[Eril-l] funding for DDA/PDA

Tue Sep 22 10:59:36 PDT 2015

Our DDA experience at the University of Alaska Fairbanks has been similar
to Kelly's, in that we don't allocate by subject; it's just one big fund,
and we have found that use is pretty evenly spread over the disciplines.
It's easy to pull stats from the online vendors, and sort by LC class, so
getting subject information is easy to do after the fact, rather than
through pre-set allocations.

After seeing the success of our ebook DDA  program, and now watching
publishers pull their materials out or raise prices so that the program is
no longer viable for those publishers, I am disappointed to be going back
to more liaison selection and purchases. Every dime spent in DDA was money
well spent, which I can't honestly say is true for liaisons' choices.  I
would definitely favor patrons over librarians when it comes to choosing
books or ebooks, but DDA was far more efficient than simply gathering
suggestions by any method.

Karen Jensen
Collection Development Officer
Rasmuson Library
University of Alaska Fairbanks
907-474-6695
kljensen at alaska.edu

On Tue, Sep 22, 2015 at 9:24 AM, 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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> *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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