As the media librarian for Arizona University I’d like to share with some news about an innovative new approach we are taking for acquiring streaming video for the collection.
Along with the University of Arizona and Northern Arizona University we form the Arizona University Libraries Consortium (AULC). In 2006 AULC experimented with a PDA model for streaming video That experiment ultimately led to the first subscription model for streaming video.
Now, AULC is entering a consortial agreement with Alexander Street Press for an Evidence Based Acquisition (EBA) pilot.
EBA is a new approach, very similar to PDA models, but at the same time very different. Instead of automatically purchasing titles after X number of uses, AULC libraries are making an upfront payment to Alexander Street Press. In return, Alexander Street Press opens authenticated access to its entire collection of more than 28,000 videos for a year. This access includes MARC records for all the videos, plus access to additional videos added over the course of the year.
At the end of year, the libraries will apply the upfront spend to purchase titles in perpetuity. Alexander Street Press will provide title-level and ISP range use data to help us determine the actual titles to select. We are not obligated to purchase the most used titles, (though that is the likely approach). And the use data identifies titles we have already acquired from Alexander Street so we will not repurchase that content.
This is a uniquely fresh take on video selection. It complements the PDA models that libraries have begun to embrace for monographs, yet allows libraries to control not only their spend, but also the selection of video for their collections. Unlike subscription models or the purchase of large collections, where much of the collection may never be accessed, we will know with certainty that every title we acquire through EBA meets an information need for our users. The detailed use data also will help determine subject areas that need additional video content.
Video collection development is a complicated process. I have nearly 40 years experience as a media librarian, actively promoting streaming video for the past 10 years. I've personally witnessed the market go thru many changes, from film to video to streaming. But media librarians are disappearing from the field, and few subject librarians are familiar with the publishing and distribution of quality documentary and educational video. Yet increasingly faculty seek such content, often from outside the library.
The EBA model addresses, in part, my own professional concerns about the future of media acquisitions in academic libraries, and I am really thrilled to be part of this innovative and forward-thinking approach.
With this arrangement AULC becomes the first consortium to enter into the Evidence Based Acquisition model.
deg farrelly, Media Librarian
Arizona State University Libraries
Hayden Library C1H1
P.O. Box 871006
Tempe, Arizona 85287-1006
Phone: 602.332.3103
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