[Eril-l] questions about ebooks: dda, etc., catalogue/other marc/holdings management

[Melissa Belvadi]

Hi, all.

We're still struggling with managing our increasingly complex collections
of ebooks under various purchase models, and are wondering whether we're
trying too hard to be "perfect".
So I'd like to take a very informal survey to get a sense of what other
academic libraries are doing.

A. If you have one or more DDA programs:

1. do you periodically weed these or just let the total list keep growing?
If you weed, what are your criteria, e.g. latest 3 pub years only, or
something like that?

2. If you also have a major ebook subscription package, do you routinely
make an effort to remove DDA records when those same ebooks are added to
the subscription package? If so, do you do that with every "additions" load
or only on some less often periodic cycle?


B. We have heard that some libraries don't load at least some ebook
collections into their catalogue at all but just load them into their
discovery service.

Which of the following would you NOT load into your catalogue and where do
you make them available in that case?

1. large aggregate subscription ebook packages (like the 150K+ Proquest and
EBSCO ones)
2. smaller publisher-specific, often subject-specific collections
3. EBA packages


C. Does your decision not to load some ebook records into your catalogue
hinge on ownership versus subscription, or some other factors?

D. When you do have a particular ebook from multiple platforms and are
loading the records into the catalogue, do you attempt to merge them into a
single MARC record, or keep them separate?

Thanks for consideration and sharing your input on these questions!


Melissa Belvadi
Collections Librarian
University of Prince Edward Island
mbelvadi at upei.ca 902-566-0581
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