Patron-Driven Acquisition of Patron-Driven Acquisition of eBooks: eBooks:
Three Perspectives on an Emerging Three Perspectives on an Emerging Model for AcquisitionsModel for Acquisitions
W. Lee Hisle, Connecticut CollegeEllen Safley, UT-Dallas
Nancy Gibbs, Duke University
ER&L ConferenceAustin, Texas
February 1-3, 2010
PDA = community-driven collection development Integrated with institutional or consortial ILS Ensures purchased item is consulted item
Usage = value Immediate access to content:
No librarian mediation User or librarian may initiate orders Safeguards available for unintended
access/purchase PDA: Possible in print; Easy in digital environment
No indication to user that use = purchase
CTW Consortium Founded ~1982: Connecticut College, Trinity
College and Wesleyan University Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Grant on
Collaborative Collection Development (2008 $500K) CCD Librarian (3 Years) Collection Analysis and Collection Dev Policies
Cooperative Collection Development Pilot: Print YBP Expensive, non-core items $75,000 shared funds No duplicate purchases allowed from funds Limitation on weeding: note on bib record Laid Foundation for ebook CCD and PDA
Collaborative Collection Development of Ebooks: Pilot
Patron-Driven Acquisitions Grant funds + CTW members funds Ingram/Coutts: MyiLibrary Selection from 500 publishers and 20,000 titles Focus on currency: initial load-- 3000 titles; ~500
titles added monthly De-dup ebrary titles and triplicate print holdings Selected publishers and limited to 2008- $300K of titles for $25K in sales
Collaborative Collection Development of Ebooks: Pilot
Access to all --by all-- in CTW All titles purchased—”owned” jointly among the
three libraries in perpetuity Selection of title from search – summary @ no cost. First access of ebook: no cost Second access: charge incurred Deposit account shared and funded by Mellon/CTW
members Direct selection and POD possible
Abrogation of Fair Use? Cut and paste Pages copied Pages shared Multiple simultaneous users
Ownership vs. License/Rent Archiving ILL Multiple interfaces for access EBSCO vs. Gale future?
