Patron Drivers, Patron Impacts: Investigating Potential Patron Impacts of Moving to a Patron Driven Acquisition Model for Print Books

Walton, Rebecca; Mauldwin, Jacob; Bunderson, J. Stuart

doi:10.1080/01462679.2022.2030841

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“…The given justification is that the work is too extensive to reconcile with the physical environment and they pointed out the lack of personnel and training to manage all this digital information. On the other hand, according to Walton et al (2022), the trend of using printed books versus electronic books and the potential impact on users the purchase of printed books driven by demand, led to a decrease in the purchase and general use of printed titles, emphasizing electronic titles.…”

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Assignment of Subject Headings and Classification Codes to e-books in South American University Libraries

Gil Leiva,

Andrade e Cruz,

Marques Redigolo

et al. 2024

Rev. esp. doc. Cient

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The integration of e-books into university libraries has allowed for interesting analysis and discussions in recent years about user preferences between printed and electronic books, the difficulties and challenges librarians face in their incorporation into libraries, among other aspects. However, with this work, the main objective is to analyze the changes that are occurring in South American university libraries regarding the processes of subject heading assignment and classification codes with the massive incorporation of e-books, as well as to understand librarians’ perceptions of these changes. To achieve this, we developed and distributed a web-based questionnaire consisting of twenty-four questions to a total of 1,175 university libraries in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Paraguay, Peru, and Uruguay, from which we received 123 responses (10.5%). Among other findings, it is concluded that indexing and classification processes are losing relevance in librarians’ activities, the quality of metadata provided by publishers does not seem to be a significant factor for librarians, and furthermore, the data obtained does not clearly indicate a paradigm shift in relation to indexing and classification processes.

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Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%