If Rumors Were Horses
Katina Strauch · Against the grain · 2011
A re you tired of hearing about patrondriven acquisitions yet?PDA and DDA (demand-driven acquisitions) seem to turn up everywhere these days -in conference sessions, vendor visits, and library literature.You're thinking, how much more can there be to say? You've heard so many librarians talk about their institution's great success with PDA or their abysmal failure.What's the big picture?Well, take a look at this Against the Grain issue.It's not your mother's PDA.We're kicking it off with Bob Johnson and his discussion of the basics of the patrondriven model.He will give you newbies an idea of what matters when considering a patron-driven plan and what to watch out for.Jason Price, on the other hand, isn't sold on PDA yet.In his article, he proposes a new model for patron-driven plans that would free the content from restrictive digital rights management (DRM).It may take a superhero