Brick & Click SymposiumFriday, November 1, 2013

The Choice Is Yours: Collections in a Patron-

Driven Climate

Eli Sullivan @muELIbrarian | #b_c13

Miami University

Traditionally…

https://secure.flickr.com/photos/litandmore/2430033122/

Traditionally…

https://secure.flickr.com/photos/litandmore/2430033122/ https://secure.flickr.com/photos/austinevan/1225274637/

Experiment – print books

http://www.giraffedays.com/?attachment_id=10262

Ebooks in Academic Libraries

http://www.giraffedays.com/?attachment_id=10262

Terminology

Patron-driven

acquisition

Patron-initiated

acquisition

Demand-driven

acquisition

User-driven acquisition

PDA PIA

DDA UDA

Terminology

Patron-driven

acquisition

PDA

Miami University Libraries PDA

September 2010 - current14,000+ records loaded to date$25,000 initial investment$75,000 total invested to date1253 titles purchased (as of

June 1, 2013)

http://bibweb.hh.se/blog-en/2011/12/07/download-entire-ebrary-e-books

/http://usain.org/conferences/2003conf/sponsors.html

ebrary Triggers

10+ minutes viewing*

10+ pages viewed*Print requestCopy any textDownload any

portion

* excluding TOC & Index

http://library.austintexas.gov/blog-entry/ebooks

Miami UniversityPublic University in

Ohio

15,000 Undergraduates1,000 Psychology

undergraduates

2,500 Graduates80 Psychology

graduate students

42 Psychology facultyhttp://miamioh.edu/_files/images/display/footer/oxCampus.png

Miami University Libraries

OhioLINK member

4 libraries on Main CampusHumanities / Social

Sciences libraryScience library2 smaller libraries

embedded in departments

http://instagram.com/p/dfgkcEKlWt/

Psychology within the Libraries

Humanities / Social Sciences library

Psychology within the Libraries

Humanities / Social Sciences library

Psychology Building

Psychology within the Libraries

Psychology (& Business) merges…

Psychology within the Libraries

Psychology (& Business) merges…

… with Science collections in smaller facility

Psychology within the Libraries

Proximity to Department

Shrinkage

Ebook-purchasing Motivation

Retain quantity / diversity of resources

AccessibilityRemote /

distance learnersPrevents

“permanent” borrowing

http://olimex.wordpress.com/2013/10/14/nice-github-collection-of-free-online-e-books/

Selector-purchased breakdown

FY10-11 FY11-12 FY12-130%

10%

20%

30%

40%

50%

60%

70%

80%

90%

100%

PrintEbook

Limitations

PDA purchase = guaranteed use ; Selector-purchased ≠ guaranteed use

PDA “psychology” titlesUser sessions vs. internal

uses, checkouts, & renewals

Data collection time frames

http://www.thedi.ca/apples-and-oranges/

Cost Comparison

PDA Ebooks

Selector-Purchased

Ebooks

Selector-Purchased

Print Books

Purchased

Sept 2010 – May 2013

FY10 - FY12 FY10 - FY12

Total # Purchas

ed98 134 215

Cost $8,997.06 $10,134.19 $16,611.86

Avg Cost Per Title

$91.81 $75.63 $77.26

Cost Comparison

PDA Ebooks

Selector-Purchased

Ebooks

Selector-Purchased

Print Books

Purchased

Sept 2010 – May 2013

FY10 - FY12 FY10 - FY12

Total # Purchas

ed98 134 215

Cost $8,997.06 $10,134.19 $16,611.86

Avg Cost Per Title

$91.81 $75.63 $77.26

Cost Comparison

PDA Ebooks

Selector-Purchased

Ebooks

Selector-Purchased

Print Books

Purchased

Sept 2010 – May 2013

FY10 - FY12 FY10 - FY12

Total # Purchas

ed98 134 215

Cost $8,997.06 $10,134.19 $16,611.86

Avg Cost Per Title

$91.81 $75.63 $77.26

Cost ComparisonPDA ebooks

Selector-purchased ebooks

Selector-purchased print books

$17.56 $224.95

$91.81

$7.80

$4292*

$77.26

Range Average Median

$43.96

$79

$13.95

$295$6

0

$75.63

Usage Comparison

 PDA

Ebooks

Selector-Purchased

Ebooks

Selector-Purchased

Print Books

Purchased

Sept 2010 – May 2013 FY10 - FY12 FY10 - FY12

Total # Purchas

ed98 134 215

0 Uses -   78 58.2% 92 42.8%

1 Use 36 36.7% 3 2.2% 40 18.6%

2 Uses 16 16.3% 4 3.0% 26 12.1%

3+ Uses 46 46.9% 49 36.6% 57 26.5%

Usage Comparison

 PDA

Ebooks

Selector-Purchased

Ebooks

Selector-Purchased

Print Books

Purchased

Sept 2010 – May 2013 FY10 - FY12 FY10 - FY12

Total # Purchas

ed98 134 215

0 Uses -   78 58.2% 92 42.8%

1 Use 36 36.7% 3 2.2% 40 18.6%

2 Uses 16 16.3% 4 3.0% 26 12.1%

3+ Uses 46 46.9% 49 36.6% 57 26.5%

Usage Comparison

 PDA

Ebooks

Selector-Purchased

Ebooks

Selector-Purchased

Print Books

Purchased

Sept 2010 – May 2013 FY10 - FY12 FY10 - FY12

Total # Purchas

ed98 134 215

0 Uses -   78 58.2% 92 42.8%

1 Use 36 36.7% 3 2.2% 40 18.6%

2 Uses 16 16.3% 4 3.0% 26 12.1%

3+ Uses 46 46.9% 49 36.6% 57 26.5%

Usage Comparison

 PDA

Ebooks

Selector-Purchased

Ebooks

Selector-Purchased

Print Books

Purchased

Sept 2010 – May 2013 FY10 - FY12 FY10 - FY12

Total # Purchas

ed98 134 215

0 Uses -   78 58.2% 92 42.8%

1 Use 36 36.7% 3 2.2% 40 18.6%

2 Uses 16 16.3% 4 3.0% 26 12.1%

3+ Uses 46 46.9% 49 36.6% 57 26.5%

Usage Comparison – Item level

 PDA

Ebooks

Selector-Purchased

Ebooks

Selector-Purchased

Print Books

Range 1 – 41 0 – 1885 0 – 87

Average4.4 40.7 2.3

Median2 0 2

Usage Comparison – Item Level

 PDA

Ebooks

Selector-Purchased

Ebooks

Selector-Purchased

Print Books

Range 1 – 41 0 – 1885 0 – 87

Average4.4 40.7 2.3

Median2 0 2

Cost per Use Comparison

 PDA

Ebooks

Selector-Purchased

Ebooks

Selector-Purchased

Print Books

Purchased

Sept 2010 –

May 2013 FY10 - FY12 FY10 - FY12Total #

Purchased

98 134 215

Cost $8,997.06 $10,134.19 $16,611.86 Total

Sessions/Uses

429 5454 494

Avg. Cost Per Use

$20.97 $1.86 $33.63

Cost per Use Comparison

 PDA

Ebooks

Selector-Purchased

Ebooks

Selector-Purchased

Print Books

Purchased

Sept 2010 –

May 2013 FY10 - FY12 FY10 - FY12Total #

Purchased

98 134 215

Cost $8,997.06 $10,134.19 $16,611.86 Total

Sessions/Uses

429 5454 494

Avg. Cost Per Use

$20.97 $1.86 $33.63

Cost per Use Comparison

 PDA

Ebooks

Selector-Purchased

Ebooks

Selector-Purchased

Print Books

Purchased

Sept 2010 –

May 2013 FY10 - FY12 FY10 - FY12Total #

Purchased

98 134 215

Cost $8,997.06 $9,939.19 $16,611.86 Total

Sessions/Uses

429 1568 494

Avg. Cost Per Use

$20.97 $6.34 $33.63

Conclusions / Recommendations

Trust your users to know what is useful

… and not go on a spending spree

Ebooks of growing interest and value

Viable alternative as space becomes more of an issue

Model isn’t wasting money… at least not more than traditional model

Transferrable to other disciplines?

http://jatakacs.edublogs.org/2011/02/17/test-tutor-draw-conclusions

/

Challenges / To consider

ShareabilityEbook platforms

not always device-agnostic

Device / Network required

< Monograph publications? P&T impact?

Digital preservation

http://www.kinecteducation.com/blog/2011/11/27/7-questions-to-consider-for-evaluating-gaming-in-education

/

Thank You!

Questions?

Slides: bit.ly/b_c13PDA

Contact me@muELIbrarianEli.Sullivan@MiamiOH.edu