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SPEC Acquisitions

SPEC acquisitions are transactions through which the NYPL Research Libraries take ownership of materials. Acquisitions consist of one or more objects. A single acquisition can contain objects that are part of one or more collections, or individual objects that are not part of a collection. Multiple acquisitions can comprise a single collection.

SPEC contains acquisition records for:

• All special collections acquisitions since SPEC’s adoption for acquisition management in 2021
• Most special collections acquisitions since 2014 and select older acquisitions input retroactively
• All Manuscripts and Archives Division acquisitions since 1994

Inventory / Related SPEC Objects

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Navigating to the related objects from the extent summary section of the Acquisition Summary opens the Object Search interface showing all active and inactive objects associated with the acquisition.

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When navigating to the Object Search from the Acquisition Summary the green new object button will read +Create new object in [Acquisition title] and will auto-populate the new object’s division and associated references based on the acquisition. See Creating Object Records for more information on new object records and SPEC Objects / References for more information on SPEC acquisition, acquisition delivery and collection reference logic in relation to object records.