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Patron-driven Acquisition

Why Not to Do It and Why I Do It

Anyway

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Objection #1

Patrons don’t know what they need

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Objection #2

PDA undermines the collection’s coherence

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Objection #3

You can’t control your spending with PDA

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Objection #4

Not everything needed is available via PDA

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Objection #5

PDA doesn’t necessarily save money

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Objection #6

PDA is bad for publishers

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Objection #7

PDA is bad for librarians

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Discuss!

Rick Anderson

rick.anderson@utah.edu