1. Crowdfunding and Collection Development: Opportunities for Academic Libraries in Kickstarter
Jesús Alonso-Regalado
University at Albany, SUNY
SALALM LX, Princeton University
June 15, 2015

4. Should libraries support crowdfunding projects for collection development purposes?

5. Supporting crowdfunding projects for collection development purposes
Explore crowdfunding projects in platforms such as Kickstarter, indiegogo, USEED…
Use the same collection development criteria and policies you apply for acquiring any library materials.
Crowdfunding might be the only way to acquire these hard-to-find or not available for purchase items.
Any library with large or small budgets can afford this.
Issues with the way funds are managed/structured and limitations with methods of payment.

6. How crowdfunding projects could enrich collections?

7. And they needed 35,000

9. And they needed 35,000

12. Could notparticipate. LA CIUDAD  tells four stories about the lives of newly uprooted Latin American immigrants in New York City:
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