Hi Stacey.
For us, ebook usage reports help justify some of our material funding
requests (because they show our students are heavily using our
e-resources,) and they generally inform collection development
decision-making.
Based partly usage reports from our earlier ebook collections, ebooks are
now the first choice for some subject areas, if available. When deciding
whether or not to try out a DDA plan, existing ebook usage was considered.
We look at usage when deciding whether or not to renew a
subscription-based collection, and whether to buy perpetual collections
from particular publishers. Platforms known to have higher usage tend to
get the money.
Also, one way I look at it, is that with the use of our facility very high,
but print circulation dropping, it might cause some on campus to question
what services we *are* providing besides study hall. E-resource usage
stats, ebooks included, are helping show the usefulness of our services as
they migrate to electronic provision.
The only ebook "weeding" we do is with our DDA plan discovery pool. We
like to keep only the two recent publishing years in the discovery pool, so
in rolling fashion, once a year we drop off the publications that would now
be 3 years back. We'd rather DDA purchases be newer titles.
Carole
*Carole Correa-Morris University Library Head of Acquisitions & *
*Interim Lead for Technical Services*
*San Jose State University408-808-2372 Carole.Correa-Morris_at_sjsu.edu
<Carole.Correa-Morris_at_sjsu.edu>*
On Tue, Jun 10, 2014 at 8:45 AM, <acqnet-l_at_lists.ibiblio.org> wrote:
> All
>
> Over the years, I have attended several sessions at ALA and other
> conferences about collecting ebook usage statistics. Those sessions always
> seemed to be focused on how to collect or the mechanics of collecting, not
> how to use the statistics.
>
> Is anyone using ebook usage statistics for collection purposes? Weeding
> purposes? (Currently we are not removing any ebook titles from our
> catalog). Decision making purposes?
>
> I am trying to determine what useful, actionable information I can get
> out of my ebook statistics.
>
> Stacey
>
> Stacey Marien
> Acquisitions Librarian
> American University Library
> smarien_at_american.edu
> 202-885-3842
>
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