Access and Collections are making preparations to roll over to the 2021 budget for information resources.

Each year we normally wind up placing orders for books in late October to give Access and Collections staff as much time as possible to order and receive on the budget for the current year and to minimize the amount we end up rolling over into next year’s budget (in the case of 2021 currently not confirmed..)

There has a been a flurry of late orders this year which the team are still busy processing. In order to wind up this activity and to complete end of year reporting the time has now come to call a close and so any more orders coming through (including in GOBI selection carts) will now be held over until we open the 2021 budget.

There will be some exceptions including NZ material and urgently needed eBooks while we can still invoice and receive on the 2020 budget.  Another exception will be any open access fund payments approved at the next OAF meeting where we can invoice these against the 2020 budget.  The rollover will happen before the end of the year but if there are exceptional circumstances with something needed urgently then please let us know.