title: Patron Driven Acquisitions: Or I Wish I Knew Then...
creator: Avery, Beth
creator: Harker, Karen
contributor: International Association of Aquatic and Marine Science Libraries
 and Information Centers
date: 2012-08
language: English
description: This paper accompanies a poster presentation on patron driven
 acquisitions. The ups and downs of initiating and assessing a patron
 acquisitions program at the University of North Texas (UNT) will be
 highlighted. Emphasis will be placed on changing the philosophy of collection
 development, how to start the program (through a jobber or direct),
 coordinating print and electronic acquisitions processes, and assessing the
 first year's purchases.
subject: acquisitions
subject: collection development
subject: publishers
subject: vendors
subject: academic libraries
source: Thirty-Eighth IAMSLIC Annual Conference, 2012, Anchorage, Alaska, United
 States
relation: Patron Driven Acquisitions: Or I Wish I Knew Then,
 ark:/67531/metadc130196
rights: Public
type: Paper
format: 9 p.
format: Text
identifier: http://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc130195/
identifier: ark: ark:/67531/metadc130195