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Patron-Driven Acquisitions : History and Best Practices / ed. by David A. Swords.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Current Topics in Library and Information PracticePublisher: Berlin ; Boston : De Gruyter Saur, [2011]Copyright date: ©2011Description: 1 online resource (205 p.)Content type:
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ISBN:
  • 9783110253016
  • 9783110253030
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 025.2 22
LOC classification:
  • Z689 .P38 2011
  • Z689
Other classification:
  • online - DeGruyter
Online resources: Available additional physical forms:
  • Issued also in print.
Contents:
Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Editor’s Note -- Introduction -- Part 1 – Background and Reasons -- Chapter 1. Collecting for the Moment: Patron-Driven Acquisitions as a Disruptive Technology -- Chapter 2. Approval Plans and Patron Selection: Two Infrastructures -- Chapter 3. Building a Demand-Driven Collection: The University of Denver Experience -- Part 2 – PDA in the World -- Chapter 4. The Story of Patron-Driven Acquisition -- Chapter 5. Building New Libraries on the International Stage: The Near and Middle East -- Chapter 6. Patron-Driven Acquisitions in School Libraries: The Promise and the Problems -- Chapter 7. PDA and Publishers -- Part 3 – Modeling PDA -- Chapter 8. Patron-driven Business Models: History, Today’s Landscape, and Opportunities -- Chapter 9. Financial Implications of Demand-Driven Acquisitions: A Case Study of the Value of Short- Term Loans -- Chapter 10. Texas Demand-Driven Acquisitions: Controlling Costs in a Large-Scale PDA Program -- Chapter 11. Elements of a Demand-Driven Model -- Part 4 – Conclusion -- Chapter 12. PDA and Libraries Today and Tomorrow -- About the Authors -- Index
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 the 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.
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Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Editor’s Note -- Introduction -- Part 1 – Background and Reasons -- Chapter 1. Collecting for the Moment: Patron-Driven Acquisitions as a Disruptive Technology -- Chapter 2. Approval Plans and Patron Selection: Two Infrastructures -- Chapter 3. Building a Demand-Driven Collection: The University of Denver Experience -- Part 2 – PDA in the World -- Chapter 4. The Story of Patron-Driven Acquisition -- Chapter 5. Building New Libraries on the International Stage: The Near and Middle East -- Chapter 6. Patron-Driven Acquisitions in School Libraries: The Promise and the Problems -- Chapter 7. PDA and Publishers -- Part 3 – Modeling PDA -- Chapter 8. Patron-driven Business Models: History, Today’s Landscape, and Opportunities -- Chapter 9. Financial Implications of Demand-Driven Acquisitions: A Case Study of the Value of Short- Term Loans -- Chapter 10. Texas Demand-Driven Acquisitions: Controlling Costs in a Large-Scale PDA Program -- Chapter 11. Elements of a Demand-Driven Model -- Part 4 – Conclusion -- Chapter 12. PDA and Libraries Today and Tomorrow -- About the Authors -- Index

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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 the 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.

Issued also in print.

Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.

In English.

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