When UNC implemented a Demand-Driven Acquisitions (DDA) e-books program with EBL via YBP, it was considered an integral part of the acquisitions program for providing reads with needed books. Consequently, UNC did not establish a separate allocation for the its DDA. Rather, it was committed to pulling required funding from the YBP approval accounts as needed on the assumption that the DDA would better align collections program with active instructional and research needs than approval plan profiles and subject librarians’ speculative purchases.
As for funding, UNC would pull funds for both the short-term loan and purchase charges from relevant YBP approval accounts based on LC classifications. Moreover, because UNC’s DDA is campus-wide and includes all relevant subjects, the separately administered/funded health sciences and law libraries would pay for charges in the R and K class respectively.
Finally, what makes this simple funding solution for the DDA work is that the UNC University Library does not budget for collections by specific subjects except for a few special exceptions that account for only a small portion of the budget and does not believe in allocation formulae. The principles underlying the UNC collections funding approach are as follows:
* • Existence of a campus academic program mandates library support
* • Financial wherewithal conditions how well the library can support the academic programs
* • Size and cost of the relevant publishing universe constitutes the fundamental determinants of the absolute expenditures on a program
* • Nature of a program—B.A./B.S., masters, doctoral—constitutes the fundamental determinant of the relative level of support
* • Documented need/use is considered when appropriate and if acceptable data is available
* • Within the above context, the University Library aims for equity/fairness in collections budgeting insofar as possible/practical and is committed to adjusting collections budgets to reflect changes in publishing universes, academic programs, and faculty/student needs
Luke Swindler
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Luke Swindler Collections Management Officer
Davis Library CB #3918 luke_swindler_at_unc.edu<mailto:luke_swindler_at_unc.edu>
University of North Carolina TEL (919-962-1095)
Chapel Hill, NC 27514 USA FAX (919-962-4450)
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On Sep 22, 2015, at 10:25 AM, Katy Ginanni <ksginanni_at_email.wcu.edu<mailto:ksginanni_at_email.wcu.edu>> wrote:
Hi folks,
{Apologies for duplication. I’ll post this to several ists.}
I wonder if anyone out there has come up with some magical scheme or prediction or formula for how to allocate subject or program-based funds to pay for DDA/PDA purchases?
When we started our DDA program, we limited the profile to subjects that would support our distance and/or online programs. We paid for all purchases from one fund. Now we are thinking of expanding the DDA plan to cover all programs, and we’re wondering how to allocate money from the subject/program-based funds. For print books, we’ve been experimenting with an allocation formula that includes several criteria or factors (student credit hours per department, # faculty per department, etc.). But we’re struggling with how to factor in ebooks. How can we predict what we might spend on ebooks and what we should put aside for print books? For example: Let’s say the history department gets $15,000 to spend. Halfway into the year, DDA books have eaten all of that allocation but the liaison still has print books she wants to buy.
Our usage of ebooks – among all purchases, not just the DDA-initiated ones – is spread across many disciplines. That’s why we are thinking about putting additional subject areas in our DDA profile.
Thanks in advance for any insight you can provide.
Katy G.
Katy Ginanni, Acquisitions Librarian & Asst Professor
Hunter Library
Western Carolina University
176 Central Drive
Cullowhee, NC 28723
ksginanni_at_email.wcu.edu<mailto:ksginanni_at_email.wcu.edu>
828-227-3729 office
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