Immediacy vs. Foresight: A Study of Patron Selected and Librarian Purchased eBooks at the University of Mississippi Libraries
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| author | Rogers, Kristin |
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| contents | Immediacy vs. Foresight: A Study of Patron Selected and Librarian Purchased eBooks at the University of Mississippi Libraries Rogers, Kristin College Libraries Electronic Publishing Librarians Reading Material Selection Library Services Costs Purchasing As information becomes readily available at an instant, library users today have a high expectation of how quickly books are available for use. Therefore, librarians must evaluate purchasing models and how they meet the needs of today's patrons. A study was done at the University of Mississippi Libraries comparing usage statistics between patron selected and librarian purchased titles. This study included 3,716 titles purchased through the demand-driven acquisitions (DDAs) program and 2,076 librarian purchased titles. Usage statistics showed that user-selected titles were accessed on average 0.86 times more than subject librarian selected titles; thus, the average cost per title of librarian selected were less than DDA triggered; thus DDA selected titles had a lower cost per use. |
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| institution | ERIC Institute of Education Sciences |
| language | en |
| publishDate | 2018 |
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| spellingShingle | Immediacy vs. Foresight: A Study of Patron Selected and Librarian Purchased eBooks at the University of Mississippi Libraries Rogers, Kristin College Libraries Electronic Publishing Librarians Reading Material Selection Library Services Costs Purchasing Immediacy vs. Foresight: A Study of Patron Selected and Librarian Purchased eBooks at the University of Mississippi Libraries Rogers, Kristin College Libraries Electronic Publishing Librarians Reading Material Selection Library Services Costs Purchasing As information becomes readily available at an instant, library users today have a high expectation of how quickly books are available for use. Therefore, librarians must evaluate purchasing models and how they meet the needs of today's patrons. A study was done at the University of Mississippi Libraries comparing usage statistics between patron selected and librarian purchased titles. This study included 3,716 titles purchased through the demand-driven acquisitions (DDAs) program and 2,076 librarian purchased titles. Usage statistics showed that user-selected titles were accessed on average 0.86 times more than subject librarian selected titles; thus, the average cost per title of librarian selected were less than DDA triggered; thus DDA selected titles had a lower cost per use. |
| title | Immediacy vs. Foresight: A Study of Patron Selected and Librarian Purchased eBooks at the University of Mississippi Libraries |
| topic | College Libraries Electronic Publishing Librarians Reading Material Selection Library Services Costs Purchasing |
| url | https://eric.ed.gov/?id=EJ1192279 |