1. Expanding Access to University Press Books:
A Multi-Format Consortium Collection Development Model
Cathy Zeljak George Washington University,
Chair WRLC Coordinated Collections Committee
Rebecca Seger, Oxford University Press,
Senior Director Institutional Sales, Americas
Kristine Baker, GOBI Library Solutions,
Vice President Consortia Sales

2. Creating coordinated collections
established as a non-profit corporation in 1987 to support and enhance the library and information services of universities in the Washington, DC metropolitan area.
Mission
The Washington Research Library Consortium is a collaborative partnership providing proactive and responsive, innovative, cost-effective access to shared information resources, services and expertise.
Strategic Priorities
Creating coordinated collections
Creating a robust infrastructure for discovery and access
Ensuring the long-term preservation of physical and digital information resources
Sharing expertise

3. WRLC Member Institutions
American University
Catholic University
Gallaudet University
George Mason University*
George Washington University
Georgetown University
Howard University
Marymount University*
University of the District of Columbia

4. The Publisher Perspective

5. Realities of Monograph Publishing @ University Presses
copies sold worldwide
Not publishing monographs for profit
No expectations of heavy usage
Published because they are important for the scholarship and literature in the field
UP’s diversify publishing to allow for monograph publishing
Digital access expands usage, affordability, usability
Print monographs still have a place, particularly in social science and humanities

6. OUP Perspective on the WRLC print/digital acquisition models
Model that supports print and digital purchasing needs of academic libraries
Sustainable model for authors, libraries and publishers
Supports the continued creation of the monograph, with expanded reach and usability
Overcoming the acquisition challenges

7. Understand the level of investment by the consortia in our publishing
OUP Considerations
Understand the level of investment by the consortia in our publishing
Reduce duplication and reinvest that in broadening the collection and access
Improve usability/discoverability of monographic content
Fulfill OUP’s mission

8. UPSO DRM
Unlimited number of users for every monograph – meaning professors can incorporate into any class, anywhere, no need for course reserves.
In our consortia model, each library participating owns the books (as with OSO)
Unlimited chapter downloads during a session – users can download any number of chapters as needed without restriction.
Users can print, save, .
Non-commercial text and data mining permitted.
ILL rights are included

9. First Year of the Program
1000+ titles acquired
100+ titles added monthly
492 unique titles had usage to date
204 Titles had 5+ uses

10. Top 10 Most Used OSO Titles, 10/16 – Present
Subject
Reporting Period Total
Debating Climate Ethics
Philosophy
299
Social Marketing Research for Global Public Health
Public Health and Epidemiology
151
Ten Neglected Classics of Philosophy 96
The Handbook of Mortgage-Backed Securities
Economics and Finance 91
Better Active than Radioactive!
History 90
No Depression in Heaven 59
The Inevitable Party
Political Science 58
Arguing Islam after the Revival of Arab Politics 57
Analytic Activism 46
Indentured Migration and the Servant Trade from London to America, 41

11. Approach to Collaboration
Our objective is to create a flexible, sustainable and sensible model that can be examined annually to ensure effectiveness, and adapts to changes. We partner with the following consortia on collaborative collection development arrangements:
Academic Libraries of Indiana (ALI) Central Iowa Collaborative Collections Initiative (CI-CCI) Lyrasis (ARL initiative) Manhattan Research Library Initiative (MaRLI) Ohio Library and Information Network (OhioLINK) Ontario Council of University Libraries (OCUL) Partnership Among South Carolina Academic Libraries (PASCAL) State University of New York (SUNY) Triangle Research Libraries Network (TRLN) Virtual Library of Virginia (VIVA)
Colorado Alliance of Research Libraries
ORBIS – Cascade Alliance

12. Experience | Innovation | Collaboration

13. GOBI’s Role in the Project
GOBI identifies, orders, and delivers the OSO eBook collection and the print duplicate copies in specified subjects.
Literature* Psychology Linguistics
History* Political Science Law
Sociology Philosophy Economics & Finance
Religion Music Classical Studies
Business & Management
Print books are cataloged and delivered shelf ready to an off-site storage facility.
eBooks are added to OSO throughout year, GOBI provides MARC records as new books are added to collection.
OSO eCollection billed annually, print book duplicates billed at time of shipment managed through a deposit account.

14. GOBI End to End Solution
Efficiency - GOBI manages purchase of OSO eBooks and Print Book duplicates
Visibility - GOBI platform provides visibility of content owned by WRLC for member libraries
Duplication Control - between WRLC and member libraries
Discovery - Customized cataloging records and processing

15. GOBI Technical Services Solution
Print Books
eBooks
Customized MARC Records
local data indicating resource is owned by the consortium
appended WRLC proxy prefix on the URL
Customized MARC Records
contain location and MARC item data to build holdings
OCLC-based records provided via GOBI-OCLC Plus and holdings are automatically set
Physical Processing
Print books are shelf-ready and circulation ready from any participating WRLC library

17. Questions Cathy Zeljak czeljak@gwu.edu
Rebecca Seger,
Kristine Baker,