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Patron-driven acquisitions : history and best practices /
"About 40 percent of the books academic libraries purchase in traditional ways never circulate and another 40 percent circulate fewer than three times. By contrast, patron-driven acquisition allows a library to borrow or buy books only when a patron needs them. In a typical workflow, the librar...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Berlin ; Boston :
De Gruyter Saur,
©2011.
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| Colección: | Current topics in library and information practice.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | "About 40 percent of the books academic libraries purchase in traditional ways never circulate and another 40 percent circulate fewer than three times. By contrast, patron-driven acquisition allows a library to borrow or buy books only when a patron needs them. In a typical workflow, the library imports bibliographic records into its catalogue at no cost. When a patron finds a patron-driven record in the course of research, a short-term loan can allow him to borrow the book, and the transaction charge to the library will be a small percentage of the list price. Typically, a library will automatically buy a book on a third or fourth use. The contributions in this volume, written by experts, describe the genesis and brief history of patron-driven acquisitions, its current status, and its promise"--Provided by publisher |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (vi, 205 pages) : color illustrations |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9783110253030 3110253038 9783112190951 3112190955 |