Discovering Hidden Needs: How DDA Can Revolutionize

Monograph Collection DevelopmentVendor Perspective

Meg EcclestoneCollections Development Librarian, Eastern Canada

YBP Library Services

DDA Workflow: YBP-mediated

YBP Profiling Instructions

Trigger

Aggregator’s discovery records

LoadedLibrary’s Catalogue

Accessed

eBook purchase initiated

YBP delivers

Catalogue records and invoicing

YBP Profiling Instructions

• Based on YBP’s long-established approval plan methodology• Allows for a variety of subject- and non-subject parameter

instructions. E.g.:

Aggregator’s discovery records

• Titles available for DDA and meeting the library’s DDA plan parameters are loaded into the ILS as discovery records

• Important considerations for libraries:o Discoverability of these records?o Procedure for culling of unused records?

eBook purchase initiated

• Usage triggers purchase• STLs and eBooks invoiced separately• Catalogue records and invoicing conform to library’s technical

specifications• The full record replaces the discovery record

Manual DDA

• Can be used in conjunction with a DDA plan, or on it’s own

DDA: Future Directions

• Blended print and eBook DDA• Possibilities for consortial arrangements• Combined eBook platforms: ebrary and EBL [coming soon]• EBSCOHost DDA [coming soon]