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E-Books at OhioLINK :. Expanding the Statewide Collection Dan Gottlieb, University of Cincinnati Karen Wilhoit, Wright State University. OhioLINK Is:. 90 Member Libraries 16 public universities 50 private colleges 23 community and technical colleges State Library of Ohio - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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E-Books at OhioLINK:Expanding the Statewide Collection
Dan Gottlieb, University of CincinnatiKaren Wilhoit, Wright State University
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OhioLINK Is:
• 90 Member Libraries• 16 public universities• 50 private colleges• 23 community and technical colleges• State Library of Ohio
• Over 600,000 Students, Faculty, and Staff
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OhioLINK Collections Include:
• 50 million books and other library materials• 100+ research databases• 17,000+ electronic journals• 81,000 e-books• Thousands of digital images, videos, and sounds• 40,000 online theses and dissertations from Ohio
students
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Why (Shared) E-Books?
• Culture of Sharing Resources• Member libraries’ collections are a shared state resource• In 2012, “P-CIRC” delivered over 600,000 items at a cost
of just under $1 million• Shared E-Books:
• Consistent with OhioLINK history of sharing resources• Have potential to reduce P-CIRC costs over time
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How Does OhioLINK Acquire E-Books?
• Rental:• Safari
• Purchase:• Oxford Scholarship Online• Springer• Wiley• YBP Pilot
• DDA:• NetLibrary• YBP Pilot
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NetLibrary
• Early experiment with DDA at consortial level• Approximately 2000-2004• Records made available via central catalog and local
catalogs as desired• Resulted in purchase of about 15,000 titles• Project terminated
• Expense – virtually all titles in pool were purchased• Concerns about print duplication and lack of predictability
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After NetLibrary
• Purchase of publisher packages• Oxford Scholarship Online• Springer
• Local purchasing of e-books growing• Concern about inability to share resources
• Desire for new approach led to ITN in April 2011• “Explore mechanisms to purchase ebook content that
would be made available to all consortia members.”• Combine community funds to create a funding pool
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YBP/Ebrary Pilot:
• Three Publishers• Ashgate/Gower (ebrary platform)• Rowman & Littlefield/Altamira/Scarecrow (ebrary platform)• Cambridge (publisher platform)
• Three Collecting Methods• Subject-Based Purchase• Profile-Based Purchase• DDA
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Pilot Implemented in Three Phases:
Phase 1:• Subject and profile-based collections from Ashgate and
Rowman & Littlefield• Titles profiled on or after April 10, 2013 added as published
Phase 2: • DDA pools from Ashgate and Rowman & Littlefield• First titles received
Phase 3:• Cambridge University Press - date TBD
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Composition of DDA Pool:
• Ashgate and Rowman & Littlefield:• All current imprints not purchased as part of the subject-
based or profile-based collections• Retrospective pool (2011 and/or 2012 imprints) under
consideration• Cambridge:
• Current imprints not purchased as part of subject-based or profile-based collections
• Possible additional restrictions on subject areas• Retrospective pool possible, but unlikely
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DDA Pool: Purchase Triggers
For Rowman & Littlefield and Ashgate, standard Ebrary triggers will apply:
• 10 minutes spent reading• 10 page views (excluding index and TOC)• Any download, copy, or print
For Cambridge, triggers are to be determined
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Implementation Issues:
• Existing approval and DDA profiles modified:• Participating publishers set to slip or blocked
• Invoices paid out of pooled institutional funds• Bibliographic records:
• Loaded and contributed to central OhioLINK catalog• May be loaded to local catalogs if desired
• Use statistics• Accrue to consortial level• For institutional usage, records must be loaded to local
ILS
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Results So Far:
• About 80 titles purchased from Ashgate and Rowman and Littlefield• Titles purchased outright are seeing use
• First DDA titles delivered and loaded• Too early for purchase history
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Why This Structure?
• Desire to experiment with new methods of purchasing e-books for the consortia• Experience (and some dissatisfaction) with “big deal” type
purchases• Strong interest in more title-level selection• Mixed feelings about appropriateness of DDA for consortial
collecting• Concerns about buying too much (NetLibrary experience)
• Analysis will help OhioLINK determine what method best meets its needs
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Next Steps:
• Evaluation of pilot project• Usage• Expense
• Comparison with other OhioLINK e-book packages• Possible continuation, modification or expansion of pilot
• DDA only? No DDA? Profiling method?• New publishers• Additional subject areas
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Questions?
Dan GottliebUniversity of [email protected]
Karen WilhoitWright State [email protected]