The vendor, Taylor & Francis Online, is currently offering free access to this article: Analysis of Print Purchase on Demand Titles Ordered via Interlibrary Loan: A Collection Development Perspective – Collection Management, Volume 41, Issue 2, 2016 DOI: 10.1080/01462679.2016.1174653 Carol Kochan & Jennifer Duncan pages 51-65.

“This article examines data from five years of titles ordered as part of an academic research library’s purchase on demand program (POD-ILL) for print titles originally requested through interlibrary loan. The study evaluates a variety of factors: patron departments, campus location, and status; the subject areas of the books acquired; cost; and publishers. Assessment of POD-ILL data may assist a collection management librarian to determine the value of having patrons contribute to collection development decisions. In addition, subject librarians can use the data to evaluate approval and demand-driven acquisition profiles….It goes without saying that patron-driven acquisition (PDA) has been all the rage in academic library acquisitions for the past several years. The PDA model is now commonly accepted as a key component of a library’s comprehensive collection development strategy. Utah State University (USU) was not an early adopter of an aggressive PDA model; however, in 2009, the USU Library saw an opportunity to experiment with patron-driven requests for book orders placed through the Interlibrary Loan Services Office (ILL). When designing the new program, USU initially based its model on services developed and described by librarians at Purdue University (Ward 2002). By immediately acquiring certain titles patrons had made the effort to request through ILL, the library would identify recent books related to current research, scholarship, and teaching interests. The USU Library called the service developed Purchase on Demand via Interlibrary Loan, or POD-ILL…”