Levine-Clark Kawecki ALCTS PDA Preconference 2011

Planning for the Future: Building a Demand-Driven Acquisitions Model Patron-Driven Acquisitions in Academic Libraries: Maximizing Technology to Minimize Risk ALCTS Pre-Conference New Orleans June 24, 2011 Michael Levine-Clark University of Denver Barbara Kawecki YBP Library Services

A New Way of Thinking About Library Collections

Definitions
Patron-Driven Acquisitions
Faculty requests/input
Use data
Demand-Driven Acquisitions
Meets immediate need

Annual Book Production, 2009

Books Cataloged 2000-2004 (126,953 Titles)

Demand-Driven Acquisitions Goals
Broaden the Collection
More titles
More publishers
More subjects
Match acquisitions to immediate demand
Short-term loans
Purchase-on-demand
Pay at point of need
Pay for amount of need

Redefining the Collection
Everything we can provide in a timely manner
Ultimately, bounded only by budget

The Consideration Pool
Titles available for purchase
Must keep at optimal size relative to budget

Planning and Tools for DDA Projects

Integrated DDA Projects
Integrated Demand Driven Acquisitions
2010/2011 – New levels of cooperation and development between book vendors and ebook aggregators…the best of both worlds
Duplication control with print and ebooks, approval plans and firm orders
Workflow support – Selection, ordering, MARC record customization, invoicing, customer service

DDA Planning
Why are you considering DDA and what ’s the focus of the project? Access? Ownership?
Is this a pilot or on-going collection development strategy?
What ’s your timeline?
Do you require de-duplication against your print and ebook orders?
What workflow have you considered to support your DDA program? Discovery records? Point of purchase records?
Do you intend to create individual order records and link payments to them for titles purchased through DDA?
What is your budget and how will you pay for DDA?

DDA Implementation - It takes a village!
Bring all stakeholders into the conversation from the beginning
Library: Collection Development, Acquisitions, Cataloging, Systems
Collection Development Manager, Digital Sales, Aggregator representative, Library Technical Services, Customer Service
Task/implementation checklist

DDA Evaluation
What constitutes success?
How will you evaluate the program?
Overview of recent Integrated DDA projects

Long-Term Management

Filling the Pool
Approval process
Broader criteria
Inclusion rather than exclusion

Adding/Removing Records
Discovery is key
Must be automatic
Approval vendor
MARC record service

Pool Maintenance
Rules for
Length of time in pool
Removal
Replacement

Removal of Titles
Removal because of content, quality
Removal because of financial risk
Rules for temporary removal
Rules for permanent removal

Use Shapes the Pool
Titles that are used get to swim a bit longer
Removing titles = unhappy users

A Permanent Collection
Some titles are core
Establish criteria for permanent/longer-term availability
Title-by-title
Series
Publisher
Subject

Role for Vendors
Fill the pool
Provide discovery tools
Remove/replace content
Comprehensive reporting

Vendor Challenge: How to tread water and perform water ballet at the same time…
Integration of print and ebook DDA
Putting DDA at the head of the line
Pool party or multi-vendor support
Syncronized swimming: OPAC, aggregator channel, GOBI
End to end management system

Enhanced Discovery

Customized MARC Records and Enrichment
Discovery Records – created from a print record and customized for the library. Includes LC subject headings
Point of purchase records – can include data to create an order record and/or embedded acquisition data such as invoicing information or link to eInvoice
Enrichment service
TOC ’s, Summaries, Author biographies/affiliation
Increased discoverability and circulation of collection

Thank You!
Michael Levine-Clark
Collections Librarian
University of Denver
[email_address]
Barbara Kawecki
Senior Digital Content Sales Manager
YBP Library Services
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