Books on Demand: A New(er) Look for Print Monographs Acquisitions

In May 2015, the Zach S. Henderson Library at Georgia Southern University made the bold decision to move away from the long-established practice of acquiring monographs through a vendor book approval plan and move to a demand-driven acquisitions model. The library dean described this plan as moving from a “just in case” model of acquiring books to a “just in time” plan. The change in monographic acquisitions was described to the faculty as a modification of the approval plan; books would be selected and approved in advance. Rather than acquiring books through an approval plan with the option of retaining