Patron-driven acquisition
Have you ever gone to a store with your parents and wanted to buy a toy but weren't sure if you would like it? That's kind of like patron-driven acquisition, but for libraries.
You know how you go to the library and there are lots of books there, but you might not know which ones you want to read? Well, sometimes librarians used to have to guess which books people would like and buy them for the library. But now, with patron-driven acquisition, they let the people who will be reading the books decide which ones to buy.
So, libraries have a big list of books that people might be interested in (like a toy store with lots of toys), but they don't actually buy them yet. When someone goes to the library and searches for a book, if it's on that list, they can get it! The library will buy the book for them to borrow, and if other people also want to borrow that book, the library will keep it for everyone to use.
It's a great way to make sure that people are actually interested in the books the library buys, and it saves money because they're not buying books that no one wants to read. Plus, it helps libraries make sure they have the books that people actually want to borrow.
You know how you go to the library and there are lots of books there, but you might not know which ones you want to read? Well, sometimes librarians used to have to guess which books people would like and buy them for the library. But now, with patron-driven acquisition, they let the people who will be reading the books decide which ones to buy.
So, libraries have a big list of books that people might be interested in (like a toy store with lots of toys), but they don't actually buy them yet. When someone goes to the library and searches for a book, if it's on that list, they can get it! The library will buy the book for them to borrow, and if other people also want to borrow that book, the library will keep it for everyone to use.
It's a great way to make sure that people are actually interested in the books the library buys, and it saves money because they're not buying books that no one wants to read. Plus, it helps libraries make sure they have the books that people actually want to borrow.