1. Slide 1 E-Books at OhioLINK : Expanding the Statewide Collection Dan Gottlieb, University of Cincinnati Karen Wilhoit, Wright State University

2. Slide 2 OhioLINK Is: 90 Member Libraries 16 public universities 50 private colleges 23 community and technical colleges State Library of Ohio Over 600,000 Students, Faculty, and Staff

3. Slide 3 OhioLINK Collections Include: 50 million books and other library materials 100+ research databases 17,000+ electronic journals 81,000 e-books Thousands of digital images, videos, and sounds 40,000 online theses and dissertations from Ohio students

4. Slide 4 Why (Shared) E-Books? Culture of Sharing Resources Member libraries’ collections are a shared state resource In 2012, “P-CIRC” delivered over 600,000 items at a cost of just under $1 million Shared E-Books: Consistent with OhioLINK history of sharing resources Have potential to reduce P-CIRC costs over time

5. Slide 5 How Does OhioLINK Acquire E-Books? Rental: Safari Purchase: Oxford Scholarship Online Springer Wiley YBP Pilot DDA: NetLibrary YBP Pilot

6. Slide 6 NetLibrary Early experiment with DDA at consortial level Approximately 2000-2004 Records made available via central catalog and local catalogs as desired Resulted in purchase of about 15,000 titles Project terminated Expense – virtually all titles in pool were purchased Concerns about print duplication and lack of predictability

7. Slide 7 After NetLibrary Purchase of publisher packages Oxford Scholarship Online Springer Local purchasing of e-books growing Concern about inability to share resources Desire for new approach led to ITN in April 2011 “Explore mechanisms to purchase ebook content that would be made available to all consortia members.” Combine community funds to create a funding pool

8. Slide 8 YBP/Ebrary Pilot: Three Publishers Ashgate/Gower (ebrary platform) Rowman & Littlefield/Altamira/Scarecrow (ebrary platform) Cambridge (publisher platform) Three Collecting Methods Subject-Based Purchase Profile-Based Purchase DDA

9. Slide 9 Pilot Implemented in Three Phases: Phase 1 : Subject and profile-based collections from Ashgate and Rowman & Littlefield Titles profiled on or after April 10, 2013 added as published Phase 2 : DDA pools from Ashgate and Rowman & Littlefield First titles received Phase 3: Cambridge University Press - date TBD

10. Slide 10 Composition of DDA Pool: Ashgate and Rowman & Littlefield: All current imprints not purchased as part of the subject- based or profile-based collections Retrospective pool (2011 and/or 2012 imprints) under consideration Cambridge: Current imprints not purchased as part of subject-based or profile-based collections Possible additional restrictions on subject areas Retrospective pool possible, but unlikely

11. Slide 11 DDA Pool: Purchase Triggers For Rowman & Littlefield and Ashgate, standard Ebrary triggers will apply: 10 minutes spent reading 10 page views (excluding index and TOC) Any download, copy, or print For Cambridge, triggers are to be determined

12. Slide 12 Implementation Issues: Existing approval and DDA profiles modified: Participating publishers set to slip or blocked Invoices paid out of pooled institutional funds Bibliographic records: Loaded and contributed to central OhioLINK catalog May be loaded to local catalogs if desired Use statistics Accrue to consortial level For institutional usage, records must be loaded to local ILS

13. Slide 13 Results So Far: About 80 titles purchased from Ashgate and Rowman and Littlefield Titles purchased outright are seeing use First DDA titles delivered and loaded Too early for purchase history

14. Slide 14 Why This Structure? Desire to experiment with new methods of purchasing e- books for the consortia Experience (and some dissatisfaction) with “big deal” type purchases Strong interest in more title-level selection Mixed feelings about appropriateness of DDA for consortial collecting Concerns about buying too much (NetLibrary experience) Analysis will help OhioLINK determine what method best meets its needs

15. Slide 15 Next Steps: Evaluation of pilot project Usage Expense Comparison with other OhioLINK e-book packages Possible continuation, modification or expansion of pilot DDA only? No DDA? Profiling method? New publishers Additional subject areas

16. Slide 16 Questions? Dan Gottlieb University of Cincinnati Dan.gottlieb@uc.edu Karen Wilhoit Wright State University Karen.wilhoit@wright.edu