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Give ‘Em What They Want: Patron-Driven Collection Development, Karen S. Fischer, Michael Wright
Give ‘Em What They Want: Patron-Driven Collection Development, Karen S. Fischer, Michael Wright
Karen S Fischer
It’s unorthodox: a small number of libraries nationwide are opening up their acquisitions process for e-books and letting their users make the picks. Known as patron-driven acquisition (PDA), the process involves working with a vendor to develop an e-book subject profile, and then loading MARC records for e-books matching the profile into the library’s catalog. After a certain number of uses, the library owns the e-book and the vendor deducts payment from a deposit account. There is no intervention by subject-specialist librarians or even acquisitions staff.
The University of Iowa Libraries established a PDA pilot in September 2009 which has …
Scholarly Communication And Collection Development Librarians: Getting The Conversation Started, Karen S. Fischer
Scholarly Communication And Collection Development Librarians: Getting The Conversation Started, Karen S. Fischer
Karen S Fischer
In many academic libraries, knowledge of the issues surrounding scholarly communication is considered a skill set required by every librarian who has contact with faculty and students. Conveying the complexities of author rights, alternative publishing models, open access, and the economics of publishing can seem daunting, so how do we to begin the conversation?
Learning about these complex issues takes time, but there are ways to facilitate the process of empowering librarians with the information they need to be knowledgeable enough to have conversations with their constituents. This presentation is tailored to librarians who have not yet gotten started on …