Technology & Libraries Lightning Round-Up (Fong)

Bonnie L. Fong

Assistant ProfessorInformation Literacy, Outreach, &

Technical Services Librarian Liaison to Nursing, Sciences, &

MathFelician College – Lodi, NJ

“Technology & Libraries Lightning Round-Up” Webinar – 1/20/2011

Training for Peanuts

Sponsor: Learning Round Table

Objective: Discuss free and low-cost staff training ideas

Moderator: Stacy Schrank, Employee Development Coordinator, Metropolitan Library System

Training for Peanuts

Consider:– Unconference model

– TechZoo / Digital Sandbox: hands-on experience with new technology (e.g., eReaders, iPads)

– Webinars (record + archive for later viewing)

– Free training online on how to use Microsoft (Word, Excel): GCFlearnfree.org (supported by Goodwill Community Foundation, Inc.)

– Emulators online: computer screen imitates what it’s like to be on another device (e.g., smartphone) so you can get a sense of what it’s like

Publisher/Vendor Relations Discussion

Sponsors: ACRL + ACRL STS

Objective: Discuss current trends in patron driven acquisitions for print and electronic books in science & technology

5 Panelists…3 librarians + 2 vendors…

Slides from Midwinter are expected to be posted on http://connect.ala.org/node/65527


Background:– Many books on the shelves are not being used– Lean budgets– Patron-driven acquisitions (PDA) / demand-

driven acquisitions (DDA) options are being offered by vendors…and academic libraries are using them for print + electronic books

– Benefits for selectors = reduced workload, more time to focus on other responsibilities

Michael Levine-Clark(University of Denver)

Spoke about how e-book demand-driven acquisitions (DDA) and short-term loans (STLs) works in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics):– Short shelf life – Helps librarians figure out what kinds of materials

are of interest to the faculty Purchase statistics @ Univ. of Denver in STEM:

Computer science > medicine > engineering/tech. > science > math

Diane Clark(University of Alberta)

Spoke about an interesting collaboration between ILL + acquisitions depts. – rather than just ILL-ing requested items, items would usually be purchased

Titles purchased are actually being used! Patron’s Choice Denise Koufogiannakis’ works were cited a

number of times within presentation

Mary Woodley(California State University – Northridge)

Spoke about patron-driven plan that allows library to select certain parameters:– English-language only – non-fiction only

– max. of $150 – NOT reference Patron-driven plan is also a “just-in-time” model:

– MARC records for e-books not yet in collection are already added to catalog

– Purchase after 2nd use Online ILL provides access to monographs via

EBL (Ebook Library)

Syed Hasan(Springer)

Springer is one of the largest STM publishers Patron-driven acquisitions (PDA) @ Springer is

difficult

Matt Barnes(ebrary)

Process for ebrary’s PDA model seems to be:– Librarians select some e-book titles– ebrary provides free MARC records of these

selected titles for the library to add to their catalog

– Patrons “trigger” the titles based on usage– Library is invoiced for the triggered titles

“Most libraries start with 10 – 20% of their budgets in PDA” –Matt Barnes

What appears to be a press release from Oct. 2010: http://www.ebrary.com/corp/newspdf/ebrary_PDA_launch.pdf


Conclusions + My Thoughts: – Continue to revise:

• parameters that are set

• guidelines of the program

• allocated budget

– Cautions:• Money may be spent faster than you expect

• Is this (i.e., titles being purchased) in keeping with your library’s collection development policy? Institution’s mission?

Expanding & Understanding Access Options

Full Title: Expanding and Understanding Access Options: From Open Access to Patron Driven to Article Rental

Sponsors: ALCTS + ALCTS CRS

Objective: Consider new methods to get researchers the content they need

3 Panelists…

Bob Schatz(BioMed Central – http://www.biomedcentral.com)

Open Access (OA) increased impact, increased citation {BioMed Central tells authors how many times his/her article has been accessed!}

~6,000 OA journals, ~500,000 OA articles (80,000 of which are in BioMed Central)

~90 publishers offer “author choice” for at least one of their journals

Commercial (gold) OA = funded by article processing charges that authors must pay, although BioMed Central + others do offer waivers (e.g., if author is from developing nation)

Kari Paulson(EBL – EBook Library – http://www.eblib.com)

Demand-driven acquisitions (DDA) @ EBL:– Make e-books visible to patrons without outright

having to buy them– Can “rent” / purchase following a pre-determined

set of rules as they are accessed / requested by patrons

– 1st 5 minutes of browsing = free “~65% of EBL customers use some form of patron-

driven acquisitions (PDA) model” –Kari Paulson

Bill Park(DeepDyve – http://www.deepdyve.com)

DeepDyve rents scientific, technical, medical, & scholarly research articles:– Includes free OA articles– “Premium” articles start at 99 cents– Full-text is available for up to 24 hours– Cannot be downloaded / printed / shared– As promotion, receive 0-5* free articles upon

registering (*Web site says 1)

Good for busy folks who skim / browse to stay current

Expanding & Understanding Access Options

Conclusions + My Thoughts: – Consider OA journals:

• Free

• Some are peer-reviewed

– DDA / PDA may get materials to patrons more quickly (+ ensures that the materials will actually be used)

– Renting may be more cost-effective – just consider how journals are used:

• Are all articles looked at / just 1-2 per issue?

• Do patrons skim + toss / read + keep?

Technology & Libraries Lightning Round-Up (Fong)

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