Give Up Book-by-Book Collecting David W. Lewis, dean of the Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI) University Library predicts that by 2020, all library based content delivery will become digital with few print on demand and open stacks will be packed into a few centralized print depositories for preservation and loans. The transformation in collection development will result in reducing print collections of material available digitally and shift to an item-by-item book selection model to patron driven acquisitions and subscriptions.To stay robust and relevant, academic libraries may need to abandon hands-on collection development and big deal subscription packages in favor of patron-driven acquisitions (PDA), open access, and curation of campus specialties. Source: College and Research Libraries (preprint) http://crl.acrl.org/content/early/2012/01/09/crl-309.full.pdf+html Dr. J. K. VIJAYAKUMAR, Member: http://www.ifla.org/en/acquisition-collection-development/standing-committee ________________________________ -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.