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The following calendar provides fiscal information of interest to selectors:

Yellow diamond indicates when collection dollars are added to Unicorn When collection dollars are added to Unicorn

Blue diamond indicates encumbrance and expenditure targets and deadlines Encumbrance, expenditure targets and deadlines

Purple diamond indicates major activities relating to the fiscal year budget (serials review, closeout, research funds, etc. Major activities relating to the fiscal year budget

white diamond indicates when collection dollars are related to the budget Collection Development Activities related to the budget

 

Fiscal Activity Chart
Month Fiscal Activity
July
Fiscal Year Closeout / New Year Startup

Purple diamond indicates major activities relating to the fiscal year budget (serials review, closeout, research funds, etc.) July 15th - Deadline for serial cancellations for all locations to be submitted to Serials Acquisitions.

Purple diamond indicates major activities relating to the fiscal year budget (serials review, closeout, research funds, etc.) Open and Partial orders and funds "rolled over" for new fiscal year cycle

Yellow diamond indicates when collection dollars are added to Unicorn   Preliminary allocations input into Unicorn and selectors advised to begin ordering:

    - % of previous year's end of year allocation (1001 funds)

    - carryover/unexpended gift and endowment funds from previous year

    - new fiscal year endowment income

Yellow diamond indicates when collection dollars are added to Unicorn Libraries' Administration advised on new General 1001 funds available for collections

August
New Year Allocation Planning

Yellow diamond indicates when collection dollars are added to Unicorn  Administration determines broad distribution of General 1001 and endowment funds

white diamond indicates when collection dollars are related to the budget Collections leaders determine subject/collection allocations for University Park

white diamond indicates when collection dollars are related to the budget Campus librarians determine account level allocations for SN, BD and MN types

September
Purple diamond indicates major activities relating to the fiscal year budget (serials review, closeout, research funds, etc.) End of Fiscal Year Budget Documentation prepared for Selectors

Yellow diamond indicates when collection dollars are added to Unicorn Balance of allocations input on Unicorn (1001)

October
white diamond indicates when collection dollars are related to the budget October 1st - Quarterly review of Wants List by Collection Development

Purple diamond indicates major activities relating to the fiscal year budget (serials review, closeout, research funds, etc. October 1st - EBSCO renewals authorized for invoicing to be delivered

Yellow diamond indicates when collection dollars are added to Unicorn General 1001 Carryover Funds, if any, returned to the Libraries and allocated on Unicorn

November
Purple diamond indicates major activities relating to the fiscal year budget (serials review, closeout, research funds, etc. EBSCO renewal invoices received and processed

Blue diamond indicates encumbrance and expenditure targets and deadlines November 30th: TARGET 1001 monographic funds should be 50% committed

January

white diamond indicates when collection dollars are related to the budget January 1st - Quarterly review of Wants List by Collection Development

Blue diamond indicates encumbrance and expenditure targets and deadlines January 31st: TARGET - 1001 monographic funds should be 70% committed

Blue diamond indicates encumbrance and expenditure targets and deadlines January 31st: TARGET - General endowment funds should be 50% committed

Purple diamond indicates major activities relating to the fiscal year budget (serials review, closeout, research funds, etc. January 31st: DEADLINE for submitting 1001 monograph funded Asian and non-European foreign source orders.

Purple diamond indicates major activities relating to the fiscal year budget (serials review, closeout, research funds, etc.) Rolling Review process for next subscription cycle begins.  Titles lists become available.

March
Purple diamond indicates major activities relating to the fiscal year budget (serials review, closeout, research funds, etc. March 1st - DEADLINE for submitting new print subscription orders for current subscription year

Purple diamond indicates major activities relating to the fiscal year budget (serials review, closeout, research funds, etc. March 15 – DEADLINE for submitting 1001 monograph funded non-domestic and European source orders

April

white diamond indicates when collection dollars are related to the budget April 1st - Quarterly review of Wants List by Collection Development

white diamond indicates when collection dollars are related to the budget April 1st - DEADLINE for Collection Development to prioritize Libraries Wants List for closeout

Purple diamond indicates major activities relating to the fiscal year budget (serials review, closeout, research funds, etc. April 1st - DEADLINE for submitting electronic resource orders for electronic journals, databases and/or packages

Purple diamond indicates major activities relating to the fiscal year budget (serials review, closeout, research funds, etc.) April 15th - DEADLINE for submitting 1001 North American monographic orders

Blue diamond indicates encumbrance and expenditure targets and deadlines April 15th - DEADLINE: 1001 Monographic funds should be fully committed 105%

Blue diamond indicates encumbrance and expenditure targets and deadlines April 15th – TARGET: General endowment funds should be 70% committed

Yellow diamond indicates when collection dollars are added to Unicorn April 15th- Average inflation rates available in L. J.

Yellow diamond indicates when collection dollars are added to Unicorn April 20th - Uncommitted 1001 funds pooled for reserve.

May
 
June

Yellow diamond indicates when collection dollars are added to Unicorn Monograph Acquisitions requests quotes from all approval vendors for next fiscal year

Yellow diamond indicates when collection dollars are added to Unicorn Inflation planning for Rolling Review finalized

Blue diamond indicates encumbrance and expenditure targets and deadlines June 30th – DEADLINE: 1001 monograph funds should be fully expended

Blue diamond indicates encumbrance and expenditure targets and deadlines June 30th – TARGET: General endowment funds should be fully expended