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OverviewAbout 40 percent of the books academic libraries purchase in traditional ways never circulate and another 40 percent circulate fewer than three times. By contrast, patron-driven acquisition allows a library to borrow or buy books only when a patron needs them. In a typical workflow, the library imports bibliographic records into its catalogue at no cost. When a patron finds a patron-driven record in the course of research, a short-term loan can allow him to borrow the book, and the transaction charge to the library will be a small percentage of the list price. Typically, a library will automatically buy a book on a third or fourth use. The contributions in this volume, written by experts, describe the genesis and brief history of patron-driven acquisitions, its current status, and its promise. Full Product DetailsAuthor: David A. SwordsPublisher: De Gruyter Imprint: De Gruyter Saur Dimensions: Width: 15.50cm , Height: 1.80cm , Length: 23.00cm Weight: 0.448kg ISBN: 9783110253016ISBN 10: 3110253011 Pages: 215 Publication Date: 17 October 2011 Recommended Age: College Graduate Student Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational , Professional & Vocational Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Awaiting stock  The supplier is currently out of stock of this item. It will be ordered for you and placed on backorder. Once it does come back in stock, we will ship it out for you. Table of ContentsReviews"""Overall, Patron-driven Acquisitions can be confidently recommended to all academic libraries? both those currently planning to move in a patron-driven direction, and those unsure of whether such an approach makes sense or perhaps even of what all the fuss is about. Its authors effectively cover all of the most pressing and relevant questions about PDA theory and practice, and offer highly useful tools to readers interesting in assessing the practice's viability and likely consequences.""Rick Anderson in: Library Review 6/2012" Overall, Patron-driven Acquisitions can be confidently recommended to all academic libraries-both those currently planning to move in a patron-driven direction, and those unsure of whether such an approach makes sense or perhaps even of what all the fuss is about. Its authors effectively cover all of the most pressing and relevant questions about PDA theory and practice, and offer highly useful tools to readers interesting in assessing the practice's viability and likely consequences. Rick Anderson in: Library Review 6/2012 Author InformationDavid A. Swords, New Hampshire/USA, Vice President of Sales and Marketing for eBook Library, a major innovator in technology forpatron-driven acquisitions Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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