Patron-driven acquisitions : history and best practices / edited by David A. Swords.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Swords, David A.

Orville H. Bullitt Classics Fund.

Series:

Current topics in library and information practice

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Use-driven acquisitions (Libraries).

Academic libraries--Acquisitions.

Academic libraries.

Libraries and electronic publishing.

Physical Description:

vi, 205 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.

Place of Publication:

Berlin ; Boston : De Gruyter Saur, [2011]

Summary:

About 40 percent of the books academic libraries purchase in traditional ways never circulate and another 40 percent circulate fewer than three times. By contrast, patron-driven acquisition allows a library to borrow or buy books only when a patron needs them. In a typical workflow, the library imports bibliographic records into its catalogue at no cost. When a patron finds a patron-driven record in the course of research, a short-term loan can allow him to borrow the book, and the transaction charge to the library will be a small percentage of list price. Typically a library will automatically buy a book on a third or fourth use. The contributions in this volume, written by experts, describe the genesis and brief history of patron-driven acquisitions, its current status, and its promise.

Contents:

Collecting for the moment : patron-driven acquisitions as a disruptive technology / Rick Lugg

Approval plans and patron selection : two infrastructures / Bob Nardini

Building a demand-driven collection : the University of Denver experience / Michael Levine-Clark

The story of patron-driven acquisition / Kari Paulson

Building new libraries on the international stage : the Near and Middle East / Rex Steiner and Ron Berry

Patron-driven acquisition in school libraries : the promise and the problems / Tom Corbett

PDA and publishers / David Swords

Patron-driven business models : history, today's landscape, and opportunities / Sue Polanka and Emilie Deliquié

Financial implications of demand-driven acquisitions : a case study of the value of short-term loans / Doug Way and Julie Garrison

Texas demand-driven acquisitions : controlling costs in a large-scale PDA program / Dennis Dillon

Elements of a demand-driven model / David Swords

PDA and libraries today and tomorrow / Dennis Dillon.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Orville H. Bullitt Classics Fund.

ISBN:

3110253011

9783110253016

9783110253030

3110253038

OCLC:

713181561

Publisher Number:

99947642327