Collection Management

The University Libraries allocates its budget into two fund accounts to finance the purchase of books, journals, databases and other media.  Faculty, students and staff are encouraged to participate in the selection of materials.  Contact the Collection Management Officer directly or use the Book Suggestion form below. Your suggestion will be forwarded to the Collection Management Officer.

Book Suggestion Form

Use the form below if you would like to suggest that the Libraries acquire a particular book, video, CD, etc. Your suggestion will be forwarded to the appropriate subject selector.

  • This field is for validation purposes and should be left unchanged.

Library Impact Statement (LIS)

The Curriculum and Standards Committee and Graduate Council require a Library Impact Statement (LIS) when new courses, programs, majors or degrees are proposed. For curriculum proposal information and forms, go to the Faculty Senate website.

The Collection Management Officer is responsible for the creation of Library Impact Statements for new course proposals. Faculty proposing a new course or a new program complete the Library Impact Section in Kuali. When the proposal is submitted the Collection Management Officer receives a notice from Kuali. With the information from the proposal, the Collection Management Officer will complete the Library Impact Statement and upload it to the proposal.

If necessary, faculty may complete the available Library Impact Questionnaire form at the library website and submit the form to the Collection Management Officer via email. The completed Library Impact Statement will be returned to faculty member who can then upload it to the course/program proposal.

The form for a course proposal can be found here:

https://web.uri.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/1549/CourseRequest_LIS_Form.pdf

The form for a program proposal can be found here:

https://web.uri.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/1549/ProgramRequest_LIS_Form.pdf

The LIS Request form, LIS samples, as well as the rationale for Library Impact Statements, are available from the links below:

LIS Request Forms

Sample LIS Forms

LIS Assessment Forms for Librarians

Contact Information

For additional information, please contact Collection Management Officer, Joanna Burkhardt at jburkhardt@uri.edu.