Central Library

Acquisition Section

Duties/Work Analysis

• Collecting Book Catalogues from the Publishers and Booksellers.

• Preparing subject-wise list of books selected by the departments.

• Enquiring different information (Price, Discount, etc.) from the booksellers.

• Updating Foreign Exchange conversion rates

• Keeping information regarding book stock.

• Placing orders for books recommended by the faculty Staff.

• Physical examination of books received from the Booksellers/ Publishers.

• Checking of prices of books in the invoices.

• Rectification of Bills in case of not complying with orders.

• Allocation of book budget among different subjects.

• Maintaining Accession Registers for Books and Theses.

• Processing of Bills for payment of book suppliers

• Assistance to the Audit Section in Pre and Post Audit of Bills for payment.

• Maintaining a complete and accurate record of the Finance Expenditure.

• Keeping Contact with the Donor agencies for donations of books.

• Settling/Negotiating cases regarding the Books lost

• Day to day correspondence with booksellers and publishers.