Our Services: Requesting a Purchase: Home

The Library welcomes requests for resource purchases.

We have a dedicated acquisitions team based within Collections at the Bill Bryson Library. The team order books for Bill Bryson Library, Palace Green, Business School and International Study Centre (Stockton.

All members of the University can request the library to purchase a book for the library collection.

This can be:

• Items not in our collections: a suggestion for a new item to be added to our collections. This can be for your studies, research, personal development or general interest.
• MORE Books: a request for additional copies of items to be purchased.
• Reading List items: (Reading list requests from Staff must be made via Talis Aspire)
• Missing Books: to replace missing or damaged books.
• Liberate My Library: Increase visibility and representation of BAME, LGBTQ+, Disability, Gender and Identity.
• Wellbeing: Books to support personal wellbeing or supporting others.

The reason for requesting a title can range from resources for teaching to general interest and fiction.

These pages provide a brief introduction on how to request a purchase, types of request, routes for purchasing for staff and students, delivery times, etc