Implementing and assessing use-driven acquisitions: A practical guide for librarians

Fischer, Christine M.

doi:10.1080/07317131.2017.1238229

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“…We have had a demand driven acquisition (DDA) program in place since 2011, to achieve more targeted acquisitions of electronic books via client selection rather than via Library staff selection. Records for selected titles are made visible to clients, but only purchased if they are used (Carrico et al, 2016). Over the years the profile and acquisition options have been reviewed and adapted to support current collection development strategies.…”

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“…We will keep tailoring the profile in future as required, to adjust to changing budgetary situations and strategies. Also part of our purchasing repertoire is the evidence-based acquisition (EBA) model whereby the Library pays a fixed sum to allow access to a publisher's ebook collection for a set period, at the end of which the Library selects content to own permanently to the value of the amount paid (Carrico et al, 2016). We first investigated and considered the evidence-based acquisition model some years ago.…”

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Print Books and Ebooks: The New Equilibrium in an Academic Library

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Sallenbach

2023

Journal of the Australian Library and Information Association

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This article looks back at ALIA's prediction from 2013 that 'library print and ebook collections will establish a 50:50 equilibrium by 2020 and that this balance will be maintained for the foreseeable future' in the light of the experience at Curtin University Library. It revisits the findings of an article on the same topic published in 2015, and documents the situation at Curtin Library as at 2022. It describes changes in the ebook environment and user attitudes over the past 6 years, as well as developments in the Library's acquisition strategies and methods to increase ebook holdings, and the current state of the collection. The article finally provides a likely projection of the ebook and print book holdings situation at Curtin Library in 2050.

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