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Implementing and assessing use-driven acquisitions :



xv, 160 p. : illustrations ; 28 cm. - (Practical guides for librarians ; no 23.) Content notes : 1. Use-driven acquisition project management --
2. Collections and budget strategies --
3. Working with vendors and content providers --
4. Demand-driven acquisitions (DDA) --
5. Evidence-based acquisitions (EBA) --
6. Shared and consortial plans --
7. Patron-driven acquisition of print materials / by Trey Shelton --
8. Interlibrary loan- purchase on demand (PoD) --
9. Streaming video / by Trey Shelton --
10. PDA in public and special libraries --
11. Assessment of UDA plans --
12. Future directions --
Appendix 1. UDA library survey --
Appendix 2. PDA public library survey --
Glossary --
Index --
About the authors and contributor. Gallagher, Erin,Shelton, Trey,

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