Making the right choices: Pay-per-view use data and selection decisions

Hanson, Michael; Heidenwolf, Terese

doi:10.5860/crln.71.11.8473

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“…PPV usage statistics give libraries data, which can be added to other collection development tools such as a collection development policy and patron surveys, to guide the library's collection decisions. At least one article in the library literature suggests that librarians have been less than successful in selecting the journals that are most wanted and needed [20]. PPV might prove a useful tool to improve library collection development efforts.…”

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 97%

Breaking inertia: increasing access to journals during a period of declining budgets: a case study

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2014

J Med Libr Assoc

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Beginning in January 2012, a 1-year pilot pay-per-view (PPV) service was implemented. Twenty-four journal subscriptions were canceled to fund the service, and through the PPV service, the library was able to offer patrons access to over 700 previously unavailable biomedical journals. At the end of the pilot period, the total PPV cost for each journal accessed was compared to the subscription cost to determine if PPV was an effective use of library money. While remaining essentially budget neutral, the number of full-text articles accessed increased over 400%. PPV can be a cost-effective method for expanding access to journals.

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Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 97%

Breaking inertia: increasing access to journals during a period of declining budgets: a case study

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2014

J Med Libr Assoc

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“…This experience showed that, given increased access to unsubscribed content, patron use reveals that librarians' selections may not be as on-target as presumed (Hanson & Heidenwolf, 2010). All Elsevier subscriptions were cancelled at the end of 2008, and access was opened to virtually all of Elsevier's titles via Article Choice by loading title information into the library catalog and the A-Z list.…”

Section: Review Of the Recent Literaturementioning

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Getting The Most Out of Pay-Per-View: A Feasibility Study and Discussion of Mediated and Unmediated Options

Hosburgh

2012

Journal of Electronic Resources Librarianship

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The increasing costs of science, technology, and medical journals, combined with decreasing or stagnant budgets, have forced libraries to take a hard look at current journal subscriptions. Even when budgets remain stable or increase, they may not keep pace with the escalating costs of subscriptions from various publishers. In the face of potential journal cancellations, some libraries are turning to pay-per-view (PPV) as an alternative method of providing access to material demanded by patrons. This paper discusses PPV options in general and, in particular, a feasibility study carried out at Florida Institute of Technology, in which the library purchased Wiley tokens and used them in both a mediated and unmediated fashion over the course of a year.

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“…The librarian would then e mail the requested article to the student (within two hours during regular reference hours)” or direct the student to a print copy if it was held in the library. “ The key discovery was the profound mismatch between the acquisition profile and the user demand profile…… only three of the top ten most used titles had been on our list of subscribed titles” (Hanson and Heidenwolf, 2010). Available freely at http://crln.acrl.org/content/71/11/586.full.…”

Section: Document Supplymentioning

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Interlending and document supply: a review of the recent literature: 74

McGrath

2011

Interlending &Amp; Document Supply

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PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to provide a review of the literature concerning interlending and document supply and related matters.Design/methodology/approachThe approach is based on the reading of over 150 journals as well as monographs, reports and websites.FindingsResistance to the Big Deals for journals is still growing – in particular because of the current budget cuts that are hitting libraries badly. A number of articles from around the world indicate that document supply is still alive and kicking.Originality/valueThe paper represents a useful source of information for librarians and others interested in document supply and related matters such as resource sharing and open access.

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Making the right choices: Pay-per-view use data and selection decisions

Cited by 6 publications

References 1 publication

Breaking inertia: increasing access to journals during a period of declining budgets: a case study

Breaking inertia: increasing access to journals during a period of declining budgets: a case study

Getting The Most Out of Pay-Per-View: A Feasibility Study and Discussion of Mediated and Unmediated Options

Interlending and document supply: a review of the recent literature: 74

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