Acquisition & Electronic Resources

The Acquisition and Electronic Resources Department enriches the library's collection by purchasing books, journals, and electronic databases in the exact sciences and engineering, based on researchers' and students' needs and recommendations. Each year, the department's team reviews course reading lists and orders missing textbooks with an emphasis on electronic versions in consultation with the teaching staff and based on their recommendations. The Acquisition Department is also responsible for the ongoing maintenance of the library's electronic resources and for promoting open-access publishing. It does this by entering into agreements with publishers that allow faculty members in the exact sciences and engineering to publish open-access articles free of charge. Additionally, the department enables researchers to order books for personal use funded by research budgets.