Presentation on 3M eBook system for popular fiction books at University of Illinois Springfield for the CARLI Collections Management eBook symposium. Discusses implementation, metrics and assessment of the program

1. Popular e-Books at UIS
H. Stephen McMinn
Director of Collections and Scholarly Communications
Brookens Library, University of Illinois Springfield

2. Background -- UIS/Sangamon State
 History
 Sangamon State University - 1969
 UIS - 1995
 Undergraduates
 2001 CAP Honors (Undergraduate)
 2005 Open Undergraduate Admissions
 Population – Headcount 5,400 with 3,900 FTE
 On campus housing 1,100

3. Popular E-Book Program
 Requests at Information Desk
 Library Technology Fee
 History
 SGA
 3M Selected
 Ease of Use
 Content
 Portability of Content

4. Implementation
 Integration with Voyager
 Opening Day Collection
 To Catalog or Not to Catalog
 SGA Event
 Wish List
 Oher Marketing

8. Usage

9. Current Status
Reserved (ready to checkout) 1
Checked Out 14
Available to Checkout 502
Total 517
 Overall
 565 books purchased
 298 books circulated
 728 total circulations
 230 patrons/users
 2015 Usage
 Data for 4 months in 2015
(1/3 0f the year)
 46% of last year’s checkouts, 51%
of wish list items, and 29% of
holds, and 27% of new patrons

10. Allegiant Roth, Veronica
Divergent Roth, Veronica
The Goldfinch Tartt, Donna
The Fault in Our Stars Green, John
Fifty Shades of Grey James, E L
Gone Girl Flynn, Gillian
If I Stay Forman, Gayle
A Game of Thrones Martin, George R.R.
Beautiful Redemption Garcia, Kami; Stohl, Margaret
Beautiful Creatures Garcia, Kami; Stohl, Margaret
Top Circulating Books

11. Top Sub-Catagories
 Literary
 Action & Adventure
 Historical
 Love & Romance
 FICTION
 Contemporary Women
 Suspense
 Thrillers
 Fantasy & Magic
 Family Life
 Dystopian
 Science Fiction
 Contemporary
 Mystery & Detective
 Humorous
 Fantasy
 Girls & Women
 Personal Memoirs
 Crime
 Epic

12. Subcategories: Books More than
Three Circulations

15. 3M Tools – For Selecting Books (Reports)

19. Other Considerations
 Good Today – Not Good Tomorrow
 Maintenance of Content
 Harkens back to cataloging question
 Duplication issues/philosophy
 Changing Marketplace – Other Options
 Lessons Learned!

20. Other SGA/Lib Tech Fee Requests
Language Learning Enhanced Popular DVD

21. Thank You! -- Questions?