unnatural selection: e-book choices in a pda program from a community college perspective
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Unnatural Selection: E-Book Choices in a PDA Program from a Community College Perspective
Regina Gong, Lansing Community College Library
Sara Duff, Gulf Coast State College Library
About LCC Library
• Located in downtown Lansing• Staff: 11 FT and 12 PT (Admin, Librarian and
Support)• Sierra (ILS)• Summon • ~ $450,000 print and e-resources budget
Collection Overview• 83,300 print titles• 236,500 electronic resources (full text e-books,
e-journals, online gov’t docs)• 13,412 streaming videos• 4,300 AV materials• 115 research databases• 150 print periodicals • 19 iPads and 15 Kindles for borrowing
Collection by Type
Our Print Acquisition Strategy
• Approval plan• Firm ordering• Standing orders
Our E-Book Strategy
• Mix of subscription and purchase–Community college-oriented– Specialized collection
• Demand-driven/patron-driven acquisition
Our E-Book Collection
Why DDA?
• Broaden our collection• Experiment with just-in-time purchasing
DDA Program with YBP
• Integration with existing approval and slip profiles
• Customized YBP discovery and cataloging records• Multiple usage options• Electronic invoicing for purchased titles• Duplication control with other YBP purchases• DDA status in GOBI• Ability to run DDA with multiple aggregators• Manual DDA option in GOBI
Criteria for DDA Title Pool• Publication date from 2010 – 2013• Only General Academic, Advanced Academic,
Basic and Popular level titles are included• Only titles below $130 are loaded into DDA.
Max price per title set at $130• Single user purchase option (SUPO) preferred• Exclude title if a title doesn’t allow for short-
term loan
DDA Implementation
• DDA setup began mid-January 2013• Expenditure limit set at $5,000• Purchase trigger set after 3 STLs (or 4th use)• Loaded 1,162 records as initial pool Feb. 1, 2013• No promotion or marketing• New DDA records sent weekly and loaded into
catalog• As of Nov. 6, DDA title pool is now 2,079
DDA Usage Results
More Usage Stats
• 142 user sessions• 5,081 pages viewed• 14 pages copied• 159 pages printed• 5 chapter downloads
Top Titles 10 by Pages ViewedTITLE PAGES VIEWED
Domestic Violence Sourcebook : Basic Consumer Information about Intimate Partner Abuse, Stalking, Sexual Harassment, and Human Trafficking, Including Facts about Risk Factors, Warning Signs, and Forms of Physical, Sexual, Mental, Emotional, and Financial Abuse in Women, Men, Adolescents, Recent Immigrants, Elders, and Other Specific Populations (4th Edition) 1052
Trans : Transgender Life Stories from South Africa 481
Slot Swing : The Proven Way to Hit Consistent and Powerful Shots Like the Pros 287
Writing Young Adult Fiction For Dummies 285
Better Homes and Gardens Decorating, Volume 24 : Real-Life Decorating 276
Encyclopedia of African American Popular Culture, Volumes 1-4 156
Web Hosting For Dummies 135
Tesla : Inventor of the Electrical Age 115
Gangland : The Rise of the Mexican Drug Cartels from El Paso to Vancouver 110
Cancer : Basic Science and Clinical Aspects 110
Surprises?Title Pages Viewed
Writing Young Adult Fiction For Dummies 285
Web Hosting For Dummies 135
Beer For Dummies (2nd Edition) 71
Excel Formulas and Functions For Dummies (3rd Edition) 70
SharePoint 2013 For Dummies 62
Outlook 2013 for Dummies 59
WordPress For Dummies (4th Edition) 57
Golf All-in-One for Dummies 46
Project 2013 For Dummies 38
C# 5.0 All-in-One For Dummies 33
Exploring Windows 8 For Dummies 26
Online Community Management For Dummies 18
Project Management For Dummies (4th Edition) 15
Purchases by SubjectSUBJECTS E-BOOKS PURCHASED
SOCIAL SCIENCE 14COMPUTERS 10SPORTS & RECREATION 6FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS 5MUSIC 4BUSINESS & ECONOMICS 3PSYCHOLOGY 3BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY 2PHOTOGRAPHY 2ARCHITECTURE 2MEDICAL 2POLITICAL SCIENCE 2HISTORY 2SCIENCE 1RELIGION 1PERFORMING ARTS 1COOKING 1LITERARY CRITICISM 1LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES 1
Purchases by Publisher
PUBLISHER TITLES PURCHASED
Wiley 23
ABC-CLIO 9
Omnigraphics 5
Jacana Media 3
Jossey-Bass 2
McFarland 2
Harvard University Press 2
Continuum International Publishing 2
Elsevier Science 2
Focal Press 2
What our Patrons are telling us?
• We like “For Dummies” titles• We like e-books on popular culture and social
issues• We like to learn about computers and
technology• We like to explore psychology and
interpersonal, and family relationships
Next Steps
• Continue with DDA program• Expand title pool to increase DDA titles• Add EBSCOhost as 2nd preferred vendor• Encourage “manual” DDA feeds• Analyze DDA purchases/STLs vs. print book
circulation• More promotion of e-book collection to
increase usage
Take 2: Gulf Coast State College
About GCSC Library
• Part of the community college system• 9 full-time staff (5 librarians, 1 director, 3
senior library assistants)• Aleph• PRIMO
Collection Overview
• Print: 54,098• eBooks: 31,740• eJournals: 36,860• 119 Databases• Streaming Video: 12,623• A/V Materials: 864• Video Games: 2
Acquisitions Strategy
• Librarians do the selecting • Firm orders only• Additional Statewide e-Resources through
Florida Virtual Campus (FLVC)
WHY DO PDA?
Image via Lance Page / t r u t h o u t
Print Circulation Stats
What do students want, anyway?
• Impossible to predict what will become popular
• Rapid turnover of students• Demographics all over the place
Initial PDA Load
Small deposit = small number of records!
Evolution of Profiles
11,051 titles totaling over $1.5 million9145 totaling over $600K
2917 at $75K
2612 at $260K
1880 at $180K
1529 at $149K
1318 at $126K
1052 at $100K
514 titles totaling $38K
About the Initial Load
• Majority of titles in Business and Technology• Levels range from “General – Popular” to
“Upper Undergraduate”• Profile has been culled to focus on specific
programs
Results
Things to do differently
• Don’t try to get this together the busiest time of the year
• Give yourself room for things to go wrong• Have a lot of structure when building profiles• Increase communication
