1. eBooks: from a collection development perspective

2. Collection Development Budget allocation Selection of resources including identifying user needs Acquisition Collection evaluation

3. Snapshot of ACU 10,874 EFTSU in 2007 1,213 staff FTE Six campuses from Brisbane to Ballarat A library on each campus Electronic Services Unit (national unit)

4. eBooks at ACU EbooksCollections Individual Titles ACLS Humanities17000 Books@Ovid41 Ebook Library (EBL)010 Ebrary348240 Ebsco Business Source Premier ebooks1370 Etitle (James Bennett)2100 Knovel07 Naxos Spoken Word Library4100 Netlibrary3460215 Oxford Scholarship Online (4 subject collections)14650 PsychBooks6000 Safari Business Books Online10680 Safari Tech Books Online040 SpringerLink (2005-2008): (4 subject collections)39530 Total (18/03/08)47827313 Grand Total48,140

5. A new Collection Development policy One Library (Library Strategic Plan 2006 to 2009) Growth in online teaching (72 fully online units and most face to face units have an online component) Student dissatisfaction with collection (Rodski 2006)

6. Budget Allocation New collection development policy 2007 Four line items with thanks to the Newcastle University model: –print serials, electronic serials, print books, and electronic books

7. Identifying user needs Liaison Librarians Working with academics User chooses – staff and students

8. Selection Cost License – multi-campus, no. of concurrent users, course packs, walk-in access, interlibrary loans Platform – plug-ins, accessibility, ease of use, number of difference platforms

9. Acquisition Collection Development Committee/ Liaison Librarians Preference for collections vs individual titles Verde

10. Collection Evaluation Collection Development Policy Usage statistics Ebrary usage Use Sessions Pages Viewed Pages Copied Pages printed 2006 2545221123 752 1278 2007257553345271253331031 2008 Jan-May 23353300505 924523752

11. The Future Decentralised ordering to liaison librarians More effective collection development processes Improved access to ebooks Marketing Preservation