Electronic Resources at Copley Library Selection and Deselection Michael J. Epstein Reference/ Electronic Resources Librarian University of San Diego Copley Library

About USD  Private, Coeducational, Roman Catholic  Founded in 1949  College of Arts and Sciences  Graduate Schools (Nursing, Education, Business, and Law)  Students 6787 FTE  Faculty 359 FT (722 total)  Two Libraries (Copley & Pardee Law)

About Copley Library  Approximately 500,000 volumes  Approximately 90 Databases  Consortiums (SCELC, OCLC, CIRCUIT)  Nine FT Librarians, Total Staff 50

Electronic Resources Budget  – 175, %  – 254, %  – 390, %  2004 – 2005 – 489, %

Database Selection Process Interest ERL Setup Library Committee ERL Trial/Info Library Liaisons

Selection/ Retention Criteria  Costs  Programs served  Existing Sources  Similar Products  Mission  Political/Diplomatic  Usage Statistics  Overlap Analysis  Faculty Feedback

Issues  Ownership vs. Subscription  License Agreements  Format  Remote Access  Full -Text vs. Citation  Aggregator vs. Publisher  Preservation  Competition

Case Study: CINAHL  Ovid platform – Nursing faculty select journal package with original liaison.  New liaison and ERL: trial EBSCO and Proquest, compare title lists, poll faculty. Keep Ovid  Current Liaison – looks at usage stats, overlap analysis, title lists, faculty interest.  Decision: Cancel CINAHL via Ovid + 14 FT journals based on low usage. Replace with EBSCO CINAHL Full text.

SUNY Experience  64 campuses  Central Library Administration  SUNY Librarian’s Association  NYLINK Consortium (350 members)  CUNY partnerships  Beneficial to smaller campuses  Highly structured

SCELC  Statewide California Electronic Library Consortium  82 member institutions  Negotiates Database deals with vendors  Provides a forum for discussion of database issues.  Trend toward more analysis of databases

SCELC Trend Toward Analysis  Product Review Committee  License Review Committee  Shared title list based on usage stats (SD)  Analysis of pricing tiers (Lock in Deals)  Evaluation of similar products  Consortium wide ERM (proposed)

E-Resources Collection Development  Complex environment: –Embargoes –Package deals tied to maintaining print –License agreements –Preservation issues –Changing content – aggregators (Muse & Duke) –Technical issues (proxy, etc.)

Useful Tools  Usage Statistics (Counter)  Overlap Analysis (Serials Solutions)  ERM systems to manage data  Surveys