Patron-Driven Acquisition and Circulation at an Academic Library: Interaction Effects and Circulation Performance of Print Books Acquired via Librarians’ Orders, Approval Plans, and Patrons’ Interlibrary Loan Requests

Authors

David C. Tyler, University of Nebraska - LincolnFollow
Christina D. Falci, University of Nebraska-LincolnFollow
Joyce C. Melvin, University of Nebraska-LincolnFollow
MaryLou Epp, University of Nebraska-LincolnFollow
Anita M. Kreps, University of Nebraska-LincolnFollow

ORCID IDs

David C. Tyler

Date of this Version

2013

Citation

Collection Management 38 (2013), pp. 3-32; doi: 10.1080/01462679.2012.730494

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Abstract

Numerous publications on patron-driven acquisition (PDA) for print books and similar materials have reported that patron-requested materials circulate more. Tying circulation to selector may be failing to address the complex of factors that contributes to items’ circulation. In the present study, the authors revisit a PDA program’s data and to determine whether PDA print books’ circulation advantage persists when the potential interactions of several additional variables are taken into account. As with prior studies, library patrons were significantly better predictors of circulation than were librarians or approval plans. However, librarians proved to be significantly better predictors than were approval plans.