ncompass live: the secret art of patron driven ebook acquisitions
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The Secret Art of Patron-Driven eBook Acquisition
A Snapshot of Cost and Control
Dana Longley
SUNY Empire State College
PDA?• Model: just-in-time, not just-in-case• Print collections: 80/6 rule*• Coll dev: emerging fields**
*OhioLINK Collection Building Task Force. 2011. OhioLINK-OCLC Collection and Circulation Analysis Project 2011.**Fischer, et. al. (2012). Give 'Em What They Want: A One-Year Study of Unmediated Patron-Driven Acquisition of e-Books. College & Research Libraries, 73(5), 469-492.
Abbreviations
• ESC: Empire State College• PDA: patron-driven acquisitions• DDA: demand-driven acquisitions (same thing)
• STL: short-term loan• YPB: Yankee Book Publisher
Ebrary Definitions
Short term loan: 1 or 7 day, triggered by user
Purchase multiplier: cost of STL based on publisher-controlled % of cost of title
Academic Complete: collection of subscription eBooks from ebrary
Trigger: -Copy, download or print -10 pg views -10 min. real usage
ESC Background
• FTE: ~8400 (~20,000 adult, distance students)• 35 locations in NYS (and abroad)• Hundreds of blended & online courses offered• Fully online library (no physical collection)• ILL for grad and faculty only (high cost)• 4 librarians (no support staff/student workers)• PDA since Sept. 2013
eBooks @ ESC
ebrary PDA34%
ebrary Academic Complete
43%
Springer15%
others8%
Setup• # of triggers before purchase?• Titles included?• Turn-away prevention?• Purchase licenses• Approvals?• STL length• Add to catalog• Initial budget
Launch
• Pilot mode• No promotion needed!• Maintenance is needed
Upsides
• 100,000+ added eBooks available• Only pay for titles that are used• Easy to add new titles as they come out• Track usage and spending
Downsides
Sep 1
3
Nov 1
3
Jan
14
Mar
14
May
14
Jul 1
4
Sep 1
4
Nov 1
4
Jan
15
Mar
15
May
15
July
150.00
5.00
10.00
15.00
20.00
25.00
30.00
35.00
Ave cost / triggerC
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Costs (over 3 yrs)
• STL titles available: 100,000+• Triggers: 2,945• Unique titles triggered: 2,476• List price of triggered: $289,693• Spent on STL: $51,858• Cost / STL: $17.60• Titles purchased: 99• Purchase costs: $10,410• Total spent: $62,268
Impact
• 33% increase in eBook collection size
• Decrease in ILL requests?
• Newer titles available
1974-1999 2000-2005 2006-2010 2011-2012 2013 2014 20150
20
40
60
80
100
120
Year of Publication: Academic Complete vs PDA
July 2015
Academic Complete PDA
User Behavior
Sep 13
Oct 13
Nov 13
Dec 13
Jan 14
Feb 14
Mar 14
Apr 14
May 14
Jun 14
Jul 14
Aug 14
Sep 14
Oct 14
Nov 14
Dec 14
Jan 15
Feb 15
Mar 15
Apr 15
May 15
June
15
July 15
# of triggers
29 117 178 423 192 261 253 296 152 136 48 31 46 65 88 112 37 61 58 87 71 79 128
2575
125175225275325375425
# of triggers Sept 2013 - July 2015
Type of Trigger
68%
17%
9%
6%
viewcopychapt downloadprint
Academic Complete v PDAYear to date Academic Complete PDA
Titles 4,425 1,560
List price $ 328,130 $ 172,477
Ave list price $ 74.15 $ 110.56
Pgs viewed 167,359 36,240
Pgs printed 29,297 7,205
User sessions 10,990 2,608
Jul-15 Academic Complete PDA
Titles 243 248
List price $ 17,434 $ 44,040
Ave list price $ 71.74 $ 177.58**
Pgs viewed 6,430 4,957
Pgs printed 1,461 1,505
User sessions 394 334
Top PDA Titles (thru Apr 2015)
TitleUser Sessions
Pgs Viewed Total
Persuasion : History, Theory, Practice 75 2028 2103
Business Ethics : Readings and Cases in Corporate Morality (5th Edition)
108 1940 2048
Architects of World History : Researching the Global Past 88 1624 1712
Intercultural Communication for Everyday Life 68 1628 1696
Studies in the History of Christian Traditions, Volume 170 : Church and School in Early Modern Protestantism
60 1569 1629
Introducing Language and Intercultural Communication 76 1452 1528
Religions of the Ancient Near East 82 1306 1388
Saddam Hussein's Ba'th Party : Inside an Authoritarian Regime 52 1324 1376
Introduction to Theories of Personality (7th Edition) 64 1220 1284
Supply Chain Strategies : Demand Driven and Customer Focused (2nd Edition)
40 1236 1276
• Watch prices carefully• Deeper usage
analysis?
• Others: Kanopy (video)• Slides:
http://tinyurl.com/dhlncompass15
Looking Forward
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