changing operations of academic libraries

CHANGING OPERATIONS OF ACADEMIC LIBRARIES

James DooleyUniversity of California, Merced2013 Charleston Conference

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

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

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

E-book Issues

Uneven availability

Packages do not include all titles

“Churn” in titles available through DDA

Provisions for ILL

Current Collection

90%

10%

Collection Size(1.2 million Items)

ElectronicOther

90%

10%

Collection Budget

ElectronicOther

Collection Development Model

Access, Not

OwnershipE-journals

E-books

No retrospective

print collectingProspective

print supplementary

ILL provides access to most

print

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

Next Steps……

E-journals

Print Book Approval Plans

E-booksDDA

Convert print approval plans to DDA

Use savings for selective retrospective acquisitions in humanities