Comparing usage between selective and bundled e‐monograph purchases

Lamothe, Alain R.

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“…This was achieved by dividing the number of viewings by the corresponding number of e-monographs (# viewings/# e-monographs) and will be reported as "viewings per e-monograph" ratios. Because Lamothe (2013aLamothe ( , 2013bLamothe ( , 2013cLamothe ( , 2010 has previously demonstrated that collection size can impact e-book usage rates, it is important to nullify this factor when comparing two or more collections of e-monographs of different size (Scanlan, 2008;Pendleton, 2005). Ratios also represent a relative value and should, by no means, ever be considered to be a measure of actual usage per e-monographs.…”

Section: Methodsmentioning

confidence: 97%

“…Although recent studies have demonstrated the practicality of using e-book usage statistics to establish collection development best practices in academic libraries (Lamothe, 2013a;Romero, 2011;Bucknell, 2010;Grigson, 2009), they haven't addressed the effects that a Static Collection may have on its usage.…”

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confidence: 98%

“…The library's acquisition models have varied and include the purchase of large consortially negotiated bundles, the purchase of individual titles from aggregators and the subscription of e-monograph collection content (Lamothe, 2013a(Lamothe, , 2013b. This is no different from the majority of academic libraries (Shen et al, 2011;Jackson, 2007;Taylor, 2007).…”

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confidence: 99%

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Comparing usage between a Dynamic and a Static e-monograph Collection

Lamothe

2015

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2015),"Optimizing KBART guidelines to restore perpetual access", Collection Building, Vol. 34 Iss 1 pp. 13-16 http:// dx. Access to this document was granted through an Emerald subscription provided by emerald-srm:448207 [] For AuthorsIf you would like to write for this, or any other Emerald publication, then please use our Emerald for Authors service information about how to choose which publication to write for and submission guidelines are available for all. Please visit www.emeraldinsight.com/authors for more information. About Emerald www.emeraldinsight.comEmerald is a global publisher linking research and practice to the benefit of society. The company manages a portfolio of more than 290 journals and over 2,350 books and book series volumes, as well as providing an extensive range of online products and additional customer resources and services.Emerald is both COUNTER 4 and TRANSFER compliant. The organization is a partner of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) and also works with Portico and the LOCKSS initiative for digital archive preservation. AbstractPurpose -The purpose of this paper is to present the results from a quantitative analysis comparing usage levels between an e-monograph collection that has experienced continual growth and an e-monograph collection that has not experienced any recent growth whatsoever. The aim of the study was to determine quantitatively if e-monograph collections with dynamic content experience greater levels of usage compared to e-monograph collections that are static in both size and content. Design/methodology/approach -E-monograph data were separated into a Dynamic and a Static Collection. Usage for e-monographs belonging to the Dynamic Collection was compared to usage of e-monographs belonging to the Static Collection. The number of e-monographs was obtained by simple count. Additional statistics tracked include the number of viewings. A linear regression analysis was used to determine the strength of the linear relationship between collection size and usage. Findings -Results indicate that e-monograph collections that continue to grow in both size and content also continue to experience year-to-year increases in usage, whereas e-monograph collections that remain static in size and content experience a decline in usage. A linear regression analysis indicates the existence of a very strong linear relationship that exists between Dynamic Collection size and usage. A weaker linear relationship was calculated for Static Collection size and usage. Originality/value -This research is one of very few studies systematically and quantitatively comparing usage levels between e-monographs from growing collections to collections that have not had any new titles added recently.

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Comparing usage between a Dynamic and a Static e-monograph Collection

Lamothe

2015

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“…45 In addition to a small number of locally purchased ebooks, Lamothe looked at use of three consortium-purchased bundles between 2007 and 2012 at Laurentian University. 46 There, 32 percent of 37,703 Springer titles in a consortium-purchased publisher package were used, 29 percent of a consortial bundle of 7,135 titles in NetLibrary and 6 percent of 7,800 titles in MyiLibrary. Slater examined use of 21,072 NetLibrary ebooks provided via consortium to users at Oakland University between 2005 and 2007.…”

Section: Literature Reviewmentioning

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Ebook Rate of Use in OhioLINK: A Ten-Year Study of Local and Consortial Use of Publisher Packages in Ohio

Fry

2019

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This paper examines publisher ebook package use in the OhioLINK academic library consortium between 2007 and 2017 alongside use of the same titles at individual institutions. With nearly 100,000 titles acquired over 10+ years from three publishers and available to users at more than 90 institutions, the picture of ebook use this study presents is unique in its breadth and scope. The data show that, consortiumwide, close to 100 percent of titles were used, with their initial use overwhelmingly taking place within one year of their publication date. At individual institutions, the rate of use was far lower and never exceeded the rate of use of print books at the author's own institution. These findings have important implications for how institutions approach ebook acquisition to maximize rate of use of ebook collections.

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“…Lamothe compared e-book usage from individual title purchases and packages in both NetLibrary and Ingram's MyiLibrary, along with Springer packages. 17 According to Lamothe, 66 percent of individually purchased books in NetLibrary were used compared to only 29 percent of the NetLibrary packages. With MyiLibrary, 72 percent of the individually purchases titles were used compared to 6 percent of package titles.…”

Section: Literature Reviewmentioning

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What Cost and Usage Data Reveals About E-Book Acquisitions: Ramifications for Collection Development

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Cataldo²,

Botero³

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To better determine how e-book acquisitions might affect future collection development decisions, a team of librarians from the University of Florida (UF) launched a project to assess cost and usage of e-booksT he Smathers Libraries has a primary mission to support the wide-ranging research and instructional activities at the University of Florida (UF), a large land-grant university with an annual enrollment of more than 49,000 and employing more than 3,000 faculty.1 The university also has more than one hundred undergraduate and two hundred graduate degree programs based in sixteen colleges that entail dozens of subject disciplines.2 With such a large scope of departments and degree programs to support across the sciences, humanities, social sciences, and medical-health related fields, the Smathers Libraries are challenged to meet the needs of this vast and diversified clientele. Moreover, the state is emphasizing distance-learning initiatives, with the libraries expected to develop and boost online resources to serve these new constituents.Within this landscape, a team of librarians from the Smathers Libraries (two from the acquisitions department, one from the Marston Science Library, and one from the Health Science Center Libraries) began a project to assess the number, cost, and use of e-books acquired for perpetual ownership by the libraries. The importance of determining the cost and usage of e-books purchased to support multiple subject disciplines is paramount as the Smathers Libraries face restrictive annual materials funding. A primary goal of the project was that the Libraries might apply the findings to improve the method of allocating e-book budgets.

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Comparing usage between selective and bundled e‐monograph purchases

Cited by 12 publications

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Comparing usage between a Dynamic and a Static e-monograph Collection

Comparing usage between a Dynamic and a Static e-monograph Collection

Ebook Rate of Use in OhioLINK: A Ten-Year Study of Local and Consortial Use of Publisher Packages in Ohio

What Cost and Usage Data Reveals About E-Book Acquisitions: Ramifications for Collection Development

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