This presentation was provided by Michael Levine-Clark, Collections Librarian, Professor, Penrose Library, University of Denver at the 2012 NISO Standards Update at ALA.

1. Recommended Practices for
Demand-Driven Acquisition (DDA) of
Monographs
NISO Update
Sunday, June 24, 2012
Anaheim
Michael Levine-Clark, University of Denver
michael.levine-clark@du.edu

2. Definitions
Patron-Driven Acquisition (PDA)
 Acquisition of library materials based on direct or
indirect patron input, including faculty requests and
analysis of collection usage
Demand-Driven Acquisition (DDA)
 Acquisition of library materials based on patron
selection at the point of need.

3. Why DDA?
Rebalance collection from possible use
toward immediate need
Make many more titles available to users
 A broader, deeper collection
Spend same amount for greater access or less
for same access

4. Why Do We Need Best Practices?
Management of the “consideration pool” –
the titles available for purchase or lease
Rules for:
 Adding titles
 Keeping unowned titles available
 Removing titles
 Managing records

5. A New Way of Thinking About
Acquisition
An evolution from getting books into the
collection
To
Long-term management of discovery tools
that allow for demand-driven access to
monographs

6. A Disruption to the Entire Scholarly
Communication Supply Chain
Uncertainty for publishers
New role for approval vendors
From booksellers to service providers
Changing role for academic libraries
Stewardship vs access
Potentially similar issues for public libraries,
trade publishers

7. Components of DDA
 Free discovery of content
 Front and back matter
 Set amount of time in the entire book
 Set number of pages
 Temporary lease
 Purchase
 Tools and strategies for automated management of
the consideration pool

8. Goals
Develop a flexible model for DDA that works
for publishers, vendors, aggregators, and
libraries.
Allow for DDA plans that
Meet local budget and collection needs
Allow for consortial participation
Allow for cross-aggregator implementation

9. Deliverables
Recommendations for
 Managing and populating the consideration pool
 Developing consistent models for
 Free discovery
 Temporary lease
 Purchase
 Methods for managing multiple formats
 Ways to incorporate print-on-demand (POD)

10. Timeline
 Appointment of working group
 Approval of charge, initial work plan
 Completion of information gathering
 Completion of initial draft
 Gathering of public comments
 Completion of final draft
Aug 2012
Sept 2012
Feb 2013
Apr 2013
May 2013
Aug 2013

11. Thank You
Michael Levine-Clark
michael.levine-clark@du.edu