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Let the Patron Drive: Purchase on
Demand of E-books
Jonathan Nabe
Andrea Imre
Southern Illinois University Carbondale
NASIG, June 4, 2010
Background: How We Got in
• Fortune:
– Greater Western Library Alliance/MyiLibrary offer,
2008
– End of year money
• Philosophy:
– Just in time vs. just in case, patron-driven
collection development
Collection Development
• Coutts collection (over 230,000 titles from
more than 100 publishers)
• Create a title list, using multiple factors:
– LC Class
– Publisher
– Publication Year
– Price
– Readership level
– Title
Collection Development
• OASIS is available to periodically select new
titles
• Can upload OPAC holdings to eliminate
duplication of print titles
Acquisition
• License agreement
– Digital Rights Management
– Unlimited # of concurrent users*
– Interlibrary Loan
• Deposit Account: amount determined by
institution (with minimum threshold for consortia
discount)
• Accessed titles charged against that account;
started at 2, then 3, accesses
• Monthly usage reports and invoices
– Purchased titles attached to PO
Cataloging
• Evaluation of record quality
• Customization as needed
• Bulk loading batches of records
– Eliminating duplicate print & online purchases
– Eliminating duplication of various online versions (Springer
vs. MyiLibrary)
• Currently 8456 MyiLibrary titles via the library catalog
• Loading new batches of records for books published
since last load
• End of contract adjustment – only purchased records
remain
Assessment
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Data from invoices and COUNTER reports
$54,000; 470 titles bought
$115.30 average price per title
748 unique IP addresses, including proxy &
VPN
• Average of 95 pages viewed/purchased title
• 235 titles accessed after initial purchase
• Additional uses of 1116 non-purchased titles
Subject Breakdown
Music
Geography
Agriculture
Psychology
Philosophy and Religion
Education
Language and Literature
Anthropology
History
Science
Engineering and Technology
Social Sciences
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Electronic VS Print
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CIRCULATION OF PRINT BOOKS RECEIVED
2008
- APRIL 16,893
2010
During NOVEMBER
same time
period,
print
books
purchased
1% .33
– Average circulation
22%
• For Ebooks in PDA account
0 CIRCULATIONS
– 100% Circulation
1-3 CIRCS
– Average number of logins / purchased title = 6.57
4+ CIRCS
77%
Duplicated print holdings
• Uploading of catalog holdings results in
reduced duplication
• Buying print for a nonpurchased but available
ebook still possible
• Of 470 purchased, 91 print holdings
– Average print circulation: 3
– 12 print books with 0 circulation (13%)
Electronic VS Print
• Pricing
– For those 91 books, ebooks cost twice the print price
• Is it worth it?
– You’re only paying for things with demonstrated
demand
– Remote access
– Concurrent access
– Enhanced functionality
– Take into account what you are not paying for:
Workflow/Staffing Impact
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Selection
Ordering
Invoicing and payment
Receiving
Binding and labeling
Cataloging
Shelving
Circulating
Preservation
Issues Moving Forward
• DRM
– Classroom/reserves use
• Reader support issues
– New technologies (ebook readers, limited download
options)
– Browser problems
• Discovery options
– WorldCat, Google, Library Catalog
• Interlibrary Loan
• Other ebook purchasing options…may be better
• Archival copy
Questions?
Contact info:
Jonathan Nabe, [email protected]
Andrea Imre, [email protected]