Chapter 14. Ordering materials

Table of Contents

Introduction
When should libraries use acquisitions?
Managing Funds
Funding Sources (Required)
Funds (Required)
Fund Tags (Optional)
Ordering
Providers (Required)
Distribution Formulas (Optional)
Helpful acquisitions Library Settings
Preparing for order record loading
Preparing to send electronic orders from Evergreen

Introduction

Acquisitions allows you to order materials, track the expenditure of your collections funds, track invoices and set up policies for manual claiming. In this chapter, we’re going to be describing how to use the most essential functions of acquisitions in the Evergreen system.