Bird Librarians rely on students, faculty, staff, and residents to assist with collection development through purchase requests! Please let us know your needs and recommendations using this form or by contacting us via Ask a Librarian.

Considerations:

• Items like individual books can often be acquired more quickly and made available within 5-7 business days
• Requests for journals or other resources/software that we cannot acquire immediately (e.g. BioRender) are kept on a “wish list” that is regularly reviewed by Bird Librarians
• Factors influencing acquisitions include cost, type of expense (one-time purchase vs. annual subscription), licensing restrictions, and publisher/vendor negotiations

Requests from our OU Health Sciences community are a very important factor in our collection development decisions; please let us know the best way to support you!