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The Death of the Collection and the Necessity of Library-Publisher Collaboration: Young Librarians on the Future of Libraries

Applicants for a recent conference scholarship wrote essays that tended strongly to depict the traditional collection as dead and collaboration between librarians and publishers as essential to the library’s future. Do they herald a generational shift in mindset among librarians?

Quality and Relevance: A Matrix Model for Thinking about Scholarly Books and Libraries

Libraries do not have the luxury (or the mission) of selecting books solely based on their intrinsic quality. In order to do their work, the students and scholars served by the library need access to books that are highly relevant to their interests. How do the variables of quality and relevance interact with each other when it comes to library book purchasing?

What Patron-Driven Acquisition (PDA) Does and Doesn't Mean: An FAQ

Patron-driven acquisition — what does it mean? This FAQ deals with how PDA approaches books, journals, and libraries.

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Quality and Relevance: A Matrix Model for Thinking about Scholarly Books and Libraries

What Patron-Driven Acquisition (PDA) Does and Doesn't Mean: An FAQ

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