Shared Patron-Driven Acquisition Within a Consortium: The OCUL PDA Pilot

 Peterman, Rhian 

Davis, K., Jin, L., Neely, C., & Rykse, H. (2012). Shared Patron-Driven Acquisition Within a Consortium: The OCUL PDA Pilot. Serials Review, 38(3), 183–187. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.serrev.2012.08.002

This article provides a case study for the implementation of patron-driven acquisitions as a collection development and management strategy. The article outlines the successes and challenges of PDA. Additionally, the authors look at the institutional and consortial level implications this acquisition strategy has by providing a detailed review of the participating libraries’ implementation strategies as well as key takeaways. 

    This is an important article to contextualize the PDA methodology. However, the implementation methods do not seem like they were comprehensively reviewed regarding interoperable software or hardware requirements (though the authors do go into detail regarding this issue). Future analysis regarding the elimination of isolated collections in favor of building a larger single collection would be an interesting potential solution.