Limit search to available items
Book Cover
Book

Title Customer-based collection development : an overview / edited by Karl Bridges
Edition UK edition
Published London : Facet Publishing, 2014
©2014

Copies

Location Call no. Vol. Availability
 WATERFT  025.21 Bri/Cbc  AVAILABLE
Description vi, 205 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Contents 1. E-Books and Patron Driven Acquisitions in Academic Libraries -- Cristina Caminita 2. A Hard DDA's Night: Managing a Consortial Demand Driven Acquisitions Program for E-books -- Sarah Hartman-Caverly, Amy McColl, Norm Medeiros and Mike Persick 3. Selectors' Perceptions of e-Book Patron-Driven Acquisitions Judith M. Nixon, Suzanne M. Ward, and Robert S. Freeman 4. Flying in Late: A Pilot PDA on a Microscopic Budget -- Jamie L. Conklin and Erik Sean Estep 5. A Case Study for PDA on a Shoe-String Budget: An Evolving Vision for Collection Development through Three Pilot Projects -- Naomi Ikeda Chow and Ryan James 6. Technical Services Aspects of Demand-Driven Ebook Acquisitions -- Kay Downey 7. Brigham Young University's Patron-Driven Acquisitions: Does It Stand the Test of Time? -- Jared L. Howland, Rebecca Schroeder, and Tom Wright 8. Patron Driven Digital Collection Development in Archives -- Maura Valentino 9. PDA in a Multi-Library Setting: Challenges, Implementation, and Outcomes -- Jeanne Harrell, Carmelita Pickett, Simona Tabacaru, Jeannette Ho, Ana Ugaz and Nancy Burford 10. Seven Reasons to be Skeptical about Patron Driven Acquisitions: A Summary -- John Buschman 11. Patron-Driven vs. Librarian-Selected: Three Years of Comparative E-book Usage -- Dracine Hodges
Summary This essential guide to customer-based/patron-driven collection development will allow librarians to navigate the rapid changes in what users expect of libraries. 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 to find out what library users need and want and provide strategies to allow librarians to manage collections accordingly. Drawing on the experiences of professionals from a variety of academic and public libraries, Customer-based Collection Development : Offers strategies for planning and implementing a customer-based collection programme Summarizes its potential impact on a library's budget Discusses cataloging implications, and other day-to-day operational issues Presents guidelines for evaluating and marketing. Readership: Librarians and library managers in all types of libraries
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Subject Academic libraries -- Acquisitions -- United States -- Case studies.
Libraries -- Special collections -- Electronic books
Use-driven acquisitions (Libraries)
Genre/Form Case studies.
Author Bridges, Karl, 1964- editor
ISBN 9781856049313 (paperback)