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E-book Strategies for Libraries
- 1. E-book Strategies forLibraries Aaron K. Shrimplin Miami University Libraries
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- 3. Overview Background Transitionsinto the Digital Campus Life & E-books Where do we go from here? Layering Tools Strategically Findings from the Frontlines Next Steps Q&A
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- 5. It’s Finals Weekat the Libraries
- 6. Transitions into theDigital
- 7. Campus Life &E-books ◦ Book Lovers (34%) have an inherent affinity for the print form ◦ Technophiles (23%) are strongly interested in the possibilities of new technology as regards the book ◦ Pragmatists (17%) are the most neutral of the four, as they are most interest in content and see pros and cons of both formats ◦ Printers (26%) prefer print books but are distinguished from Book Lovers in that they have specific difficulties with the usability of e-books
- 8. Research Citations 1. Aaron Shrimplin, Andy Revelle, Susan Hurst, and Kevin Messner, “Contradictions and Consensus – Clusters of Opinions on E-books,” College & Research Libraries 72, no. 2 (2011): 181-190. 2. Andy Revelle, Kevin Messner, Susan Hurst, and Aaron Shrimplin, “Book Lovers, Technophiles, Pragmatists, and Printers: The social and demographic structure of user attitudes toward ebooks.” College & Research Libraries (forthcoming).
- 9. Where Do WeGo From Here?
- 10. Layering Tools Strategically By AJ Cann http://www.flickr.com/photos/ajc1/4663140532/
- 11. Findings From theFrontlines Consortial “Big Deal” E-book Collections ebrary & YBP PDA pilot EBSCO E-books E-books in Gobi
- 12. The Big DealApproach Springer Oxford University Press Wiley (forthcoming)
- 14. Title Use: 2008-2010,n=2529
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- 16. Long Tail 54.5%of used titles had 3 uses or less (318/582) And yet they constitute only 6.2% of the total downloads (7,963)
- 17. A Few HighUse Titles Dominate Algorithms and Data Structures 2,264 downloads or 28.4% of the total downloads over three years
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- 19. Inflationary Effect onE-books
- 20. Number of Downloadsby Book Type
- 22. Number of TitlesUsed By Subject Area
- 23. Value of theBig Deal Our price tag to OhioLINK is a good value and becomes a better value overtime with additional usage Cost per download also seems to be a good value when compared with others (e.g. Elsevier study of ScienceDirect e-books which determined cost per use is $5.10 per chapter) Having the choice to select only a subset of subjects might be useful 80/20 -- 116 titles @ $100.00 and long tail -- 318 titles with 494 downloads @ $6 per download = $14,500 Predictive analytics capabilities & pay for the amount of need
- 24. ebrary & YBPPDA Pilot
- 25. PDA Overview Morethan 16,000 un-purchased e-books records in our catalog 1st batch loaded into our catalog on Sept. 2010. 2nd batch loaded in Feb. 2011. Jan. 2012, ebrary/YBP integrated profile ◦ Ebrary Auto-DDA in GOBI “alt-ed ebrary probable auto DDA (date)” OR “alt-ed ebrary auto DDA record sent (date)” ◦ YBP is cross-checking & blocking DDA if we purchase in print before the e-book becomes available Budget: $100,000
- 26. PDA Model Purchase triggers ◦ 10 minutes of use ◦ 10 page turns (excluding TOC and Index) ◦ a print or a copy Single-User access Downloading e-books using Adobe Digital Editions
- 27. PDA Goals Broaden the collection ◦ more titles ◦ more publishers ◦ more subjects Purchase on demand ◦ pay at point of need ◦ pay for amount of need Increasing purchasing efficiency ◦ 0 uses / $2,284,532
- 28. MUL ebrary Data– High Level September 2010 – April 2012 ◦ 983 titles triggered for purchase ◦ $78,972.00 ◦ $80.34 cost per title
- 29. Month Cost ($) Books Average Cost Purchased ($) Sept 2010 723 10 72.30 Oct 2010 1561 19 82.16 Nov 2010 4842 53 91.36 Dec 2010 3013 36 83.69 Jan 2011 3218 36 83.69 Feb 2011 4673 60 77.88 Mar 2011 6805 93 73.17 April 2011 4968 65 76.43 May 2011 3474 38 91.42 June 2011 2443 35 69.80 July 2011 2225 26 85.68 Aug 2011 2631 37 71.11 Sept 2011 4698 59 79.63 Oct 2011 4340 62 70.00 Average 3,543.96 45 $80.84
- 30. Publishers purchased onPDA sorted by titles purchased Publisher Titles Total Views Average Views purchased per Publisher John Wiley & Sons 217 23,510 108.4 Taylor & Francis 99 8,800 88.9 McGraw-Hill 43 10,330 240.2 Elsevier Inc. 39 4,618 118.4 Cambridge University Press 29 2,914 100.5 Ashgate Publishing Limited 21 2,149 102.3 University of Chicago Press 19 1,460 76.8 Palgrave MacMillan (UK) 17 1,302 76.6 World Trade Press 14 1,460 104.3 Brill Academic Publishers 11 562 51.1
- 31. Top 10 SubjectAreas Purchased on PDA Primary BISAC Category PDA titles Percentage of purchased purchased titles Business & Economics 85 13.4% Social Science 59 9.3% Computers 48 7.5% Political Science 42 6.6% Education 38 6.0% Science 37 5.8% Medical 32 5.0% History 32 5.0% Psychology 27 4.2% Technology 25 3.9%
- 32. Use of PDABooks Titles with Number of titles Total titles used (%) 1 use 238 38.6 2-5 uses 260 42.2 6-10 uses 74 12.0 11-20 uses 26 4.2 21-30 uses 12 1.9 41-49 uses 4 .6 50 or more 2 .3
- 33. Top Ten UsedPDA Titles Title User Sessions LEED Practices, Certification, and Accreditation Handbook 721 PRAXIS II Mathematics 0061 (3rd Edition) 71 War, Violence, and Population : Making the Body Count 47 Anthropologies of Modernity : Foucault, Governmentality, and Life Politics 45 Terror and Territory : The Spatial Extent of Sovereignty 43 Introduction to African Politics (3rd Edition) 42 Management Across Cultures : Challenges and Strategies 35 Handbook of the Psychology of Aging (7th Edition) 35 Plant Development 28 Social Media Marketing : An Hour a Day 28
- 34. EBSCO E-books Netlibrary Discovery Layer PDA pilot – Summer 2012 ◦ Pub Date: 2012 ◦ Cost: $0-$200 ◦ Language: English ◦ PDA-eligible and downloadable ◦ Exclude publishers: Wiley, ABC-Clio, Springer, and Oxford
- 35. E-books in Gobi Only ebrary e-books may currently be purchased from YBP via Gobi (Ebsco soon) a title is available in e-form, look for an "alternate editions" link discount on print books from YBP does not apply to e-books. Catalog records for each e-book ordered are purchased from YBP for $2.00 per title Ebrary e-books ordered via YBP generally become available and are cataloged within 3 business days of the order We are currently not ordering duplicate titles across formats To help avoid duplication, we have recently loaded our monographic holdings purchased outside of YBP into Gobi ebrary e-book holdings are currently not being set in OCLC WorldCat and are not being contributed to the OhioLINK Central Catalog.
- 36. Next Steps/The Future Continue to evaluate different e-book purchasing and pricing models No single approach ebooks on demand - PDA & PPV/STL eApproval make accessible all we can afford? will DDA work at the consortial level – OhioLINK what about stewardship removal of titles/replacement local print on demand Marketing Easy access and better usability (comprehensive search) – discovery tools Look for solutions that provide even more e-book titles, available at the time of publication, with multiple purchasing and pricing models UPCC Books on Project MUSE Books at JSTOR
- 37. Q&A Thank You. Aaron K.Shrimplin Assistant Dean for Collections and Research Services Miami University Libraries shrimpak@muohio.edu