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SHRINKING BUDGET, EXPANDING SELECTION: PATRON-DRIVEN ACQUISITION AT TRINITY INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY
Stephanie Fletcher, Trinity International University
Rolfing Library at TIU
Trinity International University Main campus: 700 undergraduates, 1000
graduates The College: 30+ majors Graduate School: 4 Master’s degrees Trinity Evangelical Divinity School (TEDS):
17 Master’s degrees, 4 doctoral degrees REACH adult undergraduate program
2012-2013: PDA program pilot 2013-2014: PDA program full launch
Expanding the E-book Collection Our objectives for the PDA program:
Serve on-campus and online students Offer “instant gratification” for certain titles Meet high standards of research collection
while reducing costs
Establishing a PDA Program
Benefits: Purchase e-books only when they are used Track patron usage Weed titles Purchase fewer duplicate copies Save money
Workflow in ebrary
Contribute certain amount to PDA account
Add selections to folder in Bookshelf Share list with Collection Management
Librarian Import requests into Working List Add requests to appropriate Profile Retrieve, edit, upload MARC records
Exploring the PDA Program
Start small, then expand Reorganize departmental budgets Explore administrative features Train liaisons and part-time staff Identify publishers and series to collect Make decisions about how much to
invest Transition to “just-in-time” mentality
Changes in Collection Development Invest money in advance of any
purchases Only titles that are actively used are
triggered and purchased Money not necessarily spent in current
fiscal year
Statistics: Total Investment
2012-2013 2013-20140%
5%
10%
15%
20%
25%
30%
10%
18%17%
27%
Percentage of book budget invested in PDAPercentage of book budget invested in ebrary (perpetual purchase and PDA)
Statistics: Departmental Investment
2012-2013 2013-20140%
5%
10%
15%
20%
25%
30%
35%
40%
45%
50%
Bible & TheologyPsychology & CounselingBioethicsPhilosophy
Statistics: Spending in 2013-2014
Bibl
e & T
heol
ogy
Psyc
holo
gy &
Cou
nsel
ing
Bioe
thics
Engl
ish
Educ
atio
n
Mus
ic
Philo
soph
y
Busine
ss0%
40%
80%
120%
Statistics: Triggered Titles
2012-2013 2013-20140
100
200
300
400
500
600
264
48722
107
PDA titles not triggeredPDA titles triggered
Statistics: Savings in Dollars
2012-2013 2013-2014 $-
$10,000.00
$20,000.00
$30,000.00
$40,000.00
$50,000.00
$60,000.00
$70,000.00
Value of triggered ti-tlesValue of titles ac-quired but not triggered
Statistics: Bible & Theology
2012-2013 2013-2014
Investment $1500 $7000
Triggered titles 3 51
Value of triggered titles
$422 $6322
Statistics: Bible & Theology
Titles triggered: 51
Pages viewed: 2778 Average number of pages viewed per title:
54.5 Page printed: 171 Chapters downloaded: 128
Usage sessions: 264 Average numbers of sessions per title: 5
Goals & Next Steps
Distribute more information to liaisons to support evaluation and selection processes Evaluate reports and share statistics
Advertise e-book collection and circulate survey Publicize e-books to raise awareness of
collection Investigate how patrons utilize e-books
Organize purchase orders, invoices, and reports Run monthly reports and share with liaisons
Conclusion
Patron-driven acquisition is a viable collection development strategy, and one that promises to serve our on-campus and off-campus patrons well, especially when Rolfing Library staff scrutinize reports and usage statistics in order to build a targeted, robust, and malleable e-book collection.
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