FISTER ON PDA: 'THE LIBRARY IS NOT A MALL'

摘要

Patron-driven acquisition (PDA) was a hot topic at the recent Charleston Conference, and has been for the past few years. In a recent Peer to Peer Review column for LJ Academic Newswire, Barbara Fister weighed in on patron-driven ebook acquisitions for academic libraries, which she thinks is "a terrible idea": "In recent months I have talked to librarians who are evangelist: for letting patrons spend our acquisitions budget based on how many clicks a particular title gets in a shoDDing mall of ebooks.