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Achieving Acquisitions Efficiency with Talis AspireLaura Unwin, Rachel Schulkins & Mia O’Hara

Objectives for the session• Demo of reviews 2.0 and how this can help to improve your

acquisitions efficiency

• University of Liverpool and King’s College London sharing their experience

• Update on where next for reviews 2.0

• Questions

Key questions you ask when ordering items from a reading list

• How many students are on the course?• What stock do we already have in the library?• Are there new editions available for these items?• Are they available as eBooks?• How many copies do we need to order?• Is this book needed elsewhere?

Demo

University of Liverpool

Acquisitions and Talis Reviews 2.0

Dr Rachel Schulkins Principal Library Assistant Acquisitions, University of Liverpool rachelb@liverpool.ac.uk

Reviews 2.0: what changed?  Reviewing Screen

Determining Book ratio per Student

New Editions

Comment History

Alerts

Reviewing Screen

before ….

Reviewing Screen

after….

Determining Book ratio per Student

before…

Determining Book ratio per Student after…

New Edition Alerts

Comments HistoryComments made on a particular list

Comments made across all Reading Lists

Alerts

Summary

More work, less time

Efficiency

Access to immediate information

Enables quick and informed Decisions

Summary

More target spending on popular titles

Foreseeing student demand

More proactive, less reactive

Expanding and updating Library holdings

Thank you

King’s College London

REVIEWS 2.0

Or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Reviews

I’m going to go over:• 4 main

benefits• 2 things we

wish it did• Summary

Cutting out ‘double checks’ on the catalogue

Gives us a holistic picture of student needs

Flags up new Editions

Helps us link in online resources

Processing times can cause delays

Difficult to get a quick overview of the list

We wouldn’t go back if you paid us

Questions?

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