The NWACC Library utilizes a liaison system to ensure our collections meet the curricular needs of NWACC students, faculty and staff.

Library Liaisons are librarians assigned to academic areas, such as English, Math, Sociology, etc., and one of their primary responsibilities is to communicate with faculty about how the library's holdings in those areas (books, media, databases, journals) support their coursework and student assignments.

Throughout the academic year Library Liaisons will contact faculty in their assigned areas to discuss the state of library collections and any new curricular or academic needs. Librarians also solicit feedback on library journal and database subscriptions that support coursework and student assignments. Faculty are also encouraged to initiate contact with their Library Liaison directly.

Faculty are also invited to identify and share collection purchase suggestions via access to Choice Reviews, a monthly publication of recommended titles for academic libraries. First time users must create their user account for Choice Reviews from on campus, subsequently you can access it from anywhere.

To suggest that the Library purchase a specific items please contact the appropriate subject liaison listed below or use our Purchase Suggestion Form found below. You may also wish to review the Library's Collection Development Guidelines for more information on what can be purchased for the collection.             

Annually, the library director earmarks a portion of the library's book budget for each division based on the prior year's SSCH. The library will support book buying for departments with no or limited allocations based on low SSCH, budget permitting.

Departments may contact their librarian to expend the designated book/media funds from August 1st through March 1st annually. The earmarked allocation reverts to library general funds on March 2nd. Librarians also use the allocation to select appropriate materials for the department throughout the year. While purchases occur throughout the academic year, librarians begin focused and targeted subject-specific acquisitions on March 2nd.

The library director reserves the right to reallocate these library funds to best meet the needs of the library collection.