Guidelines
1. The total dollar amount requested in this proposal should not exceed $750.00.
2. The proposal will comprise three elements:
- a completed form, including
- a brief narrative that provides a rationale for your proposal, and
- a list of the items you would like the Library to purchase.
3. The following questions may be useful in forming the rationale for your proposal:
- What is the relationship between the materials you wish the Library to purchase and the program, course or research for which they are intended?
- How essential are these materials to your achieving the goals of the program, course or research for which they are intended?
- How will these materials strengthen the Lupton Library's collection?
- Materials primarily for a program or course: How many students will benefit from these materials? How frequently is this particular course taught?
4. Reminders:
- This initiative funds only books, videos, DVDs, CDs, microfilm or microfiche. It does not fund subscriptions, licenses or other multi-year obligations such as textbooks, workbooks, multiple copies of titles etc.
- Please check to make sure that the Lupton Library does not already own the resources you are requesting.
- Please provide an itemized list of requested resources, including prices, ISBN numbers (for books), and needed ordering information (videos, DVDs etc.)