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šŸŒ» Summer šŸŒ»
Summer around Acquisitions means the end of the fiscal year and we keep very busy!  Thank you to everyone who got their orders in well ahead of the deadlines and spent out their budgets, great job!  We look forward to working on our Summer project lists and getting a little break from the rush.
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What We're Excited About!
- We had a department birthday celebration hosted by the Accounting & Serials Unit
- Erin shared this website - though geared toward a public library audience, the struggles ring true for us in academia.  https://www.ebooksforus.com/
- There is a new Primo collection for take-home equipment
- Some of us went outside and looked at the solar eclipse together
- The Curator Talks and Workshop about the spring exhibit, "The Learning and Labor of the Blind"
- Gerald Langford joined Convocation Planning Committee
- April Helena joined Diverse BookFinder
- Eric Gumbayan joined the Green Team
- Devon Hickey joined Fall Fest
- John Jack joined the Accessibility Advisory Committee
- The Winter 2024 Yarn Therapy Event is still happening
- Devon Hickey and Angela Gaines completed a certification for Student Staff Development (a course at Library Juice Academy)
- We hosted GatorCare for a Wellness Workshop about plants and mental health
- Paulā€™s McDonough's Retirement Party (Congratulations Paul!)
- Baldwin and Bechtel talks
- ACRL Arts: Libraries, Museums & Galleries as Connectors: Joining Forces to Build Community, presentation
- Check out Erin Gallagher's participation in a podcast hosted by Alex Avelino and Rae Riiska!  Listen here!ļ»æ
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ELUNA 2024
By Jason Heckathorn

Last month, I had the privilege of attending ELUNA 2024 Annual Meeting in Minneapolis, Minnesota. ELUNA is the international user community for Ex Libris customers in the Americas. This annual gathering brings together leading experts and professionals in the field of acquisitions, collections, metadata, and systems to share research, best practices, and insights. 

Throughout the three-day event, I attended various sessions covering topics such as practical applications, strategies, content, discovery, migration/implementation, AI/emerging technologies and standards, analytics, and DEIA. One of my highlights was the panel discussion I participated in on Evidence Based Acquisition (EBA) in Rialto, which featured panelists from Clarivate, Florida State University and California State University Channel Islands. This led to being invited for a focus group where I was able to candidly share opinions on the implementation of EBA in Rialto, challenges in its management, and theoretical developments in Alma and elsewhere. 

Though I was the only one attending from the University of Florida, I was able to connect with many FLVC colleagues as well as those attending from other Florida institutions. Minnesota had much to offer culturally - I thoroughly enjoyed the Keith Haring: Art Is for Everybody exhibit at the Walker Art Center (and the adjoining Minneapolis Sculpture Garden). I also had the good fortune to be in town for multiple playoffs runs from the NBAā€™s Minnesota Timberwolves and PWHL Minnesota (eventually won the finals!).

Overall, ELUNA was an enriching experience that broadened my knowledge, sparked new ideas, and reinforced the importance of continuous learning and professional development.

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There's a bit of a running joke around here that Acquisitions loves forms.  But it's true, a good form can make everything better, reduce mistakes, and help with data and organization.

We have internal forms we use for things like making streaming videos accessible on Primo, and external forms selectors and curators can use for purchases.

Forms can be found here (many are password protected; if you believe you should have access and don't know the password, please reach out to Acquisitions!)

Here are some of them:
  • Firm Order Request Form ā€“ For purchase requests requiring special handling, not listed as ā€œIn stockā€ in Rialto Market, or need patron email notifications.
  • SASC Approval Stream Firm Order Request Form ā€“ This form is used by Special & Areas Studies Collections selectors to initiate an approval stream for an endowment purchase.
  • Departmental Approval Stream Firm Order Request Form ā€“ This form is used by Departmental Libraries selectors to initiate an approval stream for an endowment purchase.
  • Print Serials
    • New Continuation Order Request Form
    • Continuation Cancellation Request Form
  • Gift Forms ā€“ library staff can use these forms to acknowledge the receipt of gifts and internal processing.
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By Sheri Edwards

Weā€™re pleased to highlight the following newly acquired e-resources this issue. The links below will work, but you can also access these e-resources in Primo and via the A-Z database list.

Izvestiia RAN- Seriia Literatury i Iazyka Digital Archive
The Bulletin of the Russian Academy of Sciences.  Published by the Soviet/Russian Academy of Sciences since 1940.  Widely considered to be one of the most prestigious academic publications in Russia, focusing on a broad range of topics related to Russian literature and language.  Publications include original research articles, reviews, and critical essays on literary theory, history of literature, comparative literature, linguistics, and cultural studies. Authors for the journal include scholars, experts, and university professors from Russia and abroad. 
Note: does not include current year issues.ļ»æļ»æ

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By Sara Peden

In the spirit of getting to know the people who comprise the Acquisitions & Collections Services Department, our staff are given the space to share a book, TV show, game, podcast, or album title that entertained them this quarter.

The Wreck of the Medusa: The Most Famous Sea Disaster of the Nineteenth Century

By Jonathan Miles

Overview:

The Wreck of the Medusa is a spellbinding account of the most famous shipwreck before the Titanic. Drawing on contemporaneously published accounts and journals of survivors, historian Jonathan Miles brilliantly reconstructs the ill-fated voyage and the events that inspired ThĆ©odore GĆ”ricaultā€™s magnificent painting The Raft of the Medusa.

Bright Young Women

By Jessica Knoll

Overview:

Masterfully blending elements of psychological suspense and true crime, Jessica Knoll delivers a new and exhilarating thriller in Bright Young Women. The book opens on a Saturday night in 1978, hours before a soon-to-be-infamous murderer descends upon a Florida sorority house with deadly results. The lives of those who survive, including sorority president and key witness, Pamela Schumacher, are forever changed. Across the country, Tina Cannon is convinced her missing friend was targeted by the man papers refer to as the All-American Sex Killerā€”and that heā€™s struck again. Determined to find justice, the two join forces as their search for answers leads to a final, shocking confrontation.

Doctor Who (2023)

Starring Ncuti Gatwa

Overview:

The Time Lord known as the Doctor travels through space and time with his companions, having incredible adventures and facing dangerous enemies.

Mantis: Grab & Game Edition

By Exploding Kittens Games

Overview:

Mantis Grab & Game takes the simplicity of UNOĀ® and the reasoning of Gin Rummy and gives it a colorfully cutthroat makeover youā€™ll play again and again.

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Written & Directed by Christopher Winterbauer

Overview:

In an alternative 1990s equal parts Yorgos Lanthimos and Todd Solondz (but gentler), an awkward young teen must complete a school requirement in which students wear electronic collars that detach only upon engaging in their first kiss.

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April Hines kindly shared some feedback on our new NewsBank Florida newspaper archives:ļ»æ

"...even though we've only had the new NewsBank titles for a few weeks - I've already used one - the Daytona Beach News Journal - to help a reporter find articles related to a federal prosecution he is researching that happened in the early 90's. He couldn't find much because open web access for that paper doesn't go back that far, and newspapers.com doesn't have that title. So UF Libraries to the rescue. šŸ™‚"

Thank you, April, for this great feedback, we love to hear it!

Daytona Beach News-Journal Collection with historical archivesļ»æ

These include Daytona Beach News-Journal (1915 to 2018); Daytona Beach News-Journal, The (FL) (1996-current); and Daytona Beach News-Journal, The: Web Edition Articles (FL) (2016-current).  Found separately and within the NewsBank database.

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African Books Collective

African Books Collective (ABC) is an African-owned mission-based distribution outlet for books published independently in Africa. The publishers from across the continent who are part of the collective have over its 30 year history contributed some 3000 titles, which continue to be available in print. Over 2000 of these are available digitally on this platform and new titles will be added regularly.

The publishers include: scholarly and literary presses; childrenā€™s book publishers; research institutes; university presses; commercial presses ā€“ large and small; NGOs; writer, academic, and activist organizations or collectives. 

Dan Reboussin, our African Studies Collections curator, and Acquisitions worked together with ABC to be able to offer e-books from independent African publishers to our users and readers.  

contact

Who should you contact when you have a question?  Check out our Meet the Team page for individual emails and phone numbers, as well as a description of what each of us do.  For specialized or group mailboxes, check out some of the links below!

For troubleshooting E-Resource Access Issues - visit here to find out who to contact, and when.  The group E-Resources email is er-help@uflib.ufl.edu 

To reach the Collections Support Unit for all questions related to print books, media, firm order e-books, and approval plans, please email acqhelp@uflib.ufl.edu.  ļ»æThis is a shared email we have that is monitored as a rotating weekly task between liaisons.

ļ»æSerHelp@uflib.ufl.edu is the email to contact the Accounting & Serials Unit in Acquisitions & Collections Services Department with questions about print and print+online serial subscriptions and standing orders, active / canceled subscriptions and standing orders, invoices, material delivery problems, vendor/publisher correspondence, etc.

To request transfers of funds (one-time or permanent) within the Materials Budget (state funds), email fundtr@uflib.ufl.edu

Summer 2024 Edition
April Helena: Editor 

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