[Eril-l] FW: [EXTERNAL] request for examples of libraries almost entirely non-firm ordering, print and e

[Steve Oberg]

This is a good discussion and I just wanted to briefly point out that our library has deliberately chosen _not_ to go in this direction. I realize this is contrary to what Melissa originally asked about. We looked carefully at ebook DDA a few years ago, along with considering how we’d like to handle ebooks vs. print books overall, and concluded that ebook DDA was not well suited to our environment and/or philosophies for collections and user access. So aside from purchasing an occasional large ebook set (think Springer Nature, e.g.), most of our ebooks are individually selected, and we have specific criteria in our collection development policy for when ebooks are preferred rather than print. Put another way, we still prefer print over e in the main for monographs. Our subject librarians make most selections with a few minor exceptions.

The opposite is true for journals, where we prefer e subscriptions and have a big pay-per-view initiative for journal articles that’s going into its sixth year. In addition, we have had a successful print DDA program for a few years now.

Steve

Steve Oberg
Assistant Professor of Library Science
Group Leader for Resource Description and Digital Initiatives
Wheaton College (IL)
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