Patron-Driven Acquisition: An Introduction and Literature Review

Mainstream Patron-Driven Acquisition: Topicality Over the Scholarly Record╦and the Cello Suites

Don't Fear the Reader: Librarian versus Interlibrary Loan Patron-Driven Acquisition of Print Books at an Academic Library by Relative Collecting Level and by Library of Congress Classes and Subclasses

David C. Tyler is Reference Librarian and Professor in Libraries, Joyce C. Melvin is Interlibrary Loan Manager, MaryLou Epp is Serials Records Specialist, Technical Services, and Anita M. Kreps is Database Project Specialist, Technical Services, in University Libraries at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln; e-mail: [email protected], [email protected], [email protected], and [email protected]. ©2014 Davi...

Shared Patron-Driven Acquisition Within a Consortium: the OCUL PDA Pilot

Patron Driven Acquisition: A Model for Providing Complete Access to Electronic Content While Limiting Costs For Libraries

Patron Driven Acquisition (PDA) is a hot topic in today’s library world. Driven by stagnant or dwindling library budgets, libraries – at first in the US, and now internationally – have been exploring new ways to offer their patrons – i.e. library users – access to the broadest range of high-quality content for research and teaching. Taking advantage of the increasing availability of academic co...

An Alternative Mechanism for the Delivery of Scholarly Journal Articles: ReadCube Access at the University of Utah

Traditional collection management of serials through site licenses and subscriptions is increasingly unsustainable due to rising costs and steady or falling library budgets. The ensuing gaps in access have led to widespread illicit file sharing, resulting in the disintermediation of libraries and the devaluing of publishers. It has therefore become essential to explore alternatives for the deli...