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Übersicht

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Verlag	:	De Gruyter Saur
Buchreihe	:	Current Topics in Library and Information Practice
Sprache	:	Englisch
Erschienen	:	17. 10. 2011
Seiten	:	215
Einband	:	Gebunden
Höhe	:	230 mm
Breite	:	155 mm
Gewicht	:	448 g
ISBN	:	9783110253016
Sprache	:	Englisch
Altersempfehlung	:	17-17

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Autorinformation

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David A. Swords, New Hampshire/USA, Vice President of Sales and Marketing for eBook Library, a major innovator in technology for patron-driven acquisitions

Produktinformation

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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.

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