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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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 Asimovhttp://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Isaac_Asimov

http://www.swets.com/blog/benefits-of-patron-driven-acquisition-for-ebooks-part-2#.U7IS_PldUY0

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

Did Books on Demand work?

PDA eBook Statistics

•User-selected titles•Used 2x more than librarian-selected titles• 8.6 /year vs. 4.3/year

PDA eBook Statistics cont.

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

Thank you!