Chefs Rick Anderson and Joe Esposito have been studying patron-driven acquisitions (PDA) from opposite sides. Rick, a librarian, has been working with PDA as a way to improve the collection strategy at his institution. Joe, a publishing consultant, has been speculating about the impact of PDA on publishers. You can see some of Rick’s comments here, here, and here. Joe’s posts on the subject can be found here and here. As some of the Kitchen posts on PDA have elicited a number of comments, this dialogue may yield a sequel or two.]
Joe Esposito: What has surprised me about discussions of PDA to date is how controversial these programs are among librarians. Some librarians apparently view PDA as something that will undermine the integrity of library collections, while others see it as a useful tool for lowering costs and providing materials that their patrons will actually use. Do you see a way to reconcile this argument?
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