Collection and Curation: Volume 39 Issue 2

Competing eBook acquisition models: which model best serves a community college library?

Michael LaMagna, Erica Swenson Danowitz, Andrea Rodgers

Academic libraries continue to invest in eBooks to ensure access to content in various formats. This paper aims to examine eBook acquisition models, including patron-driven…

Archives in the stacks: documentary editions in collections

Robert B. Riter

This paper aims to investigate the role of documentary editions in supporting the development of historical collections in libraries, their function as evidential and…

Evaluating PDA using financial analysis for streaming videos: a case study at a US academic library

Kerry A. Falloon

The purpose of this study is to evaluate the pre and post success of patron-driven acquisition (PDA) streaming video projects using financial analysis, thus comparing PDA as a…

Considerations for collecting Japanese anime for academic libraries

Glenn Masuchika

Too often, academic library selectors of DVDs purchase Japanese animation (anime) for their popularity without any further concern of their important contributions to the combined…