Presentation on UCD Library case study and experience with patron driven acquisition given at Academic & Special Libraries Annual Seminar, February 27, 2014 in Dublin, Ireland.

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A case study of print and electronic patron
driven acquisitions at UCD Library
Academic & Special Libraries Annual Conference & Exhibition,
Thursday 27th February 2014
Eoin McCarney & Mark Tynan
UCD Library

2. What we will cover
• What is PDA?
• Why we chose to use PDA?
• How PDA worked in UCD
• Which subjects spent the most money?
• Print PDA versus electronic PDA
• The pros and the cons of PDA

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5. Why PDA in UCD?
• Research shows higher usage of PDA
purchases
• Many previous library purchases had low
usage levels
• University Librarian had previous
experience of PDA in Arizona University

6. How did it work ?
• National Tender & Framework agreement –
18th October 2012
• Proceeded with Ingram Coutts as supplier –
2nd April 2013
• Subject profiling – April 2013
• Live with E-PDA – 3rd May 2013
• Live with Print-PDA – 27th June 2013
• Project ended – 18th October 2013

9. E-PDA item in the catalogue – 1st click
What next?
Users search the catalogue and click
on the item

10. E-PDA item in the catalogue – 2nd click
e-Books
They see this screen
Passing here is one view which last 24
hours
Passing here a second time triggers a
seamless purchase
3 concurrent users
Perpetual access

11. Print PDA items in the catalogue

13. PDA in UCD - Stats
• Records Uploaded: 35,167 (Print) 19,337 (E)
• Total Spend: €216,000
• Total Orders: 2,172
• E–PDA Orders placed – 1,128
• Print PDA Orders placed – 1,044
• Average price of e-PDA book: €149.84
• Average price of print-PDA book: €45.51

14. E-PDA Orders by School (Top Ten Only)
Law
5%
Education
5%
GPEP
4%
Business
Business
14%
Politics
Philosophy
English, Drama & Film
History & Archives
5%
Politics
9%
Psychology
6%
Medicine & Medical Science
Psychology
History & Archives
Medicine 7%
English, Drama & Film
7%
Philosophy
7%
Law
Education
GPEP

15. Print-PDA Orders by School (Top Ten Only)
Psychology
4%
Architecture
5%
English, Drama & Film
10%
Art History 5%
English, Drama & Film
Politics
7%
Sociology
6%
Politics
History & Archives
Business
History & Archives
7%
Law
6%
Medicine
6%
Business
6%
Medicine & Medical Science
Law
Sociology
Art History & Cultural Policy
Architecture
Psychology

16. A comparison of print PDA orders in
and out of term
• Print orders
• 27th June - First day of launch – 6 orders
• 4th July – First week of launch – 29 orders
• 27th July – First month of launch – 107 orders
• 9th September – First day of term – 36 orders
• 16th September – First week of term – 236
orders
• 9th October – First month of term – 673 orders

17. Comparative Usage of PDA and Non-PDA E-Book Titles
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9000
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7000
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4000
3000
1413
2000
3.27
8.43
1000
0
Total E-PDA Usage
during Pilot Period
Average E-PDA Usage
per Title during Pilot
Period
Total Non PDA E-Book
Usage during Pilot
Period
Average Use per NonPDA E-Book Title during
Pilot Period

18. Comparative Usage of PDA and Non-PDA Print Book Titles
0.63
Firm Orders
1.04
Reading Lists
1.32
Print PDA
0
0.2
0.4
0.6
0.8
1
1.2
1.4

19. Challenges of PDA in UCD
• Communication and marketing
• Volume & timing
• Disruption to departmental workflow
• Over 300 print orders not collected
• ‘Flooding’ of the Catalogue
• Poor quality of print MARC records
• Overlap: Multiple editions of the same text

20. What worked well?
• Subject profiling – Little, if any, inferior
material ordered
• The money got spent very quickly
• Hugely popular with students and staff
• Broad subject appeal
• Technology very robust

22. Next steps
• We will continue with PDA (E & Print)
• Made slight amendments to subject profiles
• Re-launch PDA in March 2014
• Reduced allocation - €100,000
• Review again at end of project

23. Thank you
Eoin.McCarney@ucd.ie
01-7167575
@eoinmc73
Mark.Tynan@ucd.ie
01-7167165
@MarkTynan1