the ebook, the whole ebook, and nothing but the ebook: a holistic view of ebooks for undergraduate...
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Presentation given at the 24th annual COMO 2012 Conference in Macon, GA by Sofia Slutskaya and Tessa Minchew. A bird’s-eye view of academic library ebooks, outlining how different considerations can affect the decisions that libraries make regarding this format.TRANSCRIPT
The Ebook, The Whole Ebook, and Nothing But The Ebook: A Holistic View of Ebooks for Undergraduate Academic Libraries
Sofia SlutskayaCatalog Librarian
Tessa MinchewSystems & Electronic Content Librarian
GaCOMO – October 5, 2012 http://www.flickr.com/photos/notionscapital/6457180637
Finding Balance
Ebook Surveys
• Ebooks in GPC Libraries: An Opinion Survey (Unpublished)
• Ebooks - The Georgia Academic Librarians' Perspective (Unpublished Survey)
• ebrary’s 2011 Global Student E-book Survey– http://www.ebrary.com/corp/newspdf/ebrary_student_survey_report.pdf
• HighWire Press 2009 Librarian eBook Survey– http://highwire.stanford.edu/PR/HighWireEBookSurvey2010.pdf
• Primary Research Group. Library Use of eBooks. 2012 ed.
Ebooks in GPC Libraries: An Opinion Survey (Unpublished)
Ebooks - The Georgia Academic Librarians' Perspective (Unpublished Survey)
E-Resource Acquisitions @ GPC
• 5 campuses, so major e-resource purchases are committee-based & annual only
• Trial selection in January/February
• Trials in March
• Decisions in mid-April
• Adds/drops take place on July 1
Ebook Acquisitions @ GPC
• Ebooks part of annual process until recently– Mixed bag of purchase & access models
• Early CY11: Tentative pilot of campus-level ebook purchases didn’t gain a lot of ground
• Early CY12: Subcommittee formed to research purchase models and make recommendations
• FY13: Piloting a PDA project with EBSCO
Ebook Acquisition Models
• Purchase with perpetual access• Subscription • Pay per use‐ ‐• Lease to own• Patron driven acquisition‐• Bundled with other content (e.g., print copy)• Bulk purchasing (i.e. a collection of ebooks)
Ebooks in GPC Libraries: An Opinion Survey (Unpublished)Ebooks - The Georgia Academic Librarians' Perspective (Unpublished Survey)
HighWire Press 2009 Librarian eBook Survey
Ebooks in GPC Libraries: An Opinion Survey (Unpublished)Ebooks - The Georgia Academic Librarians' Perspective (Unpublished Survey)
Ebooks in GPC Libraries: An Opinion Survey (Unpublished)
Ebooks in GPC Libraries: An Opinion Survey (Unpublished)
Ebooks in GPC Libraries: An Opinion Survey (Unpublished)
Ebooks in GPC Libraries: An Opinion Survey (Unpublished)
Ebooks in GPC Libraries: An Opinion Survey (Unpublished)
Preference For Ebooks Over Print
2011 2008
48 % very often or often 51 % very often or often
32 % sometimes 32 % sometimes
20 % rarely or never 17 % rarely or never
Reasons for Never Using Ebooks 2011 2008
I do not know where to find ebooks 47 % 58 %
I prefer printed books 44 % 46 %
ebrary’s 2011 Global Student E-book Survey
How important are the following ebook features?
Characteristics 2011 2008
Anytime access 91 % 86 %
Search 88 % 87 %
Off-campus access 88 % 82 %
Ability to download to workstation
86 % 80 %
Multiple user access 83 % 81 %
Zoom and scale 75 % 65 %
Copy and paste 73 % 75 %
Highlighting 70 % 62 %
Printing 69 % 75 %
Automatic citations 63 % 56 %
ebrary’s 2011 Global Student E-book Survey
E-Resources Statistics @ GPC
• Statistics compiled monthly & manually using vendor reports & Excel.
• LibGuides used to relay statistical data, trial information, etc. to the selection committee.
• ERMes used to manage: – Database information– Vendor data– Admin/stats URLs and logins– Payment history & renewal dates
ICOLC
• International Coalition of Library Consortia• 150 international library consortia• Created vendor guidelines for statistical
measures (numbers of sessions, searches, menu selections, full-content units accessed, and turnaways)
• Guidelines are not mandatory & somewhat open to vendor interpretation
COUNTER
• Counting Online Usage of Networked Electronic Resources
• Standards to facilitate recording and reporting of online usage statistics in consistent, credible and compatible way
• http://www.projectcounter.org
SUSHI
• Standardized Usage Statistics Harvesting Initiative
• Joint project between COUNTER and NISO• Protocol to facilitate the automated
harvesting and consolidation of usage statistics from different vendors
• http://www.niso.org/workrooms/sushi
COUNTER v. ILS Stats
• Both stats help assess usage of certain areas and areas that need more coverage
• 1 charge /= 1 request or search• COUNTER gives a more detailed view of usage
such as chapters & entries viewed• COUNTER allows more in-depth collection
analysis and picture of cost-per-use
Ebooks - The Georgia Academic Librarians' Perspective (Unpublished Survey)
To Classify or Not to Classify
• Our Perspective: – Pro: Collection development & assessment– Con: Added time & effort for an item that doesn’t
require a shelving device• Our Patron’s Perspective: – Pro: Some of them still use call # browse– Con: Confusing to patrons who might look for the
resource on the shelf (we should always use a shelving prefix or suffix)
Ebooks - The Georgia Academic Librarians' Perspective (Unpublished Survey)
Misc. Techie Issues
• MARC records in catalog?– Provider neutral? Take what you can get?
• Separate locations? – By vendor? By collection?
• Item records?– Don’t circulate through ILS– Is it worth it just for display?
• Local subject/genre headings?– Enhanced access for low effort (if using MarcEdit)
What’s Next?
• Address technical issues– No in-house programming expertise, so we are trying
to minimize number of platforms• Learn more about patron perspective– Survey GPC faculty, staff, & student population
• Create standardized collection development policy for ebooks– Address needs of all groups, internal & external
• Step up marketing & training for existing resources– For both internal & external groups
Questions?
Slides:http://www.slideshare.net/tminchew/
Sofia [email protected]
Tessa [email protected]
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