Presented at the 2015 Charleston Conference by Martin Borchert, Associate Director, Library Services (Information Resources and Research Support), QUT (Queensland University of Technology).

1. An account and analysis of the
implementation of various ebook
business models at QUT, Australia
Charleston Conference November 2015

2. About us
Authors
Martin Borchert
QUT Library
Associate Director, Library
Services (Information
Resources and Research
Support), Queensland
University of Technology (QUT)
Colleen Cleary
Library Resource Services
Manager, QUT Library
Presenters
Martin Borchert
QUT Library
Brad Roades
Vice President Sales Global
Content Solutions ProQuest
John Lenahan
Associate Vice President,
Institutional Participation and
Strategic Partnerships,
Outreach & Participation,
Ithaka

3. QUT Library
120,000 ejournals
400 databases
9 million articles used p.a.
A$14m resources budget
95% spent online
450,000 print books
400,000 loans p.a.
600,000+ ebooks
1 million ebooks uses p.a.

4. eBooks
Axis360, Bolinda,
Books24x7, eBook
Library
Ebrary, Gale Cengage,
JSTOR, EBSCOHost,
MyiLibrary, Overdrive,
Oxford Uni Press,
SAGE, ScienceDirect,
Springer, Taylor &
Francis, Thieme,
Wiley…
PDA, EBS, Buy,
Subscribe
0
100,000
200,000
300,000
400,000
500,000
600,000
700,000
800,000
2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014
(Proj)
2015
(Proj)
2016
(Proj)
2017
(Proj)
2018
(Proj)
2019
(Proj)
Items Print Books Purchased and Ebooks Available 2009-
2019
No of print books purchased
No of purchased/leased ebooks available
No of ebooks available including patron select

5. EBL PDA
Since 2005
2006 collection
onwards available
3 STLs
4th autopurchase
0
200,000
400,000
600,000
800,000
1,000,000
1,200,000
1,400,000
1,600,000
1,800,000
2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015
A$
EBL cost

6. Publisher 2014 EBL PDA & 2015 EBS
Elsevier T&F Wiley UCBM
EBL STLs 2k 9,7k 4k
EBL STLs US$ 73k 271k 91k
Auto Purchase 230 1,527 654
Auto Purchase
US$
59k 340k 74k
2015 EBS years
Titles
2009-2015
1,115
2012-2015
7,765
2015
16,665
EBS US$ 80k GBP136k 105k
Own titles 377 1,411 621
- EBL de-dup 969 10,061

7. Elsevier EBS Compared to Collection Purchases
EBS March to August 2015
(1,155 titles)
Collection Purchases 2007 –
2012 Cumulative Use (1,142
titles)
Total Use
(Section)
Cost Per
Use
Use
Per
Title
Total Use
(Section)
Cost Per
Use
Use
Per
Title
9,757 US$4.07 8.29 45,508 $2.53 9.60
Elsevier EBS Impact on EBL Costs
Pre EBS and Post EBS EBL Difference (projection) $3k
EBL value of EBS usage $30k
Comparison
Elsevier Cost/Title Titles owned Cost per use
EBL PDA US$257 340 US$13.36
EBS US$211 377 US$4.07

8. Taylor & Francis EBS Impact on EBL Costs
Pre EBS and Post EBS EBL Difference
(projection)
$205k
Extra cost 23k
EBL value of EBS usage $179k
Comparison
Taylor &
Francis
Cost/Title No. titles
owned
Cost per
use
EBL PDA US$767 233 US$40.48
EBS GBP96.73 /
US$150
1,411 GBP18.03 /
US$28

9. Wiley UBCM Impact on EBL Costs
Pre EBS and Post EBS EBL Difference
(projection)
$1,683
UBCM value (at EBL price) of titles
embargoed on EBL (2015 titles, premium
titles and texts
$23k
EBL value of UBCM usage $162k
Comparison
Wiley Cost/Title No. titles
owned
Cost per
use
EBL PDA US$199 616 US$12.61
UBCM US$169 621 US$2.61

10. JSTOR DDA
Dates Titles
available
Usage
Sections/
Month
Titles
purchased
Cost
Mar-Sept 140 10 17 $782
Oct 4,532 63

11. DDA / PDA
Pros
 Supports the access
approach
 Large numbers of titles
available
 Multi-publisher
 Pay only for what is used
 Pay more for what is used
more
 Flexible STL model
Cons
 Publishers have put their
prices up from 10-15% to up
to 60% per STL and Auto-P
 STL costs
 Cost increases with demand
 Higher cost per use and title
 Higher cost of ownership
 You do not own as much
 Some publisher content
embargos
 Some republishing old titles
 Most have DRM

12. EBS / UBCM
Pros
 Supports the collection
development approach
 Your know up front how
much you are paying
 Uses evidence and library
consideration to pay for
what is used
 No STL costs
 You own more titles
 Lower cost per use and title
 Can use to supplement PDA
 No DRM
Cons
 One publisher at a time
 Every publisher is different
 Ratio # titles to pre-payment
 Library pre-selecting content
for patron selection
 Not as large range of titles
 You may not get enough
usage to spend the pre-
payment
 Bad data from some
publishers
 De-duplication, complicated!

13. And to the future…
The deciders between PDA and EBS are probably
sustainability and whether you prefer a library
access model or a collection development model…
or both! (your strategy)
For 2016 QUT likely to:
• Continue with an affordable EBL PDA subject and
reduced year profile; look at Access to Own (ATO)
• Continue with JSTOR DDA for unique titles
• Continue with some affordable and workable EBS
options