New Research (Preprint) on Librarian Versus Interlibrary Loan Patron-Driven Acquisition of Print Books in an Academic Library

The following preprint comes from College and Research Libraries. It was approved for publication last month.

Title

Don’t Fear the Reader: Librarian versus Interlibrary Loan Patron-driven Acquisition of Print Books at an Academic Library

Authors

David C. Tyler
University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Joyce C. Melvin
University of Nebraska-Lincoln
MaryLou Epp
University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Anita M. Kreps
University of Nebraska-Lincoln

Source

College and Research Libraries (Preprint)

Anticipated Publication Data

September 1, 2014

Abstract

Recently, a great deal of literature on patron-driven acquisition (PDA) has been published that addresses the implementation and results of PDA programs at academic libraries. However, despite widespread worries that PDA will lead to unbalanced collections, little attention has been paid to whether patrons’ and librarians’ purchasing differ significantly. This study analyzes librarians’ and PDA patrons’ acquisitions at an academic library by relative collecting level and by subject (i.e., Library of Congress class and subclass) to determine whether concern over patrons’ collecting are warranted.

Direct to Full Text Article (Preprint)
42 pages; PDF.

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