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PDA *. Patron Driven Acquisitions. *It’s not about public display of affection!. Kaitlin McKnight. Objectives. What is Patron Driven Acquisitions? How is it important for collection development? Compelling data supportive of PDA programs Print and digital Issues References.
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PDA* Patron Driven Acquisitions *It’s not about public display of affection! Kaitlin McKnight
Objectives • What is Patron Driven Acquisitions? • How is it important for collection development? • Compelling data supportive of PDA programs • Print and digital • Issues • References
It is change, continuing change, inevitable change, that is the dominant factor in society today. No sensible decision can be made any longer without taking into account not only the world as it is, but the world as it will be. Isaac Asimov http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Isaac_Asimov
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Just-in-case to Just-in-time • Expert or Librarian selection vs. Patron selection • Librarian collection building: just-in-case • Patron Driven Acquisitions: just-in-time
Just in time • PDA • The user chooses the materials • Print • Digital
History of PDA • ILL purchase program PDA programs • Purchasing rather than borrowing
PDA eBook Statistics • User-selected titles • Used 2x more than librarian-selected titles • 8.6 /year vs. 4.3/year
Issues • User needs: one vs. many • eBooks • Access and ownership • Budget
Conclusion • It’s a new world! • And as LIS professionals, we can do so much with it. A librarian conquering the world of information!
References Evans, G.E., Intner, S.S., & Weihs, J. (2011). Introduction to Technical Services (6th ed.). Santa Barbara, Calif: Libraries Unlimited. Fischer, K.S., Wright, M. Clatanoff, K., Barton, H., & Shreeves, E. (2012). Give ‘em what they want: a one-year study of unmediated patron-driven acquisitions of e-books.” College of Research Libraries, 73, 469-492. Richardson, J. (2013). The Arizona Universities Library Consortium patron-driven e-book mode. Insights, 26(1), 66–69. doi: 10.1629/2048-7754.26.1.66 Schroder, R., Wright, T., Murdoch, R. (2001). Patron driven acquisitions: the future of collection development. Proceedings of the Charleston Library Conference. doi: 10.5703/1288284314834