Academic Library Approval Plans: A Nationwide Inquiry

Capturing the Mainstream: Publisher-Based and Subject-Based Approval Plans in Academic Libraries

Approval plans in large academic research libraries have had mixed acceptance and success. Much of the negative reaction may be caused by not designing a plan suitable for the book market and the needs of research libraries. The author compares the viability of subjectand publisher-based plans for academic libraries in both domestic and international markets and presents the case for the overri...

E-Approval Plans in Research Libraries

Carmelita Pickett is Head of Collection Development Operations & Acquisitions Services, Simona Tabacaru is Development Relations Specialist, and Jeanne Harrell is Coordinator of Monograph & Automated Acquisitions, all at Texas A&M University Libraries; e-mail: [email protected], stabacaru@library. tamu.edu, [email protected]. © 2014 Carmelita Pickett, Simona Tabacaru, and Jeann...

Patron-Driven Acquisition and Circulation at an Academic Library: Interaction Effects and Circulation Performance of Print Books Acquired via Librarians’ Orders, Approval Plans, and Patrons’ Interlibrary Loan Requests

Numerous publications on patron-driven acquisition (PDA) for print books and similar materials have reported that patronrequested materials circulate more. Tying circulation to selector may be failing to address the complex of factors that contributes to items’ circulation. In the present study, the authors revisit a PDA program’s data and to determine whether PDA print books’ circulation advan...

Evolving academic library specialties

Nationwide Library Consortia Life Cycle

Nationwide Library Consortia Life Cycle PNINA SHACHAF School of Information and Library Science, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, USA Library consortia development processes were examined from an ecological approach, combining historical perspective, dynamic developmental approach, and social structure, stressing the issues of permeable boundaries in library consort...