The PASCAL organization provides e-book access to over 250,000 titles through four e-book platforms to support students, faculty and staff at academic institutions across South Carolina. Usage of e-books is increasing on college campuses. PASCAL offers training on the e-book platforms and promotes discovery of and access to e-books through the PASCALCat catalog and other methods. Top subjects used include social science, history, business/economics and political science. PASCAL will continue assessing usage and expanding e-book access.

2. About PASCAL
Our Mission:
The Partnership Among South Carolina Academic Libraries provides
timely and universal access to information resources and library
services - through creative use of technology, central licensing, and
collaborative action - in order to support a highly productive knowledge
environment for students, faculty and staff at every member institution
of higher learning in South Carolina.

3. About PASCAL
Key Programs:
• PASCAL Delivers
Universal Borrowing
• E-Resources
Core Academic Databases
• E-Books
250,000 Titles Across Four
Platforms
• ILS Management
Hosting & System
Administration
Our Members:
• 55 Academic Libraries
• Mix of public & private
institutions
• Serving over 285,000
students, faculty & staff
statewide

4. Overview
• E-books in academic libraries
• Benefits and challenges
• PASCAL’s e-book initiative
• Next steps
• Success strategies

5. The rise of e-books
• E-books have become ubiquitous (95% of U.S.
academic libraries reported having e-books in
2012)
• The number of e-books offered by libraries
continues to rise
• In 2012 e-books represented an average of
9.6% of academic libraries’ total acquisitions
budgets
- From 2012 Survey of Ebook Usage in U.S. Academic Libraries , Library Journal

6. The rise of mobile devices
• Skyrocketing use of
mobile devices on
college campuses
• AND increasing use of
mobile devices for
studying
• Not experts…students
(and faculty) need
technical and
instructional support Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs for Millennials
-http://www.houstonpr.co.uk/

7. The benefits of e-books
For Users
• 24/7 Access
• Searchable
• Adjustable settings,
based on user
preferences
• No need to return, no
late fees
For Libraries
• No shelf space
required!
• Simultaneous use (in
some cases)
• No loss or damage

8. The Challenges
• Some users still want print
• User experience can be cumbersome
• Ownership vs. access
• Resource sharing concerns
• Balancing print and digital collections
• Pricing/licensing models
• DRM issues
• All those devices!

9. The PASCAL E-Book Initiative
Beginning in 2013, PASCAL launched its e-
book initiative using lottery funds.
Over 250,000 e-books are now available
through four platforms:
– EBL Demand Driven Acquisition
(DDA) Plan from ProQuest
– Academic Collection from EBSCO
– Ebrary from ProQuest
– UPSO Psychology Collection from
Oxford University Press

10. The PASCAL E-Book Initiative
The mix of content and package models provides
maximum benefits to members:
• Subscription packages – ebrary & EBSCO
• Demand Driven Acquistions Plan – EBL
• Purchase model (perpetual access) – Oxford
Psychology Collection

11. EBL
• Demand Driven Acquisitions (DDA) Plan
• Over 6,300 titles available
• Scholarly titles across many academic
disciplines, primarily University Presses
• Copyright date of 2012 or later
• Unlimited user access
• 7th short term loan (STL) triggers
purchase
• Authentication issues – login required on
and off campus

12. ebrary
• Subscription package
• Includes Academic Complete, College
Complete, Public Library Complete &
elibro collections
• Over 157,000 scholarly titles across all
academic disciplines
• Unlimited user access

13. EBSCO
• Subscription package
• Over 140,000 multidisciplinary titles,
broad range of academic subjects
• Unlimited user access
• New dedicated app

14. UPSO Psychology Collection
• Purchase model, perpetual access
• Over 335 scholarly eBooks in
Psychology
• 2012-2014 imprints from university
presses
• Unlimited user access

15. Initial training
• Over 200 PASCAL members participated in
the first round of e-book training sessions
offered December 2014 – April 2015
• Training Needs survey distributed Summer
2015 indicated need for more training – and
a desire for hands-on
• More e-book training sessions are being
planned with input from members

16. Usage Statistics
E-Book Use for all PASCAL Institutions
July 2014 – June 2015
EBL
Total Use
EBL
Downloads
ebrary
Total Use
ebrary
Downloads
EBSCO
Total Use
EBSCO
Downloads
OXFORD
Total Use
6,799 719 91,594 5,457 150,946 9,891 1,010
Total Use All Members: 250,349
Total Downloads All Members: 17,077

17. Reporting & Assessment
• Usage reports distributed to members in August
2015
• Reports will be sent twice yearly
• Members can pull their own stats for most
packages, if desired
• Subject analyses can help illuminate trends and
inform selection

18. Top Subjects Used
Top 20 BISAC Category or Subject EBSCO ebrary Total for
subscription
platforms
Percent of all
titles used
SOCIAL SCIENCE 6743 3307 10050 9.9%
HISTORY 5897 3206 9103 9.0%
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS 4641 2800 7441 7.3%
POLITICAL SCIENCE 4881 1884 6765 6.7%
LITERATURE 4140 1955 6095 6.0%
RELIGION 4167 1764 5931 5.8%
MEDICAL 3534 2071 5605 5.5%
EDUCATION 3216 1338 4554 4.5%
PSYCHOLOGY 2609 1322 3931 3.9%
SCIENCE 1946 1732 3678 3.6%
ALL OTHER SUBJECTS 27205 11278 38483 37.9%
EBSCO Title Count FY14-15 68979
ebrary Title Count FY14-15 32657
101636

19. Top Subjects Used
10%
8%
7%
7%
6%
6%
5%5%
4%
3%
39%
SOCIAL SCIENCE
HISTORY
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS
POLITICAL SCIENCE
LITERATURE
RELIGION
MEDICAL
EDUCATION
PSYCHOLOGY
SCIENCE
ALL OTHER SUBJECTS

20. Next Steps
• E-books are increasingly considered “core”
resources by members
• Current subscription & DDA packages may be
extended
• PASCAL’s E-Book Task Force is focusing on
assessment and expansion of the DDA plan
• PASCAL’s Consortial Purchasing Committee
has been tasked with investigating e-book
licensing

21. News from vendors
• ProQuest preparing to launch E-Book
Central
• Combined platform for EBL & ebrary
• Consortia may be last
• EBSCO Ebooks App
• Dedicated app
• Users must request key and link

22. Success Strategies
Discovery
Promotion
Training

23. Discovery & Access
• Direct links to the eBook platforms
• MARC records available for local catalog
loads (let us know if we can help!)
• Local Discovery (EDS, Summon)
• PASCALCat

24. PASCAL e-books & PASCALCat
INN-Reach (PASCALCat) provides statewide
eBook discovery and access
Three components:
• Catalog cleanup
• PASCAL eBook access from PASCALCat
• Improved discovery tool--Encore

25. PASCAL eBooks in PASCALCat
• Discover and access all 250,000+ PASCAL
eBooks from anywhere!
• Record loads handled by PASCAL staff
• Authentication handled like traditional
PASCAL Delivers requests (uses III’s WAM)
PASCAL e-books & PASCALCat

26. Encore for PASCALCat
How do users find it?
• Directly: http://encore.pascalcat.org
• From the current (classic) catalog: http://pascalcat.org
• From the PASCAL website: http://pascalsc.org
• Search directly on PASCAL eBooks with pre-
limited Encore search
• Passthru searches

27. • Classes/events
• Library website
• Physical displays
• Fliers, bookmarks,
e-book cards
• LibGuides
• Social Media
Promotion

28. Promotion
Bulletin board display at Horry-Georgetown Technical College

29. Promotion

30. Promotion

31. Training
• PASCAL training resources page
• Webinars, vendor provided resources for
all platforms
• Train the trainer model
• Hands-on experience is key
• Familiarity breeds…comfort

32. We’d love to hear from you!
Questions?
Success stories?
Challenges?

33. Ellan Jenkinson
ejenkinson@pascalsc.org
Thank You!