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From Kindles to OverDrive: Providing Popular eContent at Duke Teddy Gray, Head of Acquisitions, Duke Meg Trauner, Ford Library Director, Duke Bill Verner, Head of Order Management, Duke TRLN Annual Meeting, July 23, 2014
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Kindle/OverDrive Comparison Ford Library Perspective Implementation Usage Overview
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Kindle/OverDrive Comparison
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Kindles at Duke First devices acquired by Perkins in 2010 Also available at Ford, MCL, Divinity, Lilly, and DUML Huge success with patrons
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Cumbersome acquisitions workflow No dedicated customer support Not device neutral Refreshes needed Mediated circulation Misleading circulation stats Kindle Downsides
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Books, audiobooks, music, and movies available Device neutral One title/one loan 24/7 unmediated access OverDrive Overview
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OverDrive Pricing
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Kindle Title: $11 OverDrive Title: $38 Cost Comparison
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Kindle Title: $11 OverDrive Title: $38 OverDrive Title w/ hosting fee: $75 Cost Comparison
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Kindle Title: $11 OverDrive Title: $38 OverDrive Title w/ hosting fee: $75 Accessible Kindle Title: $229 - $458 Cost Comparison
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Initial OverDrive Collection Launched May 2014 160 eBooks 132 audiobooks
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Ford Library Perspective
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Why collect business audiobooks? Reinforces classroom instruction Supports job search Enhances professional growth
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Students ask: “How can I communicate so my ideas are heard?”
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“How can I make better decisions?”
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“How can I understand my boss and coworkers, when they are so different from me?”
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MBA students travel extensively. Fuqua’s three distance MBA programs: Global MBA students Cross continent MBA students Weekend MBA students MBA & MMS students interview heavily worldwide. Why OverDrive?
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Audiobooks on OverDrive are downloadable to personal devices.
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Initial purchase of 90+ titles
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Heavy use 75% of the OverDrive audiobook collection is checked-out
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Buying 4-6 copies of most popular audiobooks
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All of Malcolm Gladwell’s books are in the top 15 with Duke listeners.
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Implementation
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Cataloging Natalie Sommerville ERSM Jacquie Samples Acquisitions Teddy Gray Bill Verner Technical Services Implementation
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Patrons access OverDrive content using Net ID EZ Proxy Access
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OverDrive offers free brief MARC record downloads w/in 24 hours of acquisition. Cataloging
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OverDrive titles can be accessed directly from Endeca search results. Discovery
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Patrons are taken from search results to title page in OverDrive. Link From Catalog
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Selectors Sara Seten Berghausen Kelley Lawton Meg Trauner WebX Team Emily Daly Sean Aery Jacquie Samples Public Services Ciara Healey Hannah Rozear Publicity Aaron Welborn Selection & Public Services
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Ford Library: Web Team Carlton Brown Yvonne Dittmar Publicity Amy Brennan Jane Day Selection & Public Services
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Selectors choose content through the OverDrive Marketplace website. Selection
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Acquisitions purchases content in selectors’ carts. Acquisition
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The eBooks portal page includes a link to OverDrive. DUL Website Link
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OverDrive promoted through internal announcements, blog posts, and campus media. Publicity
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OverDrive offers easy-to- use reporting on circulation, user traffic, and collection statistics. Usage data
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Usage
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270 out of 292 titles have circulated 777 total circulations 600 total holds 74% of the collection is currently checked out 322 unique users OverDrive Usage
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Kindle CPU: $18.58 (after 4 ½ years) OverDrive CPU: $26.50 (less than 3 months) Kindle/OverDrive CPU
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