As a mainly undergraduate institution, our library's priority is to
fulfill faculty's teaching needs, not research needs.  It is stated in
our mission statement.

We don't usually acquire journals for faculty's special projects or
researches, but do offer free ILL/document delivery services as an
alternative.

Cynthia Hsieh
Head of Technical Services/Assistant Professor
University Library
University of the Pacific
3601 Pacific Ave.
Stockton, CA 95211
Tel: 209-946-2571
chsieh@pacific.edu

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Faculty members working on individual research project want special
journals needed for their special projects to be acquired and added to the
library collection. This is costly, time consuming because could result in
adding journals used by very few users and needed for a limited period.

What are libraries doing ? Do you always honor faculty request for
journals related to their research ?

Thanks in advance for any advice
Best Regards

Fatme Charafeddine
Serials Librarian/ University Libraries
American University of Beirut