Demand driven acquisitions:the hegemony of the

canon interrupted

Jane SchmidtHead, Collection Services | Ryerson University Library and Archives

ACRL 2015 | Portland, OR

BOOKS ARE FOR USE SAVE THE TIME OF THE USER

TechCrunch Disrupt NYC 2011. Scott Beale. CC BY-NC-ND 2.0 https://flic.kr/p/9Lgibj

The user can be trusted.

DDA programs are not one size fits all.

DDA can help collections librarians refocus their attention – if we let it.

THE USER IS NOT BROKEN

It didn’t break… Joe Plocki. CC BY-NC 2.0 https://flic.kr/p/2Tebjt

Learning should take place when it is needed, when the learner is

interested, not according to some arbitrary fixed schedule.

Donald Norman, Emotional Design: Why We Love (or hate) Everyday Things

neon :: used book. Don Shall. CC BY-NC-ND 2.0 https://flic.kr/p/6YEcwE

EVERY BOOK ITS READEREVERY READER HER/HIS BOOK

Sweet Selection. Steve Smith. CC BY-NC 2.0 https://flic.kr/p/3HjsHw

THE LIBRARIAN

IS STILL

SELECTING

© Jorge Royan / http://www.royan.com.ar / CC-BY-SA-3.0

THEY JUST AREN’T BUYING

Tool Chest. Peter. CC BY 2.0 https://flic.kr/p/fyLQzJ

HEGEMONY OF THE CANON

Biblioteca Vienna – Prunksaal. Giuliaduepuntozero CC BY-ND 2.0 https://flic.kr/p/wQziD

La biblioteca di babele (out). Emiliano. CC BY-NC-SA 2.0 https://flic.kr/p/3f4xmN

Hartísimo de fotos ya. Gabri Solera. CC BY-NC-ND 2.0 https://flic.kr/p/ccqzNb

L1020305. Amy Goodman.CC BY-NC 2.0 https://flic.kr/p/71r5pX

The Package. Daniel Go. CC BY-NC 2.0. https://flic.kr/p/oFCmcn

Broken piggy bank. 401K (2012). CC BY-SA 2.0 https://flic.kr/p/bmm9MT

Evidence. Bill Salak. CC BY-ND 2.0. https://flic.kr/p/5GM8un

EVIDENCE BASED

ACQUISITIONS

THE LIBRARY IS A GROWING ORGANISM

Michal Janček. Archives (Stein brewery). CC By-NC-ND 2.0 https://flic.kr/p/eeXET5

FROM

THIS…

Students Use Special Collections. Z. Smith Reynolds Library. CC BY-NC-SA 2.0 https://flic.kr/p/bVFe1u

TO

THIS.

THANKS!

Jane Schmidtjschmidt@ryerson.ca

@janeschmidt