patron driven acquisitions through circulating kindles: a caltech library initiative david mccaslin...
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Patron Driven Acquisitions through Circulating Kindles:
A Caltech Library Initiative
David McCaslinAccess & Fulfillment Services Manager
Caltech [email protected]
http://libguides.caltech.edu/kindle
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Agenda
•Big Picture•Timeline•Policies•Preparations & Logistics•Findings (and surprises)
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Fulfill Caltech Library mission to provide access to content
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Why Kindles?
• Meet all 3 sides of Project Triangle- Low cost- Provide quality content- Fast turnaround
• Recognized as the most popular eReader device
• Ability to have 6 devices tied to one pod (or account)
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Timeline• October 2010
– Meetings with Heads of Access & Fulfillment Services Manager, Collections, Library Technology and SFL Circulation Supervisor on prospect of circulating Kindles
– Acquire Kindles and initial $500 Amazon gift card
• November 2010 – More meetings to develop policies and workflow– Test purchasing and cataloging processes
• December 2010 – Discuss project with Amazon– More testing on the process and staff training
• January 11, 2011 – Kindles made available to Caltech patrons
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Prep work
• Wireless• Kindle/Email accounts• Gift card • Testing
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Policies• 3 day loan period• Lend to students, staff, and faculty BUT
student-focused• Per each checkout, patron permitted to add
$25 worth of title(s) to Kindle• Patrons who purchase over $25 will have the
difference charged to bursar account• Acquisitions are limited to Books and “Kindle
Singles”• All titles will appear in the online catalog
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Workflow
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Findings (and surprises)• No abuse of the $25 purchasing limit• No risqué titles purchased…• …BUT one game (Scrabble) and one magazine issue
(Reader’s Digest) were purchased• All 6 Kindles are consistently checked out each day• 113 total titles acquired (163 checkouts):
– 65% were fiction titles – 35% were non-fiction titles (majority in the
Humanities and Social Science fields)• Patrons wanted to add personal PDFs to read on device• A few titles had license restrictions which limited them
4 devices (not the normal 6)
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Your questions?