This book explores many libraries' innovative programs that are aimed at building collections based on patron requests and demonstrates that, in general, the material is subsequently used more heavily than librarian-selected titles.

1. Patron-Driven Acquisitions: An Introduction and Literature Review ACQUIRING PRINT BOOKS THROUGH INTERLIBRARY LOAN REQUESTS 2. Liberal Arts Books on Demand: A Decade of Patron-Driven Collection Development, Part 1 3. Science and Technology Books on Demand: A Decade of Patron-Driven Collection Development, Part 2 4. A Study of Circulation Statistics of Books on Demand: A Decade of Patron-Driven Collection Development, Part 3 5. Just How Right Are the Customers? An Analysis of the Relative Performance of Patron-Initiated Interlibrary Loan Monograph Purchases 6. Own Not Loan: Different Request Sources for Purchase Lists 7. Just Passing Through: Patron-Initiated Collection Development in Northwest Academic Libraries ACQUIRING PATRON-SELECTED E-BOOKS 8. Resolving the Challenge of E-Books 9. Developing a Multiformat Demand-Driven Acquisition Model 10. Patron-Initiated Collection Development: Progress of a Paradigm Shift INNOVATIVE SERVICES/NEW DIRECTIONS 11. Point-of-Need Collection Development: The Getting It System Toolkit (GIST) and a New System for Acquisitions and Interlibrary Loan Integrated Workflow and Collection Development 12. Want Buy-In? Let Your Students Do the Buying! A Case Study of Course-Integrated Collection Development 13. User-Driven Acquisitions: Allowing Patron Requests to Drive Collection Development in an Academic Library 14. Some Thoughts on Opportunities for Collection Development Librarians