Balancing Bananas: Collection Assessment of Patron‐Driven Acquisitions

Wiersma, Gabrielle; Glazier, Rhonda; Pan, Denise; Spratt, Stephanie

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“…Experimentations with DDA models revealed that a comprehensive assessment of such programs should use of a variety of metrics in order to gain a more granular understanding of program performance and the level of satisfaction of all stakeholders [10,11]. Many DDA assessment studies have since concluded that the model fulfills librarian expectations and user needs [12], has a better cost per use than other traditional ebooks packages [13,14], is advantageous for specific disciplines [13], and provides collection development benefits for academic libraries overall [15,16]. Some studies assert, nevertheless, that there is still yet insufficient data to demonstrate conclusively the benefits of DDA over traditional collection development practices [17,18].…”

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Applicability of Evidence-based Acquisition Model to Collection Development in Engineering Subjects

Solomon

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference &Amp; Exposition Proceedings

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This study presents the results of local implementation of evidence-based acquisition (EBA) models from several publishing vendors. The combination of decreasing funds for engineering monographs and a new library strategic goal of maximizing campus wide access to library collections, forced the engineering librarians to pilot alternative acquisition models that offer access to as much content as possible within the reduced budget. We identified criteria applicable to EBA model assessments and the limitations of each model within our library. For engineering disciplines we determined that EBA models provide significantly enhanced access to needed content, offer valuable insights into current campus information needs, and raise the level of library efficiency in collection development and technical services processing.

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