Customer-based collection development : an overview

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Information & Library Science Library

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Z689 .C87 2014
Status
Available

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Summary

The traditional "top down" approach to collection development definitely has its drawbacks: even after spending a good deal of time, energy, and resources, librarians are sometimes frustrated to find that their library's collection is not being used as they anticipated. But there's another strategy that's gaining momentum. This book gathers together the best practitioners in the emerging field of customer-based collection development, whose goal is to find out what library users need and want and manage collections accordingly. Speaking from firsthand experience, professionals from a variety of academic and public libraries

Offer strategies for planning and implementing a customer-based collection program Summarize its potential impact on a library's budget Discuss cataloging implications, and other day-to-day operational issues Present guidelines for evaluating and marketing

Customer-based collection development is one way for libraries to navigate the rapid changes in what users expect of libraries, and this new anthology is an important guide to this approach.

Contents

E-books and patron driven acquisitions in academic libraries / Cristina Caminita, LSU Libraries, Louisiana State University -- A hard DDA's night : managing a consortial demand driven acquisitions program for e-books / Sarah Hartman-Caverly, Delaware County Community College; Amy McColl, Swarthmore College; Norm Medeiros, Haverford College; Mike Persick, Haverford College -- Selectors' perceptions of e-book patron-driven acquisitions / Judith M. Nixon, Suzanne M. Ward, Robert S. Freeman -- Flying in late : a pilot PDA on a microscopic budget / Jamie L. Conklin, Erik Sean Estep -- A case study for PDA on a shoe-string budget : an evolving vision for collection development through three pilot projects / Naomi Ikeda Chow, Ryan James -- Technical services aspects of demand-driven ebook acquisitions / Kay Downey, Kent State University -- Brigham Young University's patron-driven acquisitions : does it stand the test of time? / Jared L. Howland, Rebecca Schroeder, Tom Wright -- Patron driven digital collection development in archives / Maura Valentino -- PDA in a multi-library setting : challenges, implementation, and outcomes / Jeanne Harrell, Carmelita Pickett, Simona Tabacaru, Jeannette Ho, Ana Ugaz, Nancy Burford -- Reasons to be skeptical about patron driven acquisitions : a summary / John Buschman, Dean of University Libraries, Seton Hall University -- Patron-driven vs. librarian-selected : three years of comparative e-book usage / Dracine Hodges.

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