A Study of the Demand-Driven Acquisition of E-Book Titles in an Academic Library
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- February 28, 2019
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Elmore, Dara A.
- Affiliation: School of Information and Library Science
- Abstract
- A growing trend in collection development among academic libraries is demand driven acquisition (DDA) of e-books, which involves loading large batches of records that meet a library's bibliographic profile into the online catalog. Materials can typically be accessed by patrons as a short-term loan for two or three times before purchase of the title is automatically triggered. This study examined the costs of DDA for a large academic library that went directly to purchase, bypassing the lending process. Pricing information was obtained for each title and circulation information was obtained from the e-book vendor. These data were also collected for e-books that were acquired through approval plan selection. This information was used to generate cost per use data. These numbers were compared to determine whether DDA resulted in a lower cost per use than approval plan selection.
- Date of publication
- July 2012
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- In Copyright
- Advisor
- Gollop, Claudia
- Degree granting institution
- University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
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- 19
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- abb1808a-3405-4d7b-866b-f35807dc08b2
- Access right
- Open access
- Date uploaded
- March 6, 2013
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