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General Acquisitions and Subscriptions Unit

This unit oversees the management of all purchased general collection material in print and electronic format. The functions and responsibilities of the unit include:

• Ordering and processing of print and electronic books for teaching, research support and general collection development
• Evaluation, selection and acquisition of purchased electronic resources including print and ejournals, databases and books
• Managing the negotiation and licence agreements for purchased resources by liaising with providers, publishers and consortia on behalf of the Library
• Receipt and processing of hard copies of Trinity College Dublin student theses deposited by the Graduate Studies Office
• Review and processing of accepted donations of books to the modern collections. Note, as per the donations policy all donation offers must be reviewed and accepted by the Library. Further details are available