Let the Patron Drive: Purchase on Demand of E-books

Nabe, Jonathan; Imre, Andrea; Mann, Sanjeet

doi:10.1080/0361526x.2011.556033

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“…For example, some McGraw-Hill e-books have a lifetime limit on the number of page views, generally equal to four times the number of pages in the book—‘so in a 100-page book, a reader can look at one page 400 times, say, or all the pages four times’ (Carlson, 2005). Nabe et al (2011) note that even multi-user e-book licenses sometimes limit the amount of content that can be viewed by any particular user. Other common restrictions include limits on the number of pages that can be viewed during a single session.…”

Section: Restrictions On the Use Of E-books By Library Patronsmentioning

confidence: 99%

E-books in academic libraries: Challenges for sharing and use

Walters

2013

Journal of Librarianship and Information Science

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This paper reviews the recent literature on e-book sharing and use in post-secondary libraries, exploring current restrictions on viewing, printing, downloading, circulation, and interlibrary loan. It also discusses the ways in which these restrictions influence the library lending of e-book readers and other mobile devices. The most fundamental problems include restrictive license provisions, proprietary software and file formats, digital rights management (DRM), and the single-user business model adopted by many e-book vendors.

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Section: Restrictions On the Use Of E-books By Library Patronsmentioning

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E-books in academic libraries: Challenges for sharing and use

Walters

2013

Journal of Librarianship and Information Science

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“…These papers share processes for putting PDA in place, specific parameters and customizations, and often, assessment data. Though some focus on the development of consortial PDA programs (Lupton, 2011;McElroy & Hinken, 2011), others are single-library programs (Steiner & Berry, 2011;Corbett, 2011;Reynolds et al, 2010;Hodges, Preston, & Hamilton, 2010;Spitzform, 2011;Levine-Clark, 2010;Nabe & Imre, 2011). Given the rapid pace of change in this area of collections work, details about PDA programs are quickly outdated (see Polanka, 2009;Macicak & Schell, 2009), making this literature less useful as a blueprint for PDA than as examples of the extent of customization possible.…”

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Primed for Patron-Driven Acquisition: A Look at the Big Picture

Dahl¹

2012

Journal of Electronic Resources Librarianship

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The development of patron-driven acquisition (PDA) as a viable collections practice is encouraging many academic libraries to be proactive about sharing significant collection development responsibilities with their patrons. The adoption of PDA represents a challenge to some longheld understandings about libraries and collections, however, and some libraries are still assessing this option. Further, questions about PDA and its fit with academic libraries are just now being answered. An examination of some of the shifting understandings in this area of librarianship and their relation to PDA provides a snapshot of the big picture, which may assist libraries with the decision-making process.

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“…There have been numerous trials and studies of collection-building initiatives in academic libraries that allow patron requests to play a more dominant role in collection development (see, for example, Levine-Clark, 2010;Sharp & Thompson, 2010;Nabe et al, 2011;Hodges et al, 2012). The various studies demonstrate differences in vendor selection, triggering mechanisms (number of uses) for purchases, selection criteria for inclusion in the collection, format of titles (print or electronic or both), pricing limitations on titles available for selection, and models for funding the programs.…”

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Not Your Mother’s PDA: The Transition from PDA Pilot to Full Acquisitions Integration

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Fyfe²,

Nolan³

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Accentuate the Positive: Charleston Conference 2012

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Western Libraries and Ingram Content Group worked together to establish a Patron Driven Acquisition (PDA) program that has been incorporated into the regular acquisitions workflow at Western. Some features of the program include: all titles selected for addition to the PDA collection are filtered through the approval profiles established by the librarians, the library's holdings are uploaded to Ingram weekly so that duplicate titles are avoided, invoices for purchased PDA titles are sent weekly, and holdings for un-purchased and purchased PDA records are updated weekly. A PDA Working Group established the program at Western by meeting with collections librarians to assist with profile adjustments and ease concerns of how this method of acquisition would impact the collection. The Working Group is monitoring the program and gathering data to assess the impact of PDA. In addition to collecting information about titles loaded and titles purchased, an online survey to assess user response to e-books is continuing. Western and Ingram have continued to work together closely to ensure the program is successful and to make profile adjustments as necessary.

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Let the Patron Drive: Purchase on Demand of E-books

Cited by 14 publications

References 1 publication

E-books in academic libraries: Challenges for sharing and use

E-books in academic libraries: Challenges for sharing and use

Primed for Patron-Driven Acquisition: A Look at the Big Picture

Not Your Mother’s PDA: The Transition from PDA Pilot to Full Acquisitions Integration

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