Demand-driven Acquisition of Print Books: Applying 21st-Century Procurement Strategies to a 5th-Century Format. Issue 2 (3rd July 2019)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: England, Mark M.; Anderson, Rick
• Is Part Of: Collection management. Volume 44:Issue 2/4(2019)
• Page Start: 95
• Page End: 104
• Publication Date: 2019-07-03
• Subjects: Acquisitions -- collection development -- patron-driven acquisitions -- print books -- research libraries; Collection management (Libraries) -- Periodicals; 025.205
• DOI: 10.1080/01462679.2018.1564715
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0146-2679

Abstract

Abstract: The Marriott Library at the University of Utah was an early champion of the demand-driven model of acquiring ebooks. Beginning in 2017, the Marriott Library applied a similar approach to the acquisition of print books. Demand-driven acquisition of physical formats is a means for stretching compressed library budgets and a technique for managing the explosion in book publishing. Demand-driven acquisition addresses publishers that refuse to sell individual electronic books to libraries and better serves disciplines like the fine arts. The Marriott Library's experiences with demand-driven print acquisition are discussed and compared with other libraries that are testing this acquisition method.