Faculty Requests for Book Purchases: We are happy to receive your suggestions for our collection. We depend on your expertise in your subject area to make our collection as comprehensive as possible. And, here at the library, you will be held in the highest esteem if you remember to check our catalog before you request a title.

Here's how to order books and multimedia for the library: Orders may be sent to the Acquisitions Department via our online purchase request form found here. If you do not wish to use the online form, Book Order Cards are available at the Reference Desk or from the Acquisitions Department in the offices on the Lower Level. Call or email the Acquisitions department if you would like to have book order cards sent to you through Campus Mail. Or, send your orders via e-mail to our Acquisitions Librarian, Susan Decker-Herman at herman@bard.edu. Please include as much information about the item(s) as possible (available from Books in Print, WorldCat, or Amazon.com) so that the order can be placed as quickly as possible. It can take as much as four months from the time an in-print book is ordered until it reaches the shelves. Susan can also be reached at ext 7617, please call her if you have further questions.

If you would like to request items to be put on reserve for a course, please use the Reserves Purchase Request Form found here and direct your questions to Melissa Germano, the Reserves Associate, at mgermano@bard.edu.

Faculty Requests For Journal Subscriptions: Requests for new journal subscriptions from faculty, staff, and students are reviewed any time of the year. New titles are purchased in May, at the time of our annual subscription renewal. Our review of these requests typically involves several factors: likelihood of regular undergraduate use; availability of indexing; adequacy of existing collection coverage; reach of content across the curriculum; and, because we can never afford everything we need, price.