Patron-Driven Acquisitions - History and Best Practices (Hardcover)

About 40 percent of the books academic libraries purchase in traditional ways never circulate and another 40 percent circulate fewer than three times. By contrast, patron-driven acquisition allows a library to borrow or buy books only when a patron needs them. In a typical workflow, the library imports bibliographic records into its catalogue at no cost. When a patron finds a patron-driven record in the course of research, a short-term loan can allow him to borrow the book, and the transaction charge to the library will be a small percentage of the list price. Typically, a library will automatically buy a book on a third or fourth use. The contributions in this volume, written by experts, describe the genesis and brief history of patron-driven acquisitions, its current status, and its promise.

General

Imprint:	de Gruyter Saur
Country of origin:	Germany
Series:	Current Topics in Library and Information Practice
Release date:	October 2011
First published:	2011
Editors:	David A. Swords
Dimensions:	230 x 155 x 18mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	215
ISBN-13:	978-3-11-025301-6
Categories:	Books > Reference & Interdisciplinary > Library & information sciences > Acquisitions & collection development
LSN:	3-11-025301-1
Barcode:	9783110253016

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