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Policy: Purchase On Demand Criteria
30 September 2008
Rev. 6 September 2012
Many libraries will not lend recent imprints. Rather than have our patrons wait until we can find a library to fill these requests, the library is developing a Purchase on Demand program. Valparaiso University’s Purchase on Demand pilot project will begin September 2008. When patrons request new items published in the current or previous two calendar years, those items will be purchased through Amazon instead of going through normal ILL borrowing, assuming the requests meet the following criteria.
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