What is it about?
Patron-Driven Acquisitions (PDA) is a new model used for e-book acquisition by academic libraries. A key component of this model is to make records of e-books available in a library catalog and let actual patron usage decide whether or not an item is purchased. However, there has been a lack of research examining the role of the library catalog as a tool for e-book discovery and use in PDA. This paper presents a case study of using PDA for e-book acquisition in an academic library, with a focus on the role of the library catalog in this purchasing model. The implications and challenges are also discussed.
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Why is it important?
Because more and more libraries want optimize the acquisition budget for e-books with the purchase at the point of need.
Perspectives
The use of the library catalog is a key piece in patron-driven acquisitions (also called demand-driven adquisitions), so that log analysis of the use of e-books with a referrer in the local catalogue is necesseary for a fine tune of e-books acquisitions triggered by readers' use of the book prior to the purchase.
Cristóbal Urbano
Universitat de Barcelona
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This page is a summary of: Library Catalog Log Analysis in E-book Patron-Driven Acquisitions (PDA): A Case Study, College & Research Libraries, May 2015, American Library Association,
DOI: 10.5860/crl.76.4.412.
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