changing operations of academic libraries
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Allen McKiel (speaker), Dinesh Siddaiah (speaker), Jim Dooley (speaker), Robert Murdoch (speaker)TRANSCRIPT
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CHANGING OPERATIONS OF ACADEMIC LIBRARIES
James DooleyUniversity of California, Merced2013 Charleston Conference
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University of California, Merced
• Opened in 2005
• 6,200 students
• Goal of 10,000 students by 2020 including 1,000 graduate students
• Aspiring research library
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Collection Development
Serials
Print books
E-books
Serials• Online only• Current serials
• 20 print titles• 86,000 titles online
Print books• Approval plans• Direct purchase at faculty request• Gifts• 110,000 current collection
E-books• Consortial packages• Mostly acquired through DDA• DDA plans with EBL and MyiLibrary
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DDA
EBL
97% aggregator catalogue visible
Cost limit = $300/title
325,981 titles visible(July2013)
• Autopurchase• 66 $4,921
• Short term loan• 4,923 $61,564
2012-2013 Activity
MyiLibrary
Approval profile limited to STEM titles
Cost limit = $300/title
48,000 titles visible(July 2013)
• Autopurchase• 85 $11,722
2012-2013 Activity
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E-book Issues
Uneven availability
Packages do not include all titles
“Churn” in titles available through DDA
Provisions for ILL
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Current Collection
90%
10%
Collection Size(1.2 million Items)
ElectronicOther
90%
10%
Collection Budget
ElectronicOther
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Collection Development Model
Access, Not
OwnershipE-journals
E-books
No retrospective
print collectingProspective
print supplementary
ILL provides access to most
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Lessons Learned/Trends Identified
General acceptance
of electronic journals
Increasing acceptance of e-books
Positive effect of
short term loans on print ILL
Continuing need for print in
humanities
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Next Steps……
E-journals
Print Book Approval Plans
E-booksDDA
Convert print approval plans to DDA
Use savings for selective retrospective acquisitions in humanities