1. Popular e-Books at UIS H. Stephen McMinn Director of Collections and Scholarly Communications Brookens Library, University of Illinois Springfield

2. Background -- UIS/Sangamon State  History  Sangamon State University - 1969  UIS - 1995  Undergraduates  2001 CAP Honors (Undergraduate)  2005 Open Undergraduate Admissions  Population – Headcount 5,400 with 3,900 FTE  On campus housing 1,100

3. Popular E-Book Program  Requests at Information Desk  Library Technology Fee  History  SGA  3M Selected  Ease of Use  Content  Portability of Content

4. Implementation  Integration with Voyager  Opening Day Collection  To Catalog or Not to Catalog  SGA Event  Wish List  Oher Marketing

8. Usage

10. Current Status  Overall  565 books purchased  298 books circulated  728 total circulations  230 patrons/users  2015 Usage  Data for 4 months in 2015 (1/3 0f the year)  46% of last year’s checkouts, 51% of wish list items, and 29% of holds, and 27% of new patrons

12. Top Sub-Catagories  Literary  Action & Adventure  Historical  Love & Romance  FICTION  Contemporary Women  Suspense  Thrillers  Fantasy & Magic  Family Life  Dystopian  Science Fiction  Contemporary  Mystery & Detective  Humorous  Fantasy  Girls & Women  Personal Memoirs  Crime  Epic

13. Subcategories: Books More than Three Circulations

16. 3M Tools – For Selecting Books (Reports)

20. Other Considerations  Good Today – Not Good Tomorrow  Maintenance of Content  Harkens back to cataloging question  Duplication issues/philosophy  Changing Marketplace – Other Options  Lessons Learned!

21. Other SGA/Lib Tech Fee Requests Language LearningEnhanced Popular DVD

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