academic library monograph collections and mobile technology: trends and opportunities
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Academic Library Monograph Collections and Mobile Technology:
Trends and Opportunities
Michael Levine-ClarkCollections LibrarianUniversity of Denver
Academic eBook Future and DevelopmentsHong Kong University
February 22, 2012
Mobile Devices
1990
2010
Academic Library Collections
Collection Development Trends
• Decreasing space• eBooks– DDA– POD
• Shrinking budgets• Emphasis on Discovery• Disaggregation,
unbundling• Greater collaboration
Decreasing Collections Space
• Campus core too valuable– Less stack space
• Full storage facilities• Decreasing storage options
Penrose Library1972 2012
A Potential Solution
• eBooks/local POD helps with:– Space–Off-campus access– Searchability–Multi-user access– Satisfying different user needs (p vs e)
Slow Transition to eBooks
• Lack of content• (Almost) no local POD options• Interface issues– Lack of ereader compatibility
For eBooks to Work, We Need
• Compatibility– Device agnostic
• Easy transfer
• Reasonable DRM
Libraries are Doing it Wrong
Adobe Digital Editions
Too Many Steps!
• Library Catalog• EBL – Open– Download
• Adobe Digital Editions• Nook
No Space = No Browsing
• Loss of serendipitous discovery
• Major faculty concern
The Browsing Problem
• Books in storage• One book – one call number• No option for eBooks• No option for books not in collection• No option for consortial partners• No option for books already checked out
The Browsing Solution
• Digital browsing via catalog– Any format– Physical availability irrelevant– One book can have many locations
• A mobile option?– QR code for physical location– Digital options nearby
Decreasing Budgets
• Disproportionate impact on monographs– Fewer dollars = fewer books
Demand-Driven Acquisition
• eBooks combined with POD (ideally)– eBooks combined with
print (really)
• Solves multiple problems– Space– Budget– Format
Definitions
• Patron-Driven Acquisition (PDA)– Faculty
Requests/Input– Use Data
• Demand-Driven Acquisition (DDA)– Meets immediate
need
Demand-Driven Acquisitions Goals
• Broaden the collection–More titles–More publishers–More subjects
• Match acquisitions to immediate demand–Pay at point of need–Pay for amount of need– Short-term loans–Purchase-on-demand
University of Denver EBL Data (5/1/10-6/30/11)
Actual List
325 titles purchased $23,753 $23,753
3,599 titles with at least one STL
$49,171 $236,037
6,477 titles with at least one browse
$0 $473,378
Total (10,401 titles) $72,924 $733,168
Savings $660,244
Reconceiving Library Collections
• Traditional Model– Building a collection– Library as steward of cultural record– Providing resources for current research/teaching
• DDA– Allows a collection based on access– Primary goal: providing resources for current
research/teaching
DDA | Discovery
• Can’t buy it if you can’t find it• Can’t find it if it’s not where you
look
• Library discovery tools must work where users are
What We Know About Mobile
• Surpassing desktop ownership/usage• Changing user expectations– Immediate access!• Download• Request
• Changing user behavior– Purchase, download
Library Catalogs• Don’t take advantage of
mobile:– No location information– Often no ability to request an
item for delivery/to be held– No ability to check out with
device– Limited by idea of traditional
catalog/services
Libraries Need To
• Respond to mobile technology:– Immediate access– Anywhere
• Even for print
Disaggregation, Unbundling
• Of collections– Fewer packages– End of the big deal?
• Of content– Article vs. journal– Chapter vs. book
Smaller pieces for smaller devices
Collaboration
• In purchase– e or e/p
• In storage• In drawing down
print collections
Shared Collections
• Shared e-access– Multiple business
models for e (subscription, purchase, package, DDA)
Dispersed Collections
• One print copy to share consortially
• Shared storage• Reliance on partner
libraries
Remote Collections, Remote Access
Mobile Technology
Library Collections
Thank You
Michael Levine-Clarkmichael.levine-clark@du.edu
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