Julie WangBinghamton University, SUNY

Haihui Zhang University of Pittsburgh

Are We Ready to Step Into

the PDA River ?

@ TorontoMarch 15, 2012

Acquisition Models

BudgetCollection

Policy

Publishers &Vendors

Library’s OPAC

Patrons

Librarians

Firm OrdersStanding OrdersDatabase SubscriptionsGift & Donations Approval PlansInterLibrary LoanPurchase on Demand

Patron-Driven Acquisitions

e-Book Aggregators / VendorsSubscription Perpetual

PurchaseShort Time Loan (STL)

DDAPDA

eBrary(ProQuest)

Yes Yes Yes Yes

EBL Yes Yes Yes Yes

NetLibrary(EBSCO)

Coming soon Yes Coming soon

Yes

Myilibrary (Ingram)

Yes Yes Yes Yes

YBP

•Previewed for several minutes•Short Time Loan (STL)•Auto Purchase (Trigged by times of STL)

Patrons

Order recordStatistics

Profile / Pre-se

lection

Invoice

s

MARC Record

Library OPAC

Be Prepared Librarians’ Perspectives

Working with Control

Working with Control

Working with Partners

Working with Partners

Working withTechnology

Working withTechnology

Download records to OPAC

Deduping

Discovery

Sort and purge

Profile Collection policy

Observation Monitoring

Budget

Workflow

Content provider and vendor

Price model

Pilot

Among functional units in libraries

FACING ISSUES

• Books that are never or rarely used

• Processing time• Budget restriction• Space issues• Usage assessment • Patron as user

• Buy as needed• Immediate access• Cost efficiency• Online• Auto tracking statistics• Patron as selector

PDA AS AN APPROACH

Why now?What is the library’s ROI ?

Challenges

• Collection control• Budget control• Staff shifting and

training• Insufficient search of e-Books records in OPAC

• Price model • P vs. E, e-Books

availability timing• System Integration• Management

Chinese e-Books @ EA Library A glance of University of Pittsburgh

Fact 4 In the past 3 years, newly purchased titles, based on users recommendation, is below 1%

Fact 1 Monographs New Pub. vs. Old

2009 94% 6%

2010 95% 5%

2011 88% 12%

Fact 2Apabi –

2009 8%2010 8%

2011 12%

Fact 3Chinamaxx

2009 0%2010 0%2011 0%

Is there a strong demand for PDA

implementation in EAL?

Are Vendors in China Ready for PDA?用户驱动的图书馆采购

Subscription Perpetual Purchase

Pay-per-view /Short Time Loan

DDAPDA

Apabi Yes Yes No No

Chinamaxx Yes Yes No (Chinamaxx)Yes (Duxiu)

No

East View Yes No No No

Airiti / 華藝 Yes Yes No No

Transmission Books & Micro info Co. /漢珍

Yes n/a n/a No

• A small user group

• Most users are in humanities and social sciences

• Study habits or preference for print vs. e-Books

• Possibility of synchronized publication• Marketing strategy and willingness to work on new model• Most e-content are in science & popular reading• Copyright • Technology-ready

• A relatively small budget

• Collaboration with e-content providers

• Collaboration with main libraries/IT

• Technology concerns

The Challenges of PDA for Chinese e-Books

Users Vendors Libraries

Discovery & Acquisitions

Journal & newspapers

Loaned short MARC records

Purchased eBooks

Print booksA-V & more

Databases

Remove unwanted MARC records

OPACDatabasesOpen sourcee-Books records for observation

More Thoughts • “ Change is inevitable.

Librarians can decide to wait for change and adapt, however painfully, when it is no longer possible to maintain old ways. The authors advocate the alternative: seizing the new opportunities that change brings or, better yet, pioneering and creating some of those opportunities.”

(M.S. Bracke)

Nixon, J. M., Freeman, R. S., & Ward, S. M. (2011). Patron-driven acquisitions: Current successes and future directions. London: Routledge.