Creating a Leaner, Meaner, Database Collection to Leverage Instruction LOEX Conference | May 6, 2011 Mary Anne Erwin, MALS & Emily Scharf, MALS Instruction.
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Creating a Leaner, Meaner, Database Collection to Leverage Instruction LOEX Conference | May 6, 2011 Mary Anne Erwin, MALS & Emily Scharf, MALS Instruction & Liaison Services | Webster University Library 1 2 3 4 Library User Satisfaction Survey Spring 2010 • Please rate your satisfaction with access to and quality of online materials (e.g., databases, full-text journals, ebooks) • Rating: 4.32 out of 5 • 4 = satisfied, 5 = very satisfied 5 Special Projects - 4 Year Cycle • 2010 – Database review • Annual spring project: new database review • 2011 – Weed main collection • 2012 – Journal review • 2013 – Standing orders/weed reference collection 6 Goals • Examine curriculum support • Discover database overlap • No mandate to cancel – only review 7 8 Reviewer Assignments Subject-specific databases Liaison librarians’ subject areas Total databases reviewed 13 Art, Theater, Dance, Literature 17 12 Behavioral & Social Sciences, Legal Studies 18 29 Business & Technology (Math & Comp. Sci) 31 7 Education 18 6 History, Political Science, International Relations 6 11 Media, Communications, Religion 21 9 Music 9 14 Nursing, Biological Sciences 14 8 Reference 8 2 Philosophy, Foreign Language 2 144 9 Quantitative vs. Qualitative vs. 10 Quantitative • • • • Usage & proxy server stats Consortial pricing Full-text content Cancelation of print content 11 Qualitative • • • • Discussions with faculty Instruction or reference use Technical set up and ongoing issues Search capabilities, etc. 12 Rating System • Liaisons agreed on a 1 – 4 scale • Ratings: 1 = Cancel 2 = Questionable, Cancel If______ 3 = Important, Fills Niche 4 = Essential 13 What is Essential? • Some liaisons gave all databases in one subject a “4” rating. • Next time, encourage reviewers to define critical evaluation. 14 Walker School of Business & Technology (WSBT) Serves Students • 3 departments • 20,000 students (head count) • 63% of Webster students • 80% of WSBT students attend at extended campuses or online • Reliable online resources mandatory 15 Walker School of Business & Technology Database Review(s) • Place business databases in context • 29 subject • 10+ related, e.g. • Academic Search Premier • NetLibrary • PsycInfo • New database evaluation 16 How Did WSBT Review? • Quantitative • Qualitative • How database is used in instruction 17 Quantitative Serials Solutions Overlap Analysis of Full-Text Title (vendor) ABI/Inform Complete (Proquest) Business & Company Resource Center (Gale) Business Source Premier (Ebsco) Titles Percent Unique Unique 1166 37.3% 1875 47.3% 5585 77.2% 18 Quantitative/Qualitative Analysis: Full-text & Journals Search: banking and bailout TITLE ABI/Inform TOTAL HITS 2078 FULL-TEXT FT DATE JOURNAL (FT) HITS RANGE HITS 1996 1982-2010 82 Business & Company Resource Center 1635 1261 1979-2010 14 Business Source Premier 1585 883 1983-2010 153 Analysis by D. Church, February 2010 19 Qualitative Analysis: Instruction DATABASE USE WHEN… - First for grads (or undergrads) Business Source searching for scholarly, peerComplete Upgraded from Business Source reviewed, journal research DB RATING 4, essential Premier fall 2010 Business & Company Resource Center - First with undergrads (or grads) 3, important, who need company, trade and fills niche industry information (was 4) ABI/Inform (Proquest) - Second for grads (or upper undergrads) article research - Graduate students who want articles about a business or management function (e.g. human resources) via classification code index 3 20 Promoting Databases – Business faculty – Business staff & student workers – Students • Instruction sessions – Survey of DB knowledge & quiz • “How-to” Videos – e.g. industry video: RMA & IBISworld – Define “what’s in it for me” – http://library.webster.edu/ worldclass/sbtresrchguide.html 21 Vendors • “Be assertive but reasonable” (Anderson, 2004) • Pricing – (Re)negotiate pricing – Consortia • Improve databases – Content – Search Interface 22 Sample Ratings & Comments Rating : 1, Cancel … EIU Viewswire because much of the full-text content is available in ABI/Inform. Interface includes advertisements and citations to content not readily accessible. 23 Rating: 2, Cancel Mergent if… we subscribe to Standard & Poor’s Net Advantage Business Intelligence Package which contains more comprehensive financial data. 24 Rating: 3, Important, fills niche … Business & Company Resource Center is a one stop database for novice (undergraduate) researchers looking for a company directory; magazine, trade & journal articles; basic financials; investment reports (not found elsewhere in our databases); or industry and market share reports (from canceled Gale print reference books). 25 Rating: 4, Essential … Business Source Premier, like other EBSCO subject databases, is the foundation of business article instruction. Because of full-text article content and open URL resolver integration, we have been able to cancel many print periodicals. 26 Quantitative Outcomes – All Webster Databases RATING NUMBER OF DATABASES SAVINGS / REALLOCATION “1 – Cancel because” no longer supports curriculum 11 $35,000 “2 – Cancel if” liaisons agree 1 $5,000 “2 -- Cancel if ” get new database 3 $20,000 Renegotiated contract and identified consortium savings 3 $19,000 18 of 152 (11.8%) $79,000 27 Qualitative Outcomes – All Webster Databases • Changes in instruction • New understanding & appreciation of subject databases • More faculty buy-in • Need for an electronic resources librarian • Plan for economic downturns 28 How to Make It Work for You • • • • Do not do it all yourself Empower reviewers Let instruction guide review Do it before you have to 29 Credits • Images: – – – – – – – – – – – – • Heart Shape on Keyboard Key --- Image by © Royalty-Free/Corbis, Mar 1, 2007, Love & Hearts 123loveactually.blogspot.com (19).jpg Question mark. Photo credit: Flickr user alexanderdrachmann . 4/13/06 Goal. Photo credit: Flickr user Scott Willis. 8/20/2005 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/scottwills/35750854/in/photostream/) Pathway. Photo credit: Flickr user YSPsculpture. 5/6/10 A thing of beauty in NYC (http://www.flickr.com/photos/hadesigns/2243736233/) / HA! Designs - Artbyheather (http://www.flickr.com/photos/hadesigns/) Coffee at the Melbourne GPO (http://www.flickr.com/photos/kerryank/2791709044/) / Kerry J (http://www.flickr.com/photos/kerryank/) number 4 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/49968232@N00/4767249862/) / LEOL30 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/lwr/ Bullseye. Bulls (http://www.flickr.com/photos/mentalman1369/2354309981/) / The iconoclastic yet iconic ionic icon (http://www.flickr.com/photos/mentalman1369/) Used Car Salesman. bmw_guy (http://www.flickr.com/photos/24995774@N06/2358339193/) / Paul Couture (http://www.flickr.com/photos/bonked/) Teaching. Dina and Donatella (http://www.flickr.com/photos/joi/3555429170/) / Joi Ito (http://www.flickr.com/photos/joi/) Tim Gunn. made it work at the costume cave for @thebrockoli. Amazing wardrobe! (http://www.flickr.com/photos/timothygreigdotcom/4055141392/) / Timothy Greig (http://www.flickr.com/photos/timothygreigdotcom/) Questions. Photo credit: Flickr user Oberazzi 12/9/06 Citations: – Anderson, R. (2004) Buying and contracting for resources and services. Neal-Schuman: New York. 30 Contact Us library.webster.edu • Mary Anne Erwin [email protected] (314) 246-7841 • Emily Scharf [email protected] (314) 246-7818 http://libguides.webster.edu/loex 31 Questions? 32