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Pda, Ebooks, Print Books Usage And Expenditures: Knowledge Ecosystem Remix, Antje Mays
Pda, Ebooks, Print Books Usage And Expenditures: Knowledge Ecosystem Remix, Antje Mays
Dacus Library Faculty Publications
This article presents data-rich findings of a comprehensive follow-up study on the patron-driven/demand-driven ebook acquisitions (DDA) plan chronicled in two prior articles from the DDA ebook plan's October 2011 inception. Into the third fiscal year, print vs. ebook usage preferences have begun to emerge, and the results broken out by discipline are presented.
A Mentor’S Manifesto: Moving From Legacy To Innovation, Antje Mays
A Mentor’S Manifesto: Moving From Legacy To Innovation, Antje Mays
Dacus Library Faculty Publications
Current library trends and ongoing shifts are driven by numerous factors including macroeconomic environments, technological impacts, and institutional changes. Strategic needs are as varied as the many individual libraries and their circumstances, but the need is universal for thoughtful leadership in navigating change. While worldlows adapt to changing environments in the short term, long-term shifts require thoughtful leadership and long-range thinking. As libraries and collection management navigate continuing shifts, businesses face similar challenges; this article distills strategies' philosophical underpinnings from library and business scholarship.
Pda, Circulation, And Over-Budget Requests: Harnessing Data To Inform Library Strategies, Antje Mays
Pda, Circulation, And Over-Budget Requests: Harnessing Data To Inform Library Strategies, Antje Mays
Dacus Library Faculty Publications
This article presents the data-rich findings of an experiment with enlisting patron-driven/demand-driven acquisitions (DDA) of ebooks in two ways. The first experiment entailed comparison of DDA eBook usage against newly ordered hardcopy materials’ circulation, both overall and ebook vs. print usage within the same subject areas. Secondly, this study experimented with DDA ebooks as a backup plan for unfunded requests left over at the end of the fiscal year.
Pda, Circulation, And Over-Budget Requests: Harnessing Data To Inform Library Strategies, Antje Mays
Pda, Circulation, And Over-Budget Requests: Harnessing Data To Inform Library Strategies, Antje Mays
Dacus Library Faculty Publications
This article presents the data-rich findings of an experiment with enlisting patron-driven/demand-driven acquisitions (DDA) of ebooks in two ways. The first experiment entailed comparison of DDA eBook usage against newly ordered hardcopy materials’ circulation, both overall and ebook vs. print usage within the same subject areas. Secondly, this study experimented with DDA ebooks as a backup plan for unfunded requests left over at the end of the fiscal year.
An Environmental Analysis Corroborating Pda And The Winthrop Example, Antje Mays
An Environmental Analysis Corroborating Pda And The Winthrop Example, Antje Mays
Dacus Library Faculty Publications
Libraries seek active ways to innovate amidst macroeconomic shifts, growing online education to help alleviate ever-growing schedule conflicts as students juggle jobs and course schedules, as well as changing business models in publishing and evolving information technologies. Patron-driven acquisition (PDA), also known as demand-driven acquisition (DDA), offers numerous strengths in supporting university curricula in the context of these significant shifts. PDA is a business model centered on short-term loans and subsequent purchases of ebooks resulting directly from patrons' natural use stemming from their discovery of the ebooks in library catalogs where the ebooks' bibliographic records are loaded at regular intervals …
Workflows In Paradise: E-Books, Acquisitions, And Cataloging, Antje Mays
Workflows In Paradise: E-Books, Acquisitions, And Cataloging, Antje Mays
Dacus Library Faculty Publications
This article explores libraries’ technical workflow design and strategic considerations as various e-books business models and mobile devices and their management become a growing part of the information landscape.
Acquisitions: The Next Generation, Antje Mays
Acquisitions: The Next Generation, Antje Mays
Dacus Library Faculty Publications
This article reviews a broad range of trends and concerns regarding the recruitment, training, and retention of acquisitions librarians. The survey of trends benefits library educators and students, members of search commillees seeking to fill acquisitions vacancies, and working acquisitions librarians.
Training New Acquisitions And Collection Development Librarians: Some Technical And Philosophical Guideposts, Antje Mays
Training New Acquisitions And Collection Development Librarians: Some Technical And Philosophical Guideposts, Antje Mays
Dacus Library Faculty Publications
This article covers key competencies for success as acquisitions and collection development librarians, delineates between collection development's intellectual facets of curricular support and acquisitions' business functions and shows how the two interrelated. Also provided are best practices for training and mentoring and professional development information for new librarians entering acquisitions and collection development.
Using Interlibrary Loan Data As A Section Tool: Ill Trails Provide Collection Clues, Camille Livingston, Antje Mays
Using Interlibrary Loan Data As A Section Tool: Ill Trails Provide Collection Clues, Camille Livingston, Antje Mays
Dacus Library Faculty Publications
This article describes analyzing Interlibrary Loan data to help inform collection management decision and offers guidance for formulating policies for discerning borrowed titles indicative of gaps in the library from special-interest pursuits beyond the scope of the university curriculum.
New Programs And Accreditations: Meaningful Measurement & Assessment, Antje Mays
New Programs And Accreditations: Meaningful Measurement & Assessment, Antje Mays
Dacus Library Faculty Publications
This article provides a blueprint for successful library strategies in support of accreditations for regional bodies as well as reviews of discipline-specific academic programs spanning a wide range of knowledge areas.
Using Technology To Increase Collaboration Between The Library, Teaching Faculty, And The Campus At Large, Antje Mays
Using Technology To Increase Collaboration Between The Library, Teaching Faculty, And The Campus At Large, Antje Mays
Dacus Library Faculty Publications
This article outlines many different ways of using technology to better link academic librarians and faculty, focusing particularly on how the appropriate use of technology in Acquisitions can improve the image of the library. The article presents a comprehensive overview of how technologies can be used to make Acquisitions not just a book purchasing department, but a department that works proactively to impress consituents, helping to make the library a central and prestigious part of the campus community. While the article's primary focus is on academic libraries, much of the discussion is also applicable to other types of libraries.
Winning The Accreditation Game: The Library As Key Player And Hidden Gold Mine, Antje Mays
Winning The Accreditation Game: The Library As Key Player And Hidden Gold Mine, Antje Mays
Dacus Library Faculty Publications
Libraries are a central hub of information resources supporting college and university curricula. Several library strategies, cross-campus collaborations, and philosophical considerations of electronic and print offerings led to successful accreditations in business and engineering programs.