More about the acquisitions module
It is important that you clearly understand the boundaries of your personal authority within the ordering of any stock selection process. You may be permitted to place orders or this may only be done by a more senior member of staff. Know what responsibility you have and your accountability for actions within your remit.
Clearly the whole process of acquisitions is based on the availability of funds to enable the purchase of new stock items. Thus, there is always a very clearly defined method of deciding how much money can be spent on the various types of new stock item.
The joy of an automated system is that it can give really hard data to inform the acquisition process. It will give the spending situation under the various budget headings. This includes both the projected and the actual spending to date. Although you may not need to access this management information, it is important for you to realise that you have a vital part in this. You must always enter order information accurately to ensure the system has the correct data for its calculations.
Of course there is also non-financial information in the data. For instance, it can also give information on the performance of the various suppliers used by the library. This allows the library managers to select the best performing suppliers for future orders.
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