1. MONOGRAPHS’ ACQUISITION: RETURN ON INVESTMENT
Carol Scott
Manager, Monographs Department

2. FUNDING Impact of reduced funding for acquisitions
Protection of monographs’ budget
Fluctuation of the Australian dollar (73% of expenditure is on non-Australian material)

3. STRATEGIES Partnerships: with suppliers, with staff
Acquisition of course-related material
Approval plans: undergraduate and research
(14 plans in preparation or in place)

4. SUPPLIER EVALUATION Using the Library’s ILMS for evaluation
Feedback from staff
Regular meetings with major suppliers

5. EBOOKS
Ebooks generally subscription-based: using skills of Serials/Interlending staff
Preventing ebooks from swallowing the monographs’ budget (currently around 71,000 ebooks held)
Access to ebooks for clients: catalogue, SuperSearch, Database listing
Scoping: next strategy to improve access to electronic resources

6. CONCLUSION
Balance client expectations with constraints of funding and staffing
Manage the monographs’ budget when there are increasing demands for digital resources
Prove to your institution that their investment has produced an effective return