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Navigating the Shift: Patron-Driven Acquisition in Academic Libraries

Explore the impact, challenges, and opportunities of Patron-Driven Acquisition (PDA) for technical services in team-based academic libraries. Learn how PDA works, its benefits, and the future of acquisition models, as libraries adapt to digital trends.

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Navigating the Shift: Patron-Driven Acquisition in Academic Libraries

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  1. PDA: An All-You-Can-Read BuffetImpact, Challenges and Opportunities for Technical Services in a Team-based Organization Ping Situ University of Arizona March 30, 2011

  2. Background Information Changes • Access, access, access • Follow the users → WEB • Economic challenges • Reduced purchasing power • Shrinking staff

  3. More Changes 2000 • Central funds represented only 8% of the funds and allocations. • 4 different teams with over 40 librarians were involved with selection activities. 2010 • Central funds represent 50% of allocations. • 7 librarians within a single team are now involved with selection activities.

  4. PDA: Patron-Driven Acquisition At U of Arizona • What is PDA? • How does it work? • Why does the library take this approach? • When will it start? • How will I know if the requested materials are available in the library?

  5. What Are The Benefits? • Provides access to a greater number of resources for faculty and students • More cost effective • Research shows that user-driven purchased items get used more often

  6. WhatWill Remain The Same? • Purchase requests • ILL service • Preferred format: electronic • Approval plans of core print material (less)

  7. Impact to the Library • This new acquisition model will impact many aspects of the Library’s operations and functions. • It will change technical processing activities (such as print on demand, streaming content, and other user-centered collection services)

  8. Technical Services in Academic Libraries • Continue on the same course • Business as usual • Keep surviving (barely) • Reutilize and retrain all TS staff towards a strategic future • Strategize • Initiate and revitalize the library

  9. The Future of Acquisition – PDA What will be the impact for technical services? • Strategic direction of the Library: going digital • More and more tasks related to content management and digital repository • Less incoming print materials • Traditional tasks are automated and outsourced • New skills for new services and resources

  10. Reorganization in U of A Libraryoverview 1993: Team-based organization 2000: Addition of the Information Commons 2007: Restructuring of the subject specialist teams 2011: Discovery and delivery

  11. D2D Discovery To Delivery • Network level discovery and access • Need business models that support this type of user experience - no more building local collections • Users must have the broadest possible access w/o dead ends – one way or another • Users need to be able to quickly obtain the discovered information

  12. More Collaborative Opportunities between Librarians and TS staff • Academic Use Driven • Pop-up confirmation message on the ILL page • Reconfirmation from subject librarians if needed • Significant decline of ILL for “personal use” needs. • Training (Illiad8.0) – new workflow

  13. Challenges/Opportunities • Outsourcing cataloging for all foreign language materials: OCLC or a Backstage • Outsourcing journal check-in/claiming: EBSCO • Placing standing orders in the Coutts - PDA • Outsourcing acquisition of AV materials : Baker & Taylor • Cataloging for non-book materials in vernacular characters- ??

  14. Technical Services Will Continue • There will always a need for technical services but this will require different professional skills and knowledge • Instead of being on the back end of change, technical services can be on the front end, or even cutting edge!

  15. Thank you! Any questions?

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