Re: PDA expense tracking

From: <acqnet-l_at_lists.ibiblio.org>
Date: Thu, 11 Jul 2013 13:55:24 -0400
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We charge triggered purchases and short-term loans to a single fund.  We
have also charged all print approval books to a single fund for ages, so we
felt like they were similar in nature.
Lauren
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Lauren Corbett
Director of Resource Services, Z. Smith Reynolds Library
Wake Forest University
336-758-6136


On Wed, Jul 10, 2013 at 2:29 PM, <acqnet-l_at_lists.ibiblio.org> wrote:

> Hi,****
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> We (UMass Amherst ) are wondering how others are tracking ebrary or EBL
> Patron Driven Acquisitions (PDA) expenses.  We’ve recently set up a deposit
> account with ebrary (via YBP) for a PDA account.  So far we’ve not had any
> short term loan or purchase activity, but when we do we expect to take
> advantage of ebrary’s reporting mechanisms.  Locally we’ve not yet set up
> specific budgets reflecting the PDA accounting and we’re wondering if we
> might want to. We used a catch-all fund called “one-time money” to prime
> the deposit.  ****
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> Anyway, if there are others in Acqnet-l land doing a PDA program, I’d be
> interested in how you’re tracking expenses and how you’re reporting such to
> your administration and to the folks who do selection and collection
> development.  Thanks.****
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> ~Scott ****
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> Scott Stangroom****
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