[Eril-l] funding for DDA/PDA

Tue Sep 22 12:14:48 PDT 2015

"...it takes the pressure of finding resources off of our liaisons..."

This raises an interesting professional philosophy issue. About half of our
librarians are very happy to have that pressure removed, and the other
half, mostly the older half, have expressed the concern that a core part of
their professional responsibility and expertise is being disrespected and
taken away from them.

You have to admit that the fact that we've jumped on patron-driven
selection the moment it became technologically and logistically feasible
does implicitly criticize the work the librarians have been doing for
literally decades, since we abandoned it as soon as we had another choice.

The conversation becomes even more difficult when trying to present them
with hard data, as I have done internally, that demonstrates that about
half of the books they selected never circulated at all. They get cornered
into making absurd arguments like "it doesn't matter if a book doesn't
circulate for 50 years, if I thought it was a good choice, it was a good
choice."

Melissa

On Tue, Sep 22, 2015 at 2:24 PM, Smith, Kelly <Kelly.Smith2 at eku.edu> wrote:

> Our philosophy is that if you really want to embrace DDA, you can no
> longer commit to allocating at the subject level. A few years ago, we
> stopped allocating for monographs and now only have one large monograph
> fund. We feared that we might over-spend or not collect in certain areas,
> but that has not been born out.
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> In addition to eBook DDA profile programs, we also use demand driven
> acquisitions for pretty much any resource that is requested via ILL. If
> requests fit our collecting guidelines, we purchase rather than borrow them.
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> This approach might not work at every library, but at our regional
> comprehensive university, it is a good solution for us. In addition to
> meeting the immediate needs of our students and faculty, it takes the
> pressure of finding resources off of our liaisons whose time is stretched
> thin and who are not necessarily specialists in their assigned subjects.
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> For now, we still assign subject fund codes to everything purchased for
> tracking purposes.
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> Kelly Smith
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> Coordinator of Collections and Discovery
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> Eastern Kentucky University Libraries
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> email kelly.smith2 at eku.edu | research guides
> <http://libguides.eku.edu/prf.php?account_id=300>
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> [image: EKU-Libraries-Logo---Maroon] <http://www.library.eku.edu/>
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> *From:* Eril-l [mailto:eril-l-bounces at lists.eril-l.org] *On Behalf Of *Melissa
> Belvadi
> *Sent:* Tuesday, September 22, 2015 12:20 PM
> *To:* Katy Ginanni <ksginanni at email.wcu.edu>
> *Cc:* eril-l at lists.eril-l.org
> *Subject:* Re: [Eril-l] funding for DDA/PDA
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> Our experience with DDA is that it actually spends far less than everyone
> fears. So we consider DDA purchases as if the liaisons had firm-ordered
> them for budget line purposes.  We haven't come anywhere close to the
> scenario you describe.  If you have to worry about  patrons buying worse
> choices of books than your liaisons want to select, your DDA profiles are
> probably too broad.
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>
> Melissa Belvadi, UPEI
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> On Tue, Sep 22, 2015 at 11:30 AM, Katy Ginanni <ksginanni at email.wcu.edu>
> wrote:
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> Hi folks,
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> {Apologies for duplication. I’ll post this to several ists.}
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> I wonder if anyone out there has come up with some magical scheme or
> prediction or formula for how to allocate subject or program-based funds to
> pay for DDA/PDA purchases?
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> When we started our DDA program, we limited the profile to subjects that
> would support our distance and/or online programs. We paid for all
> purchases from one fund. Now we are thinking of expanding the DDA plan to
> cover all programs, and we’re wondering how to allocate money from the
> subject/program-based funds. For print books, we’ve been experimenting with
> an allocation formula that includes several criteria or factors (student
> credit hours per department, # faculty per department, etc.). But we’re
> struggling with how to factor in ebooks. How can we predict what we might
> spend on ebooks and what we should put aside for print books? For example:
> Let’s say the history department gets $15,000 to spend. Halfway into the
> year, DDA books have eaten all of that allocation but the liaison still has
> print books she wants to buy.
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> Our usage of ebooks – among all purchases, not just the DDA-initiated ones
> – is spread across many disciplines. That’s why we are thinking about
> putting additional subject areas in our DDA profile.
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> Thanks in advance for any insight you can provide.
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> Katy G.
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> Katy Ginanni, Acquisitions Librarian & Asst Professor
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> Hunter Library
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> Western Carolina University
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> 176 Central Drive
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> Cullowhee, NC 28723
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> ksginanni at email.wcu.edu
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> 828-227-3729 office
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> library.wcu.edu
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> Melissa Belvadi
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> Collections Librarian
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> University of Prince Edward Island
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> mbelvadi at upei.ca 902-566-0581
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Melissa Belvadi
Collections Librarian
University of Prince Edward Island
mbelvadi at upei.ca 902-566-0581
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