The PASCAL E-Book Project
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The PASCAL organization provides e-book access to over 250,000 titles through four e-book platforms to support students, faculty and staff at academic institutions across South Carolina. Usage of e-books is increasing on college campuses. PASCAL offers training on the e-book platforms and promotes discovery of and access to e-books through the PASCALCat catalog and other methods. Top subjects used include social science, history, business/economics and political science. PASCAL will continue assessing usage and expanding e-book access.
The PASCAL E-Book Project
- 2. About PASCAL Our Mission: The Partnership Among South Carolina Academic Libraries provides timely and universal access to information resources and library services - through creative use of technology, central licensing, and collaborative action - in order to support a highly productive knowledge environment for students, faculty and staff at every member institution of higher learning in South Carolina.
- 3. About PASCAL Key Programs: • PASCAL Delivers Universal Borrowing • E-Resources Core Academic Databases • E-Books 250,000 Titles Across Four Platforms • ILS Management Hosting & System Administration Our Members: • 55 Academic Libraries • Mix of public & private institutions • Serving over 285,000 students, faculty & staff statewide
- 4. Overview • E-books in academic libraries • Benefits and challenges • PASCAL’s e-book initiative • Next steps • Success strategies
- 5. The rise of e-books • E-books have become ubiquitous (95% of U.S. academic libraries reported having e-books in 2012) • The number of e-books offered by libraries continues to rise • In 2012 e-books represented an average of 9.6% of academic libraries’ total acquisitions budgets - From 2012 Survey of Ebook Usage in U.S. Academic Libraries , Library Journal
- 6. The rise of mobile devices • Skyrocketing use of mobile devices on college campuses • AND increasing use of mobile devices for studying • Not experts…students (and faculty) need technical and instructional support Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs for Millennials -http://www.houstonpr.co.uk/
- 7. The benefits of e-books For Users • 24/7 Access • Searchable • Adjustable settings, based on user preferences • No need to return, no late fees For Libraries • No shelf space required! • Simultaneous use (in some cases) • No loss or damage
- 8. The Challenges • Some users still want print • User experience can be cumbersome • Ownership vs. access • Resource sharing concerns • Balancing print and digital collections • Pricing/licensing models • DRM issues • All those devices!
- 9. The PASCAL E-Book Initiative Beginning in 2013, PASCAL launched its e- book initiative using lottery funds. Over 250,000 e-books are now available through four platforms: – EBL Demand Driven Acquisition (DDA) Plan from ProQuest – Academic Collection from EBSCO – Ebrary from ProQuest – UPSO Psychology Collection from Oxford University Press
- 10. The PASCAL E-Book Initiative The mix of content and package models provides maximum benefits to members: • Subscription packages – ebrary & EBSCO • Demand Driven Acquistions Plan – EBL • Purchase model (perpetual access) – Oxford Psychology Collection
- 11. EBL • Demand Driven Acquisitions (DDA) Plan • Over 6,300 titles available • Scholarly titles across many academic disciplines, primarily University Presses • Copyright date of 2012 or later • Unlimited user access • 7th short term loan (STL) triggers purchase • Authentication issues – login required on and off campus
- 12. ebrary • Subscription package • Includes Academic Complete, College Complete, Public Library Complete & elibro collections • Over 157,000 scholarly titles across all academic disciplines • Unlimited user access
- 13. EBSCO • Subscription package • Over 140,000 multidisciplinary titles, broad range of academic subjects • Unlimited user access • New dedicated app
- 14. UPSO Psychology Collection • Purchase model, perpetual access • Over 335 scholarly eBooks in Psychology • 2012-2014 imprints from university presses • Unlimited user access
- 15. Initial training • Over 200 PASCAL members participated in the first round of e-book training sessions offered December 2014 – April 2015 • Training Needs survey distributed Summer 2015 indicated need for more training – and a desire for hands-on • More e-book training sessions are being planned with input from members
- 16. Usage Statistics E-Book Use for all PASCAL Institutions July 2014 – June 2015 EBL Total Use EBL Downloads ebrary Total Use ebrary Downloads EBSCO Total Use EBSCO Downloads OXFORD Total Use 6,799 719 91,594 5,457 150,946 9,891 1,010 Total Use All Members: 250,349 Total Downloads All Members: 17,077
- 17. Reporting & Assessment • Usage reports distributed to members in August 2015 • Reports will be sent twice yearly • Members can pull their own stats for most packages, if desired • Subject analyses can help illuminate trends and inform selection
- 18. Top Subjects Used Top 20 BISAC Category or Subject EBSCO ebrary Total for subscription platforms Percent of all titles used SOCIAL SCIENCE 6743 3307 10050 9.9% HISTORY 5897 3206 9103 9.0% BUSINESS & ECONOMICS 4641 2800 7441 7.3% POLITICAL SCIENCE 4881 1884 6765 6.7% LITERATURE 4140 1955 6095 6.0% RELIGION 4167 1764 5931 5.8% MEDICAL 3534 2071 5605 5.5% EDUCATION 3216 1338 4554 4.5% PSYCHOLOGY 2609 1322 3931 3.9% SCIENCE 1946 1732 3678 3.6% ALL OTHER SUBJECTS 27205 11278 38483 37.9% EBSCO Title Count FY14-15 68979 ebrary Title Count FY14-15 32657 101636
- 19. Top Subjects Used 10% 8% 7% 7% 6% 6% 5%5% 4% 3% 39% SOCIAL SCIENCE HISTORY BUSINESS & ECONOMICS POLITICAL SCIENCE LITERATURE RELIGION MEDICAL EDUCATION PSYCHOLOGY SCIENCE ALL OTHER SUBJECTS
- 20. Next Steps • E-books are increasingly considered “core” resources by members • Current subscription & DDA packages may be extended • PASCAL’s E-Book Task Force is focusing on assessment and expansion of the DDA plan • PASCAL’s Consortial Purchasing Committee has been tasked with investigating e-book licensing
- 21. News from vendors • ProQuest preparing to launch E-Book Central • Combined platform for EBL & ebrary • Consortia may be last • EBSCO Ebooks App • Dedicated app • Users must request key and link
- 23. Discovery & Access • Direct links to the eBook platforms • MARC records available for local catalog loads (let us know if we can help!) • Local Discovery (EDS, Summon) • PASCALCat
- 24. PASCAL e-books & PASCALCat INN-Reach (PASCALCat) provides statewide eBook discovery and access Three components: • Catalog cleanup • PASCAL eBook access from PASCALCat • Improved discovery tool--Encore
- 25. PASCAL eBooks in PASCALCat • Discover and access all 250,000+ PASCAL eBooks from anywhere! • Record loads handled by PASCAL staff • Authentication handled like traditional PASCAL Delivers requests (uses III’s WAM) PASCAL e-books & PASCALCat
- 26. Encore for PASCALCat How do users find it? • Directly: http://encore.pascalcat.org • From the current (classic) catalog: http://pascalcat.org • From the PASCAL website: http://pascalsc.org • Search directly on PASCAL eBooks with pre- limited Encore search • Passthru searches
- 27. • Classes/events • Library website • Physical displays • Fliers, bookmarks, e-book cards • LibGuides • Social Media Promotion
- 28. Promotion Bulletin board display at Horry-Georgetown Technical College
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- 31. Training • PASCAL training resources page • Webinars, vendor provided resources for all platforms • Train the trainer model • Hands-on experience is key • Familiarity breeds…comfort
- 32. We’d love to hear from you! Questions? Success stories? Challenges?