GF,GN,GR,GT,
QE

History-Interdisciplinary Studies

Yelena Novitskaya
X4881
ynovistskaya@mec.cuny.edu

 

C,D,E,F,

Juvenile Literature - Education

Ida Bazan
X4816
ibazan@mec.cuny.edu

Rosalina Diaz
Dept. of Education
X4916
rdiaz@mec.cuny.edu

PZ, ETC.

Library Science, Professional Tools

Brian Lym
X4885
blym@mec.cuny.edu
All Library Faculty

 

Z

Mass Communications

K.arl Madden
X4997
kmadden@mec.cuny.edu

Dwayne Bynum
Dept. of Mass Communications
X4983
dbynum@mec.cuny.edu
Carolyn Jones (Alternate)
X4983
cjones@mec.cuny.edu

P87-96, A (General Works), ETC.

Mathematics

Ching Chang
X4865
chingchang@mec.cuny.edu

Phillip Ording
Dept. of Mathematics
X5084
pording@mec.cuny.edu

HA, QA

Music (part of
Mass
Communications)

Karl Madden
X4997
kmadden@mec.cuny.edu 
Qingguo Huang
X4867
qhuang@mec.cuny.edu

Dwayne Bynum
Dept. of Mass Communications
X4983
dbynum@mec.cuny.edu
Carolyn Jones (Alternate)
X4983
cjones@mec.cuny.edu

M

Nursing & Health Sciences

Yelena Novitskaya
X4881
ynovitskaya@mec.cuny.edu

Kathy Cunningham
Dept. of  Nursing
X6222
kcunningham@mec.cuny.edu
Anne Marie Leveille
(Alternate)
Dept. of Nursing
X6222
aleveille@mec.cuny.edu

GV, R.

Philosophy and Religion Studies

Alexei Oulanov
X4875
sweekes@mec.cuny.edu

Michael Fitzgerald
Dept. of Philosophy & Religion
X4950
mfitzgerald@mec.cuny.edu

B,BC,BD,BH,BJ,BL,BM,BP,BR,BS,BT,BV,BX

Physical Sciences

Alexei Oulanov
X4834
aoulanov@mec.cuny.edu

Harini Patel
Harini Patel
Dept. of  Physical, Environmental & Computer Sciences
X6158
hpatel@mec.cuny.edu

QB,QC,T,TA-TP, TS

Psychology

Benjamin Franz
X4875
bfranz@mec.cuny.edu

John Sumerlin
Dept of Psychology
X6232
jrsumerlin@mec.cuny.edu

BF

Public
Administration,
Political Science

Alexei Oulanov
X4834
aoulanov@mec.cuny.edu

Major Owens
X5097
Dept. of Public Administration
mowens@mec.cuny.edu

J, K, U (Military Science)

Sociology and Social Work

Danesh Yazdani
X4877
yazdani@mec.cuny.edu

Frank Riley
Dept. of Social & Behavioral Sciences
X4850
friley@mec.cuny.edu

H, HM,HN,HS,HT,HV,HX

Speech

Karl  Madden
X4997
kmadden@mec.cuny.edu

Dwayne Bynum
Dept. of Mass Communications
X4983
dbynum@mec.cuny.edu
Carolyn Jones (Alternate)
X4983
cjones@mec.cuny.edu

P95, PN4121-4197, ETC.

Women’s Studies

Yelena Novitskaya
X4875
ynovitskaya@mec.cuny.edu

 

HQ, TX, ETC

Reference/E-Reference

Karl Madden
X4997
kmadden@mec.cuny.edu
Brian Lym
X4885
blym@mec.cuny.edu

Review Title by Title

Review Title by Title

Electronic Resources

All Librarians

Review Title by Title

Review Title by Title

Audio Visual

Ian Josephs
X4869
ijosephs@mec.cuny.edu Danesh Yazdani
X4877
yazdani@mec.cuny.edu
All Librarians

Review Title by Title

Review Title by Title

 

Periodicals

Ching Chang (interim)
X4865
chingchang@mec.cuny.edu
All Librarians/

Review Title by Title

Review Title by Title

Standing Orders

All Librarians

Review Title by Title

Review Title by Title

Staff of the Unit:

            Ching Chang: 718-270-4865, chingchang@mec.cuny.edu
            Wendy Stewart: 718-270-4868, wendy@mec.cuny.edu

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