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PATRON DRIVEN ACQUISITIONEdge Hill University Pilot 2012-13
Collaborative Partnerships EventEdge Hill University20th June 2013
Patron Driven Acquisition
"a model of purchasing in which the librarians set the parameters of purchase and the patron pulls the trigger."
(Ken Chad, 2011)
PDA trends in the UK All major suppliers in the UK market now offering PDA
– Dawson, Ingram, EBL, ebrary, Ebsco Suppliers offering increasingly flexible models – loan,
purchase or combination models in response to the high demands PDA can place on budgets
Contrast with some publishers becoming increasingly protective of e-book licenses with higher prices & more restrictive licenses
Majority of UK universities have now tried PDA in one form or another
Some universities now reporting PDA as an every day part of the acquisitions landscape
Why did we want to pilot PDA? To promote ebooks. To increase availability and range. To improve the student experience and
increase satisfaction.
PDA at Edge Hill Pilot 2012/13 Strict limit on budget, split into two
phases of £6600 and £12,000 Targeted the PDA spend on areas with
low NSS scores or priority areas Purchase model Soft launch
How it worked 12,000 e-book titles added to catalogue
in September 2012 & January 2013 Tried & tested supplier platform -
DawsonEra Funds paid into supplier account PDA purchases offset against the
account until the money ran out! Non-purchased titles suppressed on
catalogue between pilot phases
The student experience 12,000 PDA titles discoverable through
our OPAC & discovery tool Users initially offered 5 minute preview
of e-book Purchase triggered if user opted to
continue reading beyond the 5 minute preview OR if a 2nd preview took place (amended to 3rd preview in Jan 2013)
Seamless for the user
What happened! 226 PDA titles purchased Sept funds spent in 19 days / Jan funds
spent in 14 days! 60 of the titles were already stocked in
print 38 of these were on reading lists and
the print copies show heavy usage – PDA helped to satisfy high demand
Purchase Triggers
Continue Reading (on 1st Preview)
71%
Con-tinue Read-
ing (on 2nd Pre-view)27%
3rd preview trigger2%
Continue Reading (on 1st Preview)
Continue Reading (on 2nd Preview)
3rd preview trigger
Usage – Key statistics* PDA titles have been used 5303 times Most popular title is Research Methods
in Physical Education & Sport (366 accesses)
53% of PDA titles have been used more than 10 times in the first year
Only 9 titles were purchased and only used once
* to 31st May 2013
What next? Continue to monitor usage – are PDA titles
better used than ebooks selected by librarians/academics?
Planning for 2013/14 PDA with increased budget
Modify parameters & purchase triggers for 2013/14
Rental models? Continue to monitor the PDA experiences of
other universities
