1. SHRINKING BUDGET, EXPANDING SELECTION: PATRON-DRIVEN ACQUISITION AT TRINITY INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY Stephanie Fletcher, Trinity International University

2. Rolfing Library at TIU  Trinity International University  Main campus: 700 undergraduates, 1000 graduates  The College: 30+ majors  Graduate School: 4 Master’s degrees  Trinity Evangelical Divinity School (TEDS): 17 Master’s degrees, 4 doctoral degrees  REACH adult undergraduate program  2012-2013: PDA program pilot  2013-2014: PDA program full launch

3. Expanding the E-book Collection  Our objectives for the PDA program:  Serve on-campus and online students  Offer “instant gratification” for certain titles  Meet high standards of research collection while reducing costs

4. Establishing a PDA Program  Benefits:  Purchase e-books only when they are used  Track patron usage  Weed titles  Purchase fewer duplicate copies  Save money

5. Exploring ebrary  Features:  Academic titles  Active reading  Potential for greater purchasing power

6. Workflow in ebrary  Contribute certain amount to PDA account  Add selections to folder in Bookshelf  Share list with Collection Management Librarian  Import requests into Working List  Add requests to appropriate Profile  Retrieve, edit, upload MARC records

7. ebrary: Bookshelf

8. ebrary: Profiles & Fund Codes

9. ebrary: Bible & Theology Profile

10. Exploring the PDA Program  Start small, then expand  Reorganize departmental budgets  Explore administrative features  Train liaisons and part-time staff  Identify publishers and series to collect  Make decisions about how much to invest  Transition to “just-in-time” mentality

11. Changes in Collection Development  Invest money in advance of any purchases  Only titles that are actively used are triggered and purchased  Money not necessarily spent in current fiscal year

12. Statistics: Total Investment

13. Statistics: Departmental Investment

14. Statistics: Spending in 2013-2014

15. Statistics: Triggered Titles

16. Statistics: Savings in Dollars

17. Statistics: Bible & Theology 2012-20132013-2014 Investment$1500$7000 Triggered titles351 Value of triggered titles$422$6322

18. Statistics: Bible & Theology  Titles triggered: 51  Pages viewed: 2778  Average number of pages viewed per title: 54.5  Page printed: 171  Chapters downloaded: 128  Usage sessions: 264  Average numbers of sessions per title: 5

19. Goals & Next Steps  Distribute more information to liaisons to support evaluation and selection processes  Evaluate reports and share statistics  Advertise e-book collection and circulate survey  Publicize e-books to raise awareness of collection  Investigate how patrons utilize e-books  Organize purchase orders, invoices, and reports  Run monthly reports and share with liaisons

20. Conclusion Patron-driven acquisition is a viable collection development strategy, and one that promises to serve our on- campus and off-campus patrons well, especially when Rolfing Library staff scrutinize reports and usage statistics in order to build a targeted, robust, and malleable e-book collection.

21. Comments? Questions? Ideas?