Interrogating Demand: Pathways Toward Purchase in Patron‐Influenced E‐Book Models; University of California‐wide Demand‐Driven Acquisitions—E‐Book Hopes and Dreams Revisited

From January 2013 to date, the University of California has piloted a system‐wide e‐book demand driven access (DDA) program comprised of University Press publications in the Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences. This paper reviews the pilot’s progress, specifically focusing on how well it has achieved the hopes and dreams laid out by several of the participating campus librarians prior to the pilot’s launch