AAUP 2012: PDA and Libraries (R. Anderson)

Everything You Wanted to Know about PDA… … from the Library PerspectiveRick AndersonAssociate DirectorScholarly Resources & Collections

Two Broad Categories of “Collection” Unique/Curatorial (Special Collections)  Orientation: Global General/Functional (Circulating Collections)  Orientation: LocalJ. Willard Marriott Library

How Do We Build Collections? Guessing what patrons will want Buying documents based on those guesses Describing the documents (proxy docs) Organizing themJ. Willard Marriott Library

Alternatives Share. (Ugh.) PDA - Books: expose [everything we can] and buy only when the patron points  Ebooks (MyiLibrary, NetLibrary, EBL, Ebrary, etc.)  Print books (LightningSource, OUP, etc.)  Print books (Espresso Book Machine) PDA – Journals: article-based purchasing  Remember: patrons don’t need journals; they need articles  This is the opposite of the Big Deal: it’s the Tiny Deal  Problem: publishers don’t want to sell that wayJ. Willard Marriott Library

Problems Budget management What if they select garbage? “What about my job?”J. Willard Marriott Library

U of U – Philosophical Context2. Access to the river, not the pond4. Access to whatever/wherever/whenever/however the patron wantsJ. Willard Marriott Library

U of U – Experimental History 30% cut to materials budget in FY09 Adopted e-first/patron-first guidelines PDA experiments:  MyiLibrary  Ebrary  EBL  NetLibrary  YBP (with EBL)J. Willard Marriott Library

U of U – Experimental History E-first  $640,000 on ebooks in FY2011 Patron-first  $299,000 on PDA in FY2011 Print-on-demand  Espresso Book MachineJ. Willard Marriott Library

Outsourcing SelectionDemand-Driven Acquisition via YBP/EBLRecords for notification forms loaded intocatalogPatron use triggers 24-hour “loan” at 10% oflist price; third use triggers purchase at listSelection teams continue to receivenotificationsJ. Willard Marriott Library

Problems Too many vendors/platforms/models Too few front-list titles available as ebooks Too little money for true, comprehensive PDA EspressNet metadata = crap Odd materials still require in-house processing of various kindsJ. Willard Marriott Library

Future of Acquisitions at U of U Less of it mediated by librarians and based on librarians’ speculation More of it occurring “just in time” Less of it involving physical objects (river vs. pond) More granular; less package-y** if we can get the prices rightJ. Willard Marriott Library

Contact:Rick AndersonUniversity of Utahrick.anderson@utah.eduJ. Willard Marriott Library

AAUP 2012: PDA and Libraries (R. Anderson)

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