Abstract
Vendors are offering to facilitate patron‐driven acquisitions. Should your approval vendor be your PDA partner? After collaborating with YBP as a beta site for demand‐driven acquisitions for ebrary electronic books, we can share with you what we have learned from our first‐hand experiences. Through this practical presentation we will detail why we chose to partner with a vendor, how we got started, and the decisions necessary to implement the service. We’ll share the record profiles that we designed, and the workflows we developed and revised. In addition to covering the planning process, we’ll cover the first six months of this project from the date of implementation. You’ll hear the viewpoints of the vendor, the acquisitions professional, Technical Services Librarian, and the Collection Development Librarian. Learn the key ingredients to a successful PDA program, what an approval vendor has to offer in the way of support, and how our PDA partnership is working for us.
Partnering for Patron‐Driven Acquisitions: What You Need to Know
Vendors are offering to facilitate patron‐driven acquisitions. Should your approval vendor be your PDA partner? After collaborating with YBP as a beta site for demand‐driven acquisitions for ebrary electronic books, we can share with you what we have learned from our first‐hand experiences. Through this practical presentation we will detail why we chose to partner with a vendor, how we got started, and the decisions necessary to implement the service. We’ll share the record profiles that we designed, and the workflows we developed and revised. In addition to covering the planning process, we’ll cover the first six months of this project from the date of implementation. You’ll hear the viewpoints of the vendor, the acquisitions professional, Technical Services Librarian, and the Collection Development Librarian. Learn the key ingredients to a successful PDA program, what an approval vendor has to offer in the way of support, and how our PDA partnership is working for us.