Presentation from 24 May 2013 Teacher Professional Learning Day at State Library of NSW, Alexander Sussman, Coordinator Collection Development and Acquisition

1. eBooks at the State Library and
current developments

2. Collection Management Cycle for eBooks
Organisational goals, client needs
Collection Development Policy (CDP)
Evaluation Selection
Storage & Access Acquisition
Description

3. CDP- Selection – Acquisition – Description – Storage & Access - Evaluation
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4. CDP- Selection – Acquisition – Description – Storage & Access - Evaluation
– Documenting life in
NSW
– Provide information for
the people of NSW
– Support the Public
Libraries of NSW
– Legal Deposit
– Overseas
reference/research
material
– 2nd copy of NSW
material originally
received on Legal
Deposit
State Library of New South Wales

5. CDP- Selection – Acquisition – Description – Storage & Access - Evaluation
– Recreational reading
(fiction)
– Textbooks
– Kids or young adult
materials
– CALD material (limited
availability)
– Corporate repository
(user created)
– Subject specialists
Other collecting areas where eBook format may be available:

6. CDP- Selection – Acquisition – Description – Storage & Access - Evaluation
– NSW Government
proposes Common
Collection of eBook
resources
– Linked to the
replacement of school
LMS
– No timeline yet for the
establishment of the e-
resources collection
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7. CDP – Selection– Acquisition – Description – Storage & Access - Evaluation
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8. CDP – Selection– Acquisition – Description – Storage & Access - Evaluation

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10. CDP – Selection– Acquisition – Description – Storage & Access - Evaluation
Methods of Selection
– Profiles / firm orders
– Profiles / notifications
–Vendor packages
– Title by title
– Demand Driven
Acquisition

11. CDP - Selection – Acquisition– Description – Storage & Access - Evaluation
Methods of Acquisition
– Purchase or
Subscription?
– Legal Deposit
– Donations
– Added considerations:
– Concurrent users
– Annual Fees
– Titles dropped
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12. CDP - Selection – Acquisition– Description – Storage & Access - Evaluation
User deposit
– Ingestion by the
supplier through an
online wizard
– Supplier provides basic
metadata
– Automated compliance
of Legal Deposit
materials
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MARC Records
– Free records
– OCLC records
– METADATA quality
standards

15. CDP - Selection – Acquisition – Description– Storage & Access - Evaluation
MARC Records
– Outsourcing
cataloguing
– Updating to acceptable
METADATA quality
– Links to electronic
version
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16. CDP - Selection – Acquisition – Description – Storage & Access - Evaluation
Offsite
– Standard model used
by most vendors
– No storage or
preservation issues
– Material may be deleted
without your consent
Onsite
– Infrastructure and
financial considerations
– Reasons for
preservation (ability to
ingest material)
Sizing…..
– 100 TERABYTES of
storage to support the
Library’s digital
collecting
–Terabytes in context:
• 1 terabyte can hold
about 100,000 copies of
the ENCYCLOPEDIA
BRITANNICA
• 10 terabytes can hold
the entire collection of the
LIBRARY OF
CONGRESS
Data from: http://www.whatsabyte.com/
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17. CDP - Selection – Acquisition – Description – Storage & Access - Evaluation
Introducing Collection Services
Digital Excellence Project
Digitising Our Collections
– $22,400,000 funding over
the next FOUR YEARS then
subsequent funding
– 12,000,000 images or page
views over the next DECADE
– In-demand, fragile and
valuable items digitised
FIRST
Manuscripts – 150,000+ key
historical documents
Photographs, negatives –
500,000+ images
Newspapers - 6,000,000+
pages
Maps – 40,000+ including
subdivision plans
Books, posters ephemera –
including 40,000+ David
Scott Mitchell collection
items
Artworks, portraits, landscape
s – 100,000+ works
Oral history – 10,000+ hours
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18. CDP - Selection – Acquisition – Description – Storage & Access - Evaluation
Introducing Collection Services
Lending
– BYOD – proprietary
softwares
– Security -
Authentication
–Concurrent usage versus
single-use of print
– Copyright – printing –
fair use
– Easy statistics – privacy
concerns
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Introducing Collection Services
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Introducing Collection Services

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Introducing Collection Services
Now
– Current eBooks are just
print collections
transferred to digital
format
– Print collections are
vulnerable
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22. CDP - Selection – Acquisition – Description – Storage & Access - Evaluation
Introducing Collection Services
Future
– Enhanced eBooks
utilising multimedia
– Publishers role once
again important
– Flexible screens – and
other changes to device
capabilities
– Seamless integration
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