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The Library relies heavily on the suggestions and requests of Faculty for the development of its print, non-print, and electronic collection of resources. If you would like the Library to acquire a specific book, periodical, media item, online database, or other resource for our collection, reserve a film for showing in one of your classes, receive a donation, add a link to an Internet resource on the Library web site, or borrow items from another institution, please let us know. Below is a guide for who to contact, as well as brief summaries of the processes.

Books and Media

Contact: Jay Baker, Acquisitions Librarian (Interim) x3696
See also LIBRARIAN SUBJECT SPECIALTY list for other Librarians to contact for assistance in identifying resources when you don't have a specific title in mind.
Process: Discuss with and submit requests to Jay Baker. Upon approval, items are ordered (budget permitting). As soon as the item is received and cataloged, you will be notified.

Periodical and Online Database Subscriptions

Contact: Tamara Weintraub, Serials Librarian, x2967
See also LIBRARIAN SUBJECT SPECIALTY list for other Librarians to contact for assistance in identifying resources when you don't have a specific title in mind.
Process: Discuss with and submit requests to Tamara Weintraub. Upon approval, subscriptions are ordered (budget permitting). As soon as access is established or issues received, you will be notified.

Other Internet Resources

Process: In addition to the Library's resource collection, we also maintain web pages with links to valuable Internet resources. If there is a web site that you believe should be included (or one that should be deleted!) on any of the Library's web pages, please contact Jay Baker, Systems & Technology Librarian, x3696.

Donations

Contact: Jay Baker, Acquisitions Librarian (Interim) x3696 or Tamara Weintraub, Serials Librarian, x2967
Process: Donations may be brought to the Library Donations Station (located just inside the loading dock entrance to the Library) at any time during regular business hours. However, it is recommended that you first contact Jay Baker (for books or media) or Tamara Weintraub (for periodicals) to discuss a donation. The Library welcomes and accepts all donations, particularly of materials that have current application to the research and learning needs of its users, but reserves the right to not add donations to the collection and dispose of such items as appropriate.

Media Booking (borrowing and Media Consortium purchases)

Contacts:
Borrowing: Anne Stephan, x3231
Purchase requests: Jay Baker, Acquisitions Librarian (Interim), x3696
Process: Palomar College is a member of the San Diego County Office of Education (SDCOE) Community College Media Consortia. SDCOE maintains a cooperative collection of videos and DVDs that may be used by faculty from any of the community colleges in the County, usually for the purpose of classroom instruction. Palomar College also purchases media for the cooperative (generally, items that would not be purchased for the Library's own collection due to cost and/or usage frequency).
To borrow items in this collection, or to find out which items are in this collection, go to http://www.palomar.edu/library/mediabook.htm. To request items to purchase for the cooperative, contact Jay Baker.

Previewing Media (videos or DVDs)

Contact: Anne Stephan, x3231
Process: The Library can obtain from publishers or distributors copies of films and videos that faculty wish to preview before ordering for either the Library's collection or the Consortia.

Interlibrary Loans

If you wish to simply borrow a book or obtain articles that the Library does not own, we may be able to obtain it for you from another institution (rather than purchase copies for our permanent collection). For interlibrary loans, fill out and submit the book ILL form or periodical article ILL form.