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Sizing the Market for Patron-driven Acquisitions (PDA) by JOSEPH ESPOSITO
Since I began to study patron-driven acquisitions (PDA), one nagging question has been how big it is. How many libraries use it or plan to? What sales volume is flowing through PDA systems? After...
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A Publisher’s Strategy for Patron-Driven Acquisitions (PDA)
I have been writing a lot about PDA over the past several months, mostly with an eye toward how PDA will affect publishers. This is the opposite of how PDA is usually talked about; it’s generally...
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The Problem of Discovery for Patron-driven Acquisitions (PDA)
Patron-driven acquisitions (PDA) poses new marketing challenges for book publishers. In the traditional model, most of a publisher’s efforts are expended around the time of publication. Just prior to...
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Ebooks: demand (patron) driven acquisitions & the challenge to our ideas of...
As more of its media morphs into digital forms, the publishing industry is undergoing a shift very similar to the one that took place in the music industry in the last decade. New business models and...
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Everything You Wanted to Know about PDA… … from the Library Perspective –...
Patron-driven acquisitions (PDA) is a rapidly evolving method by which libraries purchase books. In the PDA model, books are only purchased (or, in some instances, rented) when a patron actually...
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PDA and the University Press – J. Esposito (PRESENTATION)
Patron-driven acquisitions (PDA) is a rapidly evolving method by which libraries purchase books. In the PDA model, books are only purchased (or, in some instances, rented) when a patron actually...
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Patron-Driven Acquisition by Amy Devenney
Patron-Driven Acquisition (PDA) is a method of purchasing materials for a library based on a known patron demand.[1] It is an example of the ‘Just-in-time’ acquisitions model which is a reaction by the...
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Patron-Driven Acquisition Models for Use within Library Consortia
The following draft document is intended to outline the most prominent models available for patron-driven acquisition of e-books within a consortium of libraries. This document is very much in draft...
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Patron-Driven Acquisition Is Here to Stay: How Librarians Can Thrive in the...
With smart tools and technologies researchers put information to use more quickly, and librarians morph into consultants and analysts, stepping up their contributions to the business through better...
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Innovative collection development for e-books at the TU Delft Library by Zofia...
Thanks to new technologies libraries worldwide go digital and are accessible 24/7 from remote locations. The innovation is even more visible in traditional library tasks such as collection development...
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Now Streaming: A Consortial PDA Video Pilot Project
In 2014, eight academic libraries in the state of New York collaborated on a group patron driven acquisition (PDA) pilot program with Kanopy, a video streaming service for libraries. The institutions,...
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