Technology & Libraries Lightning Round-Up (Fong)

Bonnie L. Fong Assistant Professor Information Literacy, Outreach, & Technical Services Librarian Liaison to Nursing, Sciences, & Math Felician College – Lodi, NJ “ Technology & Libraries Lightning Round-Up ” Webinar – 1/20/2011

Training for Peanuts
Sponsor: Learning Round Table
Objective: Discuss free and low-cost staff training ideas
Moderator: Stacy Schrank, Employee Development Coordinator, Metropolitan Library System

Training for Peanuts
Consider:
Unconference model
TechZoo / Digital Sandbox: hands-on experience with new technology (e.g., eReaders, iPads)
Webinars (record + archive for later viewing)
Free training online on how to use Microsoft (Word, Excel): GCFlearnfree .org (supported by Goodwill Community Foundation, Inc.)
Emulators online: computer screen imitates what it’s like to be on another device (e.g., smartphone) so you can get a sense of what it’s like

Publisher/Vendor Relations Discussion
Sponsors: ACRL + ACRL STS
Objective: Discuss c urrent trends in patron driven acquisitions for print and electronic books in science & technology
5 Panelists … 3 librarians + 2 vendors …
Slides from Midwinter are expected to be posted on http://connect.ala.org/node/65527

Background:
Many books on the shelves are not being used
Lean budgets
Patron-driven acquisitions ( PDA ) / demand-driven acquisitions ( DDA ) options are being offered by vendors…and academic libraries are using them for print + electronic books
Benefits for selectors = reduced workload, more time to focus on other responsibilities

Michael Levine-Clark (University of Denver)
Spoke about how e-book demand-driven acquisitions (DDA) and short-term loans ( STL s) works in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics):
Short shelf life
Helps librarians figure out what kinds of materials are of interest to the faculty
Purchase statistics @ Univ. of Denver in STEM: Computer science > medicine > engineering/tech. > science > math

Diane Clark (University of Alberta)
Spoke about an interesting collaboration between ILL + acquisitions depts. – rather than just ILL-ing requested items, items would usually be purchased
Titles purchased are actually being used!
Patron’s Choice
Denise Koufogiannakis’ works were cited a number of times within presentation

Mary Woodley (California State University – Northridge)
Spoke about patron-driven plan that allows library to select certain parameters:
English-language only – non-fiction only
max. of $150 – NOT reference
Patron-driven plan is also a “just-in-time” model:
MARC records for e-books not yet in collection are already added to catalog
Purchase after 2 nd use
Online ILL provides access to monographs via EBL (Ebook Library)

Syed Hasan (Springer)
Springer is one of the largest STM publishers
Patron-driven acquisitions (PDA) @ Springer is difficult

Matt Barnes (ebrary)
Process for ebrary ’s PDA model seems to be:
Librarians select some e-book titles
ebrary provides free MARC records of these selected titles for the library to add to their catalog
Patrons “trigger” the titles based on usage
Library is invoiced for the triggered titles
“ Most libraries start with 10 – 20% of their budgets in PDA” –Matt Barnes
What appears to be a press release from Oct. 2010: http://www. ebrary .com/ corp / newspdf / ebrary _PDA_launch. pdf

Conclusions + My Thoughts:
Continue to revise :
parameters that are set
guidelines of the program
allocated budget
Cautions :
Money may be spent faster than you expect
Is this (i.e., titles being purchased) in keeping with your library’s collection development policy? Institution’s mission?

Expanding & Understanding Access Options
Full Title: Expanding and Understanding Access Options: From Open Access to Patron Driven to Article Rental
Sponsors: ALCTS + ALCTS CRS
Objective: Consider new methods to get researchers the content they need
3 Panelists …

Bob Schatz (BioMed Central – http://www. biomedcentral .com )
Open Access ( OA )  increased impact, increased citation { BioMed Central tells authors how many times his/her article has been accessed!}
~6,000 OA journals , ~500,000 OA articles (80,000 of which are in BioMed Central)
~90 publishers offer “author choice” for at least one of their journals
Commercial (gold) OA = funded by article processing charges that authors must pay, although BioMed Central + others do offer waivers (e.g., if author is from developing nation)

Kari Paulson (EBL – EBook Library – http://www. eblib .com )
Demand-driven acquisitions ( DDA ) @ EBL :
Make e-books visible to patrons without outright having to buy them
Can “rent” / purchase following a pre-determined set of rules as they are accessed / requested by patrons
1 st 5 minutes of browsing = free
“ ~65% of EBL customers use some form of patron-driven acquisitions (PDA) model” –Kari Paulson

Bill Park (DeepDyve – http://www. deepdyve .com )
DeepDyve rents scientific, technical, medical, & scholarly research articles :
Includes free OA articles
“ Premium” articles start at 99 cents
Full-text is available for up to 24 hours
Can not be downloaded / printed / shared
As promotion, receive 0-5 * free articles upon registering ( * Web site says 1)
Good for busy folks who skim / browse to stay current

Expanding & Understanding Access Options
Conclusions + My Thoughts:
Consider OA journals:
Free
Some are peer-reviewed
DDA / PDA may get materials to patrons more quickly (+ ensures that the materials will actually be used)
Renting may be more cost-effective – just consider how journals are used:
Are all articles looked at / just 1-2 per issue?
Do patrons skim + toss / read + keep?

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