Julie Cleverley

Evidence Based Acquisition – The Alexander Street Press model and beyond

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1. Evidence Based Acquisition – The Alexander Street Press model and beyond Libraries and Learning Innovation, Leeds Metropolitan University Julie Cleverley – Journals and Electronic Resources Manager
2. Leeds Metropolitan University • Located in Leeds in the North of England • 22, 562 FTE students • 2 campus libraries - City campus and Headingely campus • 1.5 million visits to the libraries per year • 361,549 books / AV items in stock • 60,264 journal and newspaper titles available • 99% of journal titles available electronically
3. e-Book PDA • Inspired by Durham and Northumbria experiences • Coutts Information Services My I-Library model – September 2011 to August 2012 • Outright purchase (£15,000) • Platform fee (£300) • 2 x cost of hardback • Multi-user; EZproxy authentication • Targeted low scoring NSS areas – Health and Social Sciences • Initial resistance
4. Coutts My I-Library August 2012- July 2013 • Added Cultural Studies. Kept some Health and Social Sciences • Spent £55,000 August 2013- May 2014 • Added Sport. Kept some Health and Social Sciences and Cultural Studies • Spent £18000
5. PDA statistics Aug 2012 – Jul 2013 • Total accesses: 8575 • Total titles purchased: 787 • Average number of accesses per eBook: 11 • Total titles browsed but not purchased: 480 • Average cost of each eBook: £88.94 • Total number of pages viewed: 136,802 • Average number of pages viewed per day: 375
6. Most popular books Top 5 most popular books, sorted by number of pages viewed: 1. Social Media (220 accesses, 2475 pages) 2. Research for Evidence-Based Practice in Healthcare (109 accesses, 1968 pages) 3. Health Psychology (92 accesses, 1705 pages) 4. Treatment Plans and Interventions for Depression and Anxiety Disorders (38 accesses, 1421 pages) 5. Personalisation For Social Workers: Opportunities And Challenges For Frontline Practice (66 accesses, 943 pages) 156 books had 10 or more accesses. 54 had 20 or more accesses.
7. Elsevier Evidence Based eBook model • 1st March 2013 – 31st March 2014 • 32,822 euro spent • Bespoke Evidence Based Acquisition model for 2011, 2012 and 2013 published titles • Subject areas: Computer science, Environmental science, Finance, Psychology, Health professions, Biomedical sciences, Forensics, Material science, Engineering, Earth and planetary sciences, Energy, Mathematics and Clinical Medicine • No publicity. Loaded MARC records onto catalogue
8. Elsevier EBA: Top 10 most viewed eBooks Mar 13 – Mar 14 1. XBOX 360 Forensics 219 uses 2. A System of Orthopaedic Medicine (Third Edition) 215 uses 3. Project Management, Planning and Control (Sixth Edition) 121 uses 4. Performance Psychology 138 uses 5. Total Burn Care (Fourth Edition) 110 uses 6. Digital Forensics for Legal Professionals 107 uses 7. Hypertension: A Companion to Braunwald's Heart Disease (Second Edition) 107 uses 8. Physical Rehabilitation of the Injured Athlete (Fourth Edition) 107 uses 9. Sustainability, Energy and Architecture 107 uses 10. Digital Forensics with Open Source Tools 85 uses
9. Purchasing decisions • April 2014 - compared annual usage statistics, with individual prices and collection prices to make decisions on what to purchase • Turnaways considered – 94 turnaways for one book • Fair, consistent purchasing policy – mix of customer input (through usage) and academic decision making (purchasing decisions from librarians)
10. Video Stock Editing Project 2013 Video project at Leeds Metropolitan Objectives • “To identify and discard stock no longer relevant to the curriculum for collection space planning” • “To create a “living” collection where stock is relevant to current teaching or research requirements.”
11. Video Stock Editing Project • Identified last borrowed pre 2000 and pre 2009 titles • Report pulled off total number of check outs for item since 2000 • Identified titles that could be bought in DVD – mainly films • Topical titles – Panorama, Horizon – not available on DVD • 5000 VHS videos altogether – only 21 on loan • 2000 identified as no longer useful • Loan usage and items put out for shelving very low • Layer of dust on them
12. Time for a change • Usage of VHS - very low • Growth in distance and online students • Cost issues – of DVDs • Leeds Met media player – on campus only • Off-air recordings – topical but limited currency • Academic staff negativity over video stock editing project
13. Background • Meeting with Alexander Street Press in May 2013 • Discussed the possibility of developing an acquisition model similar to the PDA models we’d been using with eBooks • Success of eBook PDAs was one of the catalysts for developing EBA models in other resources like videos • Had investment money for the minimum payment required
14. Why Alexander Street Press? • Covered a range of subjects • Complements our e-strategy • Content about specialists and practitioners • Unlimited users • IP on and EZproxy off campus • Flexible, accessible resource
15. News release: Alexander Street Press Grows Evidence-Based Acquisition Forms Agreement With Leeds Metropolitan University September 10, 2013 • “It is fitting that Leeds Metropolitan University has made the strategic decision to use EBA to advance their streaming video holdings, particularly because this institution was instrumental in helping Alexander Street validate this new business model, which in turn helped make it available for libraries worldwide. “ Gareth Bish, UK and Ireland Sales Manager at Alexander Street Press • “Access to this collection fits with our strategy of providing electronic access to established and innovative resources. The collection is already drawing interest and favourable responses from academic staff, who plan to use the material in teaching.” Claire Williams, Head of Learning Resources at Leeds Metropolitan University
16. Alexander Street Press • Architecture • Art • Business • Counselling and therapy • Dance • Economics • Education • Ethnic studies • Ethnography • Health • History • Humanities • Law and public safety • LGBT studies • Literature • Opera • Total spend £72,000 • VAST collection – access to entire collection which includes • Philosophy • Political science • Psychology • Religion • Science • Theatre • Women’s studies
17. Promotion to Academic Staff • University’s Strategic Planning conference in summer 2013 • University wide new staff induction sessions • News items • Academic Librarian promotion – Academic meetings • Post-Graduate Review • Academic staff embed the videos into course modules on the VLE
18. Promotion to Students News items on Library website
19. Promotion to Students • Promotion on the I-Help desk • Heads up training • Student information literacy sessions • Library inductions – Excerpt from a news reel of students in 1950s doing physical education used in a Library induction • Students can embed video clips into their work put it onto course blogs
20. Evaluating impact • Anecdotal evidence was collected through the Academic Librarians talking to Academic Staff • “[Using Alexander Street Press] I’ve already found a number of really useful videos on High Scope that would be useful for my teaching.” – Lecturer
21. Evaluating impact • Are collecting and collating monthly usage statistics which include: • Collection usage • Title Playbacks by Collection • Title Playbacks by Subject
22. Total usage Aug 13 – Apr 14 40 7 5 135 33 63 354 257 261 0 50 100 150 200 250 300 350 400 Aug-13 Sep-13 Oct-13 Nov-13 Dec-13 Jan-14 Feb-14 Mar-14 Apr-14 Total number of playbacks Aug 13 - Apr 14
23. Most used collections 12 13 17 19 20 22 26 29 30 30 39 44 44 52 72 0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 Psychological Experiments Online, Video Current Affairs in Video Criminal Justice and Public Safety in Video Health and Society in Video World History in Video The Video Journal of Counseling and Therapy Art and Architecture Video Global Business and Economics in Video Counseling and Therapy in Video, Volume 1 Theatre in Video Teachers TV from Education in Video Filmakers Library Online, International Filmakers Library Online, Volume 1 Counseling and Therapy in Video, Volume 2 Education in Video Video collections with the highest number of playbacks Aug 13 - Apr 14
24. Most watched videos 46 views 40 views 33 views 15 views 14 views 15 views 20 views 12 views
25. Future of Alexander Street Press EBA model • Alexander Street Press EBA model is now a JISC deal
26. Future of Alexander Street Press collections • “We are always looking to increase the global scope of content” – Alexander Street Press • Asian Film collection – filmmakers around S E Asia • New content – 10000 titles have been added since set up • New subject areas – Engineering content now available, fashion later this year • Discussions with Alexander Street Press over improvements to the EBA model and any subject areas they could investigate for us
27. What’s next for Leeds Met? • More investment bid money to purchase more videos • Targeted evidence based acquisition – negotiating with suppliers • Buy top circulating print titles in electronic form and acquisition of specific electronic books • Print driven acquisitions – triggers print ordering • Bibliographic profiling • Core text and book rentals