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

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910788550603321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Berlin ; ; Boston, : De Gruyter Saur, c2011
• ISBN: 1-283-43008-8; 9786613430083; 3-11-025303-8
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (216 p.)
• Collana: Current topics in library and information practice
• Classificazione: AN 71000
• Altri autori (Persone): SwordsDavid A
• Disciplina: 025.2/3
• Soggetti: Patron-driven acquisitions (Libraries); Academic libraries - Acquisitions; Libraries and electronic publishing
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references.
• Nota di contenuto: Front matter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Editor's Note -- Introduction / Swords, David -- Part 1 - Background and Reasons -- Chapter 1. Collecting for the Moment: Patron-Driven Acquisitions as a Disruptive Technology / Lugg, Rick -- Chapter 2. Approval Plans and Patron Selection: Two Infrastructures / Nardini, Bob -- Chapter 3. Building a Demand-Driven Collection: The University of Denver Experience / Levine-Clark, Michael -- Part 2 - PDA in the World -- Chapter 4. The Story of Patron-Driven Acquisition / Paulson, Kari -- Chapter 5. Building New Libraries on the International Stage: The Near and Middle East / Steiner, Rex / Berry, Ron -- Chapter 6. Patron-Driven Acquisitions in School Libraries: The Promise and the Problems / Corbett, Tom -- Chapter 7. PDA and Publishers / Swords, David -- Part 3 - Modeling PDA -- Chapter 8. Patron-driven Business Models: History, Today's Landscape, and Opportunities / Polanka, Sue / Delquié, Emilie -- Chapter 9. Financial Implications of Demand-Driven Acquisitions: A Case Study of the Value of Short- Term Loans / Way, Doug / Garrison, Julie -- Chapter 10. Texas Demand-Driven Acquisitions: Controlling Costs in a Large-Scale PDA Program / Dillon, Dennis -- Chapter 11. Elements of a Demand-Driven Model / Swords, ; David -- Part 4 - Conclusion -- Chapter 12. PDA and Libraries Today and Tomorrow / Dillon, Dennis -- About the Authors -- Index
• Sommario/riassunto: 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 automat