Abstract
California State University, Fullerton’s Pollak Library is working toward the goal of providing as much content in electronic format as possible. To address this need along with a shrinking budget for monographs, the Library recently moved to not only an e-preferred approval plan, but actually a demand-driven-preferred approval plan. Pollak Library had a successful demand-driven acquisitions (DDA) plan in place for some time, in which slipped approval plan titles were automatically added to the Library catalog and made available for short-term loan via DDA. With some slight workflow adjustments, approval plan titles that were sent automatically as books, rather than slips, are also being made available for short-term loan via DDA rather than being purchased automatically. Initial results demonstrate that both goals of providing more electronic content and saving funds are being met.
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A Demand-Driven-Preferred Approval Plan
California State University, Fullerton’s Pollak Library is working toward the goal of providing as much content in electronic format as possible. To address this need along with a shrinking budget for monographs, the Library recently moved to not only an e-preferred approval plan, but actually a demand-driven-preferred approval plan. Pollak Library had a successful demand-driven acquisitions (DDA) plan in place for some time, in which slipped approval plan titles were automatically added to the Library catalog and made available for short-term loan via DDA. With some slight workflow adjustments, approval plan titles that were sent automatically as books, rather than slips, are also being made available for short-term loan via DDA rather than being purchased automatically. Initial results demonstrate that both goals of providing more electronic content and saving funds are being met.