Patron-Driven Acquisition Getting In The Game Linette Koren and Roman Koshykar Rochester Institute of Technology Presented at Upstate New York Science Librarians Meeting October 25, 2010

Not one, but TWO patron-driven acquisition projects RIT piloted two patron-driven acquisition (PDA) projects for e-books in 2010 Consortial project in conjunction with ConnectNY (CNY) on Coutts MyiLibrary platform (began in late winter) Local project on ebrary platform (began in early April)

Discussion Points Display of records in OPAC Budgeting and profiling Setting purchase triggers Effect on collection development & reference Initial results of projects Things to consider

Budgeting and Profiling Coutts/CNY budget - $50K deposit account funded by CNY central funds and member library contributions; multi-use Coutts/CNY profile – very broad to appeal to entire consortium; ebooks from four publishers chosen within publication year range

Budgeting and Profiling ebrary/RIT budget – $25K deposit account set up with ebrary; single use ebrary/RIT profiling – specific subject area, language, call number ranges, publication date, price point, certain publishers removed, relevant to RIT programs

Purchase triggers ConnectNY PDA on Coutts MyiLibrary – On set-up of project, purchase triggered on second use of book Clicks from the catalog record not counted in trigger; actual reading of ebook content is what matters – Going forward, purchase trigger will be increased to three uses Pilot project funding has been expended Based on pilot results, CNY renegotiated with Coutts for Phase 2

Purchase triggers RIT PDA on ebrary On set-up of project: Purchase triggered after five interactions Much more expansive definition of interactions with ebrary o Clicks from the catalog record to the book in the ebrary database count As of October 1: Purchase trigger changed o 10 page views in body in a user session OR 10 minutes of real usage per title in a user session OR copying or printing from title o Result of ebrary interface and profiling changes

Effect on collection development and reference service Faculty/student purchase requests Selecting from approval plans, Choice, publisher’s s, catalogs, blurbs, etc. Multiple records in catalog – after initial de-dupping No difference between a purchased book and a non- purchased book Care at Reference Desk not to demo thru to a trigger point

Initial results – RIT ebrary PDA project As of October 5: 238 titles purchased Total expenditure of $19,609 Examples of titles purchased: Medical Imaging : Principles, Detectors, and Electronics Growth Market Nanotechnology : An Analysis of Technology and Innovation Climate Change : Observed Impacts on Planet Earth

Initial results – MyiLibrary PDA project 295 titles purchased during ConnectNY pilot project Examples of titles purchased: Catholics in the Movies Understanding Society Through Popular Music Plastic Fantastic Colloquial Korean Football Hooliganism in Europe

Things to consider Further de-dupping Permanence of records Single or multi-use Local control

Questions?