Each area has a liaison librarian who is responsible for collection development, instruction, and library-related questions for that area. The librarian receives reviews for materials, receives requests for library materials from department faculty, visits your classroom for library instruction, and communicates information to their area. You may submit requests for any type of library material - books, journals, ebooks, databases, or audiovisual media - to your librarian. The liaison librarians will forward your requests to the library's acquisitions staff.
To find out who is the liaison librarian for your area, please see the PDF titled "Liaison Librarians" below.
Belmont's fiscal year runs June 1 to May 31. In order to remain in compliance with finance office requirements, the library suspends its purchasing after April 1.
June 1-September 30 – serials/subscription additions/cancellations/changes.
June 1- December 15 – firm order submissions.
December 16-January 31 – last six weeks for firm orders.
FOR DATABASES - New subscriptions can only start between June and November.
Questions: acquisitions@belmont.edu
Asset Management Staff:
Caroline Fleming, Assistant Supervisor for Serials
caroline.fleming@belmont.edu, ext. 5493
Courtney Fuson, Asset Management Librarian
courtney.fuson@belmont.edu, ext. 5492
Jenni MacLean, Budget Manager
jennifer.maclean@belmont.edu, ext 5457
Brittany Mountford, Electronic Resources Librarian
brittany.mountford@belmont.edu, ext 8905
If you're working on a Catalog & Curriculum proposal and need library-related information, please reach out to the liaison librarian for your area or to the Asset Management Librarian, Courtney Fuson, for assistance. The library is happy to help you determine if we have sufficient resources to support a new or significantly changing program. We can also recommend resources to support your program and provide you with cost information. Please allow approximately 2 weeks for us to get that information for you.
The C&C committee uses this information in their consideration process and the library uses the information as part of the documentation for their budget request. This helps ensure that the library is able to support the curricular needs of campus and that University administration understands why we make the budget requests we do. Because of the timing of the campus budget cycle, requests that are made as a part of the Spring C&C cycles are not included in the library's budget request for the next fiscal year. The library will be sure to include Spring C&C information in their next budget request, and will also do their best to meet the needs of the new program in the meantime.
The library can also help with accrediting needs. If you need help determining what library resources are available for your program, please contact the Asset Management Librarian, Courtney Fuson, and she'll be happy to answer any questions your accrediting body might have.
All faculty and/or staff may request materials for the library to purchase and add to its collection. You may find these materials through publisher websites, advertisements, articles, reference lists, personal recommendations, or other reliable reviewing sources.
Please submit all requests to your liaison librarian. Please include as much information as possible about the requested item - title, author, editor, ISBN, publisher, edition, format, etc. The ordering spreadsheet linked on this page can help you ensure you've included as much information as possible.
Once a request is received in the library, library faculty and/or staff will research availability and best price for the item, and the order process will begin. If the item is not available or will take an especially long time to arrive, the person requesting the material will be notified and asked how to proceed.
Should you need a rush order, please use the Book Request form below. We will do our best to expedite the order. In some cases, requesting the item via interlibrary loan may be an alternative.
The request forms below should be used for single item requests. If you have a list of more than five or so items, please contact the liaison librarian for your area to request them.
Serial Requests:
For journal requests:
https://belmont.libwizard.com/E-Journal-Request-Form
Book Requests:
For rush orders and single title material requests:
http://belmont.libwizard.com/Book-and-Media-Purchase-Request-Form
Database Requests:
For database requests:
http://belmont.libwizard.com/databaserequest
Access to this resource is available on and off-campus, but you will need to create an account while on campus to access the content from off-site.
Information is available on the Choice website on how to create alerts for reviews in your discipline - please see the User Guide and FAQ page: http://choicereviews.org/faq
Streaming Video requests can be made via Kanopy or Swank as well as directly to Britt Mountford via email. If you are unable to locate a film, please email the title to Courtney and she will check the streaming platforms available to the library to see if we can purchase access.
To submit a request for a Kanopy title, go to the Kanopy website and search for the film you want. If it's in Kanopy but not accessible to Belmont users, there will be a request form below the preview of the film. That request form is sent directly to the library for processing. Titles are generally activated in 48 hours or so, depending on when the approval is sent to Kanopy. Access to requested films does expire after 1 year.
To request a Swank title, you'll need to have an Instructor account for Swank. To create your account, go to the Swank website and click Login in the top right of the screen. You should see "Create Instructor Account" under the login button. Once you've created your account, you'll be able to search the whole Swank catalog and use their request form to request access to a film. These requests are also sent directly to Courtney for approval. Film access is available approximately 48 hours after Swank receives the approval of the request. Access to requested films does expire after 1 year.