An Ethos of Access: How a Small Academic Library Transformed Its Collection-Building Processes

Ferris, Kady; Buck, Tina Herman

doi:10.1080/01462679.2014.900732

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“…Two recent studies have both reported their authors having discovered nonacademic materials in their e-book packages despite both pairs of authors having worked closely with vendors to exclude such materials. 41 An internal study of e-book subscription packages conducted at the UNL Libraries similarly found questionable materials in the vendors' packages, as well as books from suspect publishers. Thus, cautions against giving over collection development too much to vendors/publishers would certainly seem worth considering.…”

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The Scholarly Impact of Books Acquired via Approval Plan Selection, Librarian Orders, and Patron-Driven Acquisitions as Measured by Citation Counts

Tyler

Hitt

Nterful

et al. 2019

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Patron-driven acquisition has been an important, if contentious, topic for decades, with numerous programs having been piloted, adopted, and reported on, largely favorably, in the library literature. Still, questions and doubts persist for academic libraries, especially where the composition of vendor plans and packages and the judgment of patrons are concerned. Past literature has approached the assessment of patron-driven acquisition by analyzing circulation/usage, comparing peer-library holdings, seeking patrons' or librarians' judgments of utility and suitability, looking for evidence of collection imbalances, and testing for overlap in patrons' and librarians' purchases. To contribute to this literature, this study addresses scholarly impact and examines whose selections-approval plans', librarians', or patrons'-have been most heavily cited. For the social sciences, the sciences, and the humanities, the authors gathered topic-matched random samples of books acquired via approval plans and librarian orders during the first five years of operation of their institutions' interlibrary loan purchase-on-demand patrondriven acquisition program and compared their citation counts to the counts of books acquired via the program. Google Scholar was employed to tally citations.

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Section: Review Of Literaturementioning

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The Scholarly Impact of Books Acquired via Approval Plan Selection, Librarian Orders, and Patron-Driven Acquisitions as Measured by Citation Counts

Tyler

Hitt

Nterful

et al. 2019

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“…Many authors have written extensively on acquisitions, access and management of library collections, ranging from print to electronic resources (Lehman, 2014;Ferris and Buck, 2014;Walters, 2013, Morrisey, 2008. Library stock procurement contributes significantly towards total library expenditure for university/college libraries.…”

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Public procurement legislation and the acquisition of library materials in academic libraries in Malawi

Mapulanga

2015

Library Review

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Purpose -The purpose of this paper was to examine the challenges and opportunities the new public procurement legislation has created for academic librarians as regards the acquisition of library materials in academic libraries (university/college libraries) in Malawi. Design/methodology/approach -The study used a multi-method approach. Quantitative data were collected through questionnaires. The questionnaires were sent online to the university/college libraries of seven major accredited public universities in Malawi. After an initial analysis of that data, qualitative data on patterns were obtained through a mailing listserve with all the possible 19 librarians. Responses were analysed and categorised using a thematic approach. Findings -Academic libraries (university/college libraries) are involved in the internal procurement committees. Librarians are represented in internal procurement committees, though their representation differs from one institution to another. All the academic libraries (university/college libraries) either use the centralised or independent procurement methods. As a result, the public university libraries deal with agents as independents. Working as independents has negatively affected the libraries, as materials are procured at different prices and sometimes at higher prices, thereby ignoring the value for money. Research limitations/implications -In academic libraries, the library consortia have pulled resources towards a basket fund for wide access and cheaper licensing. However, for print library materials, a collaborative procurement process in which the academic libraries identify an agent capable of achieving a supplier list and then purchase directly from the preferred suppliers seems not to have been tried in the most developing countries. Practical implications -The study suggests that academic libraries (university/college libraries) should emulate the library consortia approach when dealing with agents. The academic libraries should consider collaborative procurement models as a means of procuring library materials. Originality/value -Since the enactment of the public procurement legislation in Malawi, no research has been documented on the challenges and opportunities the public procurement act and the acquisition of library materials. This research seeks to bridge the literature gap.

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“…6 Ferris and Buck cite the rationale for a small, academic library to heavily use an aggregator-based DDA program: minimal demand on librarian time; quick, unmediated access for patrons; and paying only for materials that are used. 7 Machovec summarizes recent changes to DDA programs' pricing and content, and the publisher discontent that led to those changes. 8 Hiatt presents the main points of debate over short-term loan price increases, addressing both publisher and librarian concerns.…”

Section: Literature Reviewmentioning

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Diminishing Short-Term Loan Returns: A Four-Year View of the Impact of Demand-Driven Acquisitions on Collection Development at a Small Academic Library

Buck¹,

Hills²

2017

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Notes on OperationsS ignificant changes to the cost and availability of short-term loans (STLs) associated with demand-driven acquisitions (DDA) has concerned the authors, who are librarians with collections and acquisitions responsibilities at the Munday Library at St. Edward's University. Specifically, steep cost increases, embargoes, and elimination of STL availability by some publishers led the authors to evaluate the viability of aggregator-based DDA as a primary collecting tool. This paper examines changes to the library's DDA program in light of the library's rationale for choosing it to provide its monographic front list four years ago: quick, affordable access to current, multiuser e-books from a wide range of academic publishers; minimal demands on librarian time; and paying only for content that is used. The authors discuss how DDA program changes are altering the nature of the library's monographic collecting, with a focus on the publishers most used by the St. Edward's University community.

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An Ethos of Access: How a Small Academic Library Transformed Its Collection-Building Processes

Cited by 8 publications

References 10 publications

The Scholarly Impact of Books Acquired via Approval Plan Selection, Librarian Orders, and Patron-Driven Acquisitions as Measured by Citation Counts

The Scholarly Impact of Books Acquired via Approval Plan Selection, Librarian Orders, and Patron-Driven Acquisitions as Measured by Citation Counts

Public procurement legislation and the acquisition of library materials in academic libraries in Malawi

Diminishing Short-Term Loan Returns: A Four-Year View of the Impact of Demand-Driven Acquisitions on Collection Development at a Small Academic Library

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