<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small">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.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small">Melissa Belvadi, UPEI</div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Sep 22, 2015 at 11:30 AM, Katy Ginanni <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:ksginanni@email.wcu.edu" target="_blank">ksginanni@email.wcu.edu</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
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<p class="MsoNormal">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?<u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">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. <u></u>
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<p class="MsoNormal">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.<u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Thanks in advance for any insight you can provide.<u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Katy G.<u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Constantia",serif">Katy Ginanni, Acquisitions Librarian & Asst Professor<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Constantia",serif">Hunter Library<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Constantia",serif">Western Carolina University<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Constantia",serif"><a href="mailto:ksginanni@email.wcu.edu" target="_blank">ksginanni@email.wcu.edu</a><u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Constantia",serif"><a href="tel:828-227-3729" value="+18282273729" target="_blank">828-227-3729</a> office<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Constantia",serif"><a href="http://library.wcu.edu" target="_blank">library.wcu.edu</a><u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<br></blockquote></div><br><br clear="all"><div><br></div>-- <br><div class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div>Melissa Belvadi</div><div>Collections Librarian</div><div>University of Prince Edward Island</div><div><a href="mailto:mbelvadi@upei.ca" target="_blank">mbelvadi@upei.ca</a> 902-566-0581</div><div><br></div><div><br></div></div></div>
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