Interrogating Demand: Pathways Toward Purchase in Patron-Influenced E-Book Models; University of California-wide Demand-Driven Acquisitions—E-Book Hopes and Dreams Revisited

In January 2013, nine of the ten University of California campuses initiated a system-wide demand driven (DDA) e-book acquisitions pilot with ebrary as the e-book supplier and YBP as the DDA purchasing management system. The only campus that declined to participate in the pilot program was the University of California San Francisco, our medical campus, due to their specific collection needs. In the areas of the arts, humanities, and social sciences, the pilot focused on making university press titles accessible for short-term loan (STL) and purchase. The attention on the chosen subject areas and the specific presses was by design.