The Georgia Institute of Tecnologys Library - 933 Words

The Georgia Institute of Technology’s Library is a research institution located in Atlanta Georgia. The prestigious academic library is an integral hub for science and engineering students from around the globe. From its small origins in a one room classroom and only one librarian in 1901; the library officially opened its doors in 1907.As of 2014, the library now requires a large staff of 136-150 employees, in order to maintain the academic library. The materials budget varies from $4,000,000 to $6,818,190. A huge portion is spent on periodicals and databases. A portion of the budget, around $250,000 is deviated for monograph or books. A wealth of resources and imperative information, the library’s approximate collection for titles is 1,061,206; volumes is 2,537,869 (including 248,580 e-books).In 2012, 9,229 volumes have been acquired. I spoke to two different Heads of Acquisitions at GA Tech. First I spoke to Tom Fisher; he has been employed at the GA Tech library for 22yrs. Initially he worked in circulations, now he works in monograph (books) acquisitions as the Assistant Head of Acquisitions Serials. He is responsible for the purchase of monographs and standing orders; receives and processes purchase requests. I also conducted a web interview with Elizabeth Winter, the Assistant Department Head E-resources Coordinator. Both of them provided profound insight into academic acquisitions. The report is a consolidated interview. The Automated systems used are Ex