The Digital Shelf Publishing & Library Forum: Hacking the Holds List: How Library Market Makers Can Incentivize Fair Licensing Through Strategic Holds Ratios
Webinar Description
How Library Market Makers Can Incentivize Fair Licensing Through Strategic Holds Ratios
In an era of rising costs and restrictive licensing, libraries must move beyond being passive consumers of digital content. Your collection budget is more than just a line item-it is a powerful tool for advocacy and influence.
This webinar explores how libraries can leverage "the power of the purse" to reshape the digital lending landscape. Leading selectors will dive into tactical collection development strategies that maximize patron access to titles with limited collection budgets and reward the publishers who support that access with fair-minded terms. Attendees will learn how to implement differential holds ratios that prioritize fair and reasonable license terms and how to align purchasing power with the long-term sustainability of library ecosystems.
Publishers, join us to learn how library leaders are buying books; librarians, join us and take the first step toward transforming your procurement process into a proactive tool to promote library access and digital equity. Free continuing education credit is available to librarian attendees.
Learning Outcomes
- Execute Strategic Resource Allocation: Apply "power of the purse" principles to maximize access and visibility for publishers and authors who offer fair pricing and sustainable library licensing terms.
- Optimize Access through Differential Holds: Design and implement variable holds-to-copy ratios that reward favorable license models, ensuring a higher return on investment for library-friendly digital content.
- Advocate for Market Equity: Understand various ways to communicate these collection development policies so they can join the library in advocating for more equitable digital lending standards for libraries.
Intended Audience
Librarians and publishers
Please join us May 7 at 1:00 PM EDT for another free Digital Shelf webinar – Hacking the Holds List: How Library Market Makers Can Incentivize Fair Licensing Through Strategic Holds Ratios. Hear how leading librarians at Case Memorial Library, Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh, Columbus Metropolitan Library, Whatcom County Library System, and Sno-Isle Libraries are rewarding publishers who offer reasonable acquisition options and optimizing their collections budgets to provide users with the most robust access possible. My co-organizers of The Digital Shelf are CCed.
You can see the full listing here or register directly with Zoom, which does not require a Lyrasis login. Librarians attending can receive free continuing education credit from Lyrasis Learning.