Re-modeling ILS acquisitions data to financially transition from print to digital formats

When Adelphi University Libraries began shifting serials subscriptions from print to digital formats, we recognized a need to alter acquisitions procedures and codes for more effective use of the Innovative Interfaces Millennium acquisitions module for budget management. A review of procedures dictated collapsing fund structures, replacing obsolete and redundant order codes, and adding new codes for electronic resources. As a result, we vastly improved accounting for online resources. Such modifications now enable us to track changing patterns of spending and use our ILS reports to support administrative decisions in anticipation of future increased campus allocations needed for electronic resources.