[This is even "stretchier". --ELM]
Patron-driven acquisitions is a trend in Library Land where library collections are increased in size through any number of automated means -- usually monitored online use of materials. There is some programming logic being used here, and therefore the following announcement of a symposium may be of interest so some on this list:
The Hesburgh Libraries at the University of Notre Dame is
sponsoring a symposium on the topic of patron-driven
acquisitions:
* Who - Anybody and everybody is invited
* What - A symposium
* When - Monday, May 21, 2012 from 9 o'clock
to 1 o'clock, then lunch (included), and
then informal roundtable discussions
* Where - Hesburgh Library Auditorium, University
of Notre Dame
* Cost - free
Titles of presentations and presenters include:
* Acquisitions and User Services: responsive and responsible
ways to build the collection (Lynn Wiley, University of
Illinois Urbana-Champagne)
* Demand Driven Acquisitions: University of Notre Dame
Experience (Fall 2011 – Spring 2012) (Laura A. Sill and Natasha
Lyandres, University of Notre Dame)
* Silent Partners in Collection Development: Patron-Driven
Acquisitions at Purdue (Judith M. Nixon, Robert S. Freeman, and
Suzanne M. Ward, Purdue University)
* The Long Tail of PDA (Dracine Hodges, Ohio State University)
After lunch and given enough interest, there will also be a
facilitation of roundtable discussions on the topic of the day.
To register, simply send your name to Eric Lease Morgan
<[log in to unmask]>, and you will be registered. Easy! For more
detail, see:
http://blogs.nd.edu/emorgan/2012/03/pda/
Everybody is welcome, and the more the merrier.
--
Eric "Really Stretching It" Morgan
University of Notre Dame
(574) 631-8604
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