The National Information Standards Organization (NISO) is seeking
comments on the draft recommended practice Demand-Driven Acquisition of
Monographs (NISO RP‑20‑201x). Launched in June 2012, the NISO Demand
Driven Acquisition (DDA) Working Group was charged with developing a
flexible model for DDA (also referred to as patron-driven acquisition)
that works for publishers, vendors, aggregators, and libraries. The
draft Recommended Practice discusses and makes recommendations about key
aspects of DDA, goals and objectives of a DDA program, choosing
parameters of the program, profiling options, managing MARC records for
DDA, removing materials from the consideration pool, assessment of the
program, providing long-term access to un-owned content, consortial
considerations for DDA, and public library DDA.
“Libraries have embraced DDA because it has the potential to rebalance
the collection away from possible use toward immediate need,” stated
Michael Levine-Clark, Associate Dean for Scholarly Communication and
Collections Services at University of Denver Libraries and NISO DDA
Working Group Co-chair. “It is important that, regardless of the model
used, the program be sustainable for publishers, vendors, and libraries,
that there is some free discovery without triggering purchase, and that
discovery is integrated in some way with other tools in use by the
library. This Recommended Practice addresses all those issues and more.”
“The guidelines in this draft Recommended Practice will allow libraries
to develop DDA plans for both electronic and print books that meet
differing local collecting and budgetary needs while also allowing
consortial participation and cross-aggregator implementation,” explained
Barbara Kawecki, Director of Sales, Western U.S. at YBP Library Services
and NISO DDA Working Group Co-chair. “Although DDA has been adopted
primarily by academic libraries, greater interest in and use of DDA by
public libraries is expected in the future and these recommendations
should work equally well for them.”
“The DDA Working Group conducted focus groups and surveyed a wide
variety of existing users of DDA prior to developing their
recommendations,” said Nettie Lagace, NISO Associate Director for
Programs. “We are interested in feedback on this draft Recommended
Practice from organizations already involved with DDA as well as those
just getting started or considering a DDA program. This feedback will be
used to make any needed revisions to the document before final
publication of the recommendations.”
The draft recommended practice is open for public comment through April
24, 2014. To download the draft or submit online comments, visit the
Demand-Driven Acquisition Working Group webpage at:
www.niso.org/workrooms/dda/
Cynthia Hodgson
Technical Editor / Consultant
National Information Standards Organization
chodgson_at_niso.org
301-654-2512
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