[Eril-l] Project Muse individual ebook titles and knowledge base collections

Mon Jul 8 09:43:33 PDT 2019

OCLC puts out weekly updates on new KB collections, and a recent update
included the Project Muse EBA All Single Title Collection. As of last week,
the title count for the previously available Project Muse All Ebooks
knowledge base collection was 56,771, and the EBA collection included
32,439 titles. I analyzed the titles in these two collections, and the All
Ebooks collection is inclusive of the EBA collection - that is, all 32,439
of these titles appear in the All Ebooks collection. The All Ebooks
collection is customizable, while the EBA collection is not, so if you are
using the OCLC knowledge base, you could only use the EBA collection there
if your EBA program includes all available titles.

On Fri, May 10, 2019 at 8:07 AM Kelly B. Swickard <KBS at press.jhu.edu> wrote:

> Hi Trisha
>
> I will try to answer your questions:
>
> 1.    We just put them in their feeds so it may be next week until they
> show up; it is not an immediate as feeds are posted weekly
>
> 2.    All E-Books collection does not contain EBA books nor single title
> sales.  EBA books does not contain any OA books. Yes, EBA packages are
> different across institutions.
>
> 3.    The case for people to select it is up to the institution – we had
> many requests (sometimes very strong and urgent) to give the EBA collection
> to discovery partners.  We are trying to accommodate those requests.
>
> 4.    If you could email me directly about the last question, it would be
> helpful to me to get a better perspective on this issue and how best we can
> help or come up with a better process.  For some of the EBA packages, there
> will be no update – it is a set package. Some packages, however, do update
> as new titles are released.
>
>
>
> Thank you for questions, and let me know if the above doesn’t make sense
> or more clarification is needed.
>
> Best regards,
>
> Kelly
>
>
>
> Kelly Swickard, MA, MLIS
>
> Project MUSE
>
> The Johns Hopkins University Press
>
> Phone: 410-516-6966
>
> Email: KBS at press.jhu.edu
>
>
>
> *From:* Trisha Burr [mailto:tburr at macalester.edu]
> *Sent:* Friday, May 10, 2019 10:32 AM
> *To:* Kelly B. Swickard <KBS at press.jhu.edu>
> *Cc:* eril-l at lists.eril-l.org
> *Subject:* Re: [Eril-l] Project Muse individual ebook titles and
> knowledge base collections
>
>
>
> I'm still a little confused by some things regarding the Project Muse EBA.
>
> Here are the points I need clarification on:
>
>
>
> Project MUSE is now supplying a collection to EBSCO-EDS and OCLC named
> Project MUSE EBA all single titles. I can't find this in the OCLC KB. Has
> it been supplied to them yet?
>
>
>
> This is a separate collection than the All E-books (this includes OA books
> and books only available in collections, *not* single title/EBA sales).
> Additionally, there are individual book collections (for example 2016
> History).  If you select the all EBA collection you may see metadata for
> items that are not in your EBA purchasing plan.  Why is this? I thought
> the point of an EBA collection would be to remove those items from the EBA
> that are OA or only available in other collections? Are all EBA's different
> across institutions?
>
>
>
> If you do not want to see those then do not select that collection. In
> what case should people select the Project Muse EBA?
>
>
>
> You may upload your individual EBA collection records to your local
> catalog and we are more than happy to assist you with getting access to
> those records (MARC, KBART, or Excel). We have done this and currently
> have our own customized EBA collection. However, it is challenging for us
> to continually update this collection when new titles are added to the EBA.
> This is why we would like one that is maintained by Project Muse - so we're
> not always having to remember to update it.
>
>
>
> Thank you,
>
> Trisha
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> On Thu, May 9, 2019 at 3:18 PM Kelly B. Swickard <KBS at press.jhu.edu>
> wrote:
>
> Hello all
>
>
>
> I am new to Project MUSE, in the new position of Metadata & Linked Data
> Strategist.  One of my duties is to work with our linking/discovery
> partners.  To clarify a little more on what Lisa Gonzalez stated: Project
> MUSE is now supplying a collection to EBSCO-EDS and OCLC named Project MUSE
> EBA all single titles.  This is a separate collection than the All E-books
> (this includes OA books and books only available in collections, *not*
> single title/EBA sales).  Additionally, there are individual book
> collections (for example 2016 History).  If you select the all EBA
> collection you may see metadata for items that are not in your EBA
> purchasing plan.  If you do not want to see those then do not select that
> collection.  You may upload your individual EBA collection records to your
> local catalog and we are more than happy to assist you with getting access
> to those records (MARC, KBART, or Excel).
>
>
>
> Thank you all for your patience as we put this together.
>
> Feel free to contact muse at press.jhu.edu with questions
>
>
>
> Best regards,
>
> Kelly
>
>
>
>
>
> Kelly B. Swickard, MA, MLIS
>
> Metadata & Linked Data Strategist
>
> Project MUSE
>
> The Johns Hopkins University Press
>
> 2715 N. Charles Street
>
> Baltimore, MD 21218
>
> Phone: 410-516-6966
>
> Email: KBS at press.jhu.edu
>
>
>
> Pronouns: she/her/hers
>
>
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> Message: 7
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> Date: Thu, 9 May 2019 11:02:22 -0700
>
> From: Lisa Gonzalez <lgonzalez at palni.edu>
>
> To: eril-l <eril-l at lists.eril-l.org>
>
> Subject: Re: [Eril-l] Project Muse individual ebook titles and
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>                 knowledge base collections?
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> An update on Project Muse individual ebooks in OCLC's knowledge base.
> There is now a collection in Collection Manager called Project Muse All
> Ebooks, Collection ID Muse.allebooks, with 57,165 titles. This is more than
> the Project Muse EBA collection some libraries in my consortium have access
> to, but it appears to be all of the Project Muse ebooks available for
> individual sale. If you use Collection Manager to manage your
> title-by-title and EBA workflows, you'll need to decide on what workflow
> will work best for you based on one collection rather than also having a
> separate collection available for EBA, but at least there should now be
> regular updates on all title-by-title ebooks available on the Project Muse
> platform.
>
>
>
> On Mon, Jan 28, 2019 at 12:08 PM Melissa Belvadi <mbelvadi at upei.ca> wrote:
>
>
>
> > EBSCO's EDS has a "package" called "Project MUSE eBooks" which has
>
> > over > 54,000 titles. EDS librarian admins can selectively turn on
> specific
>
> > titles, either manually or by uploading a tsv file appropriately
> formatted.
>
> > We have the PM EBA but haven't used this package because we load all
>
> > the records into our catalog, and they are both searchable and
>
> > clickable from the "custom catalog" records in EDS that result from
>
> > that. In EDS, adding a title to the knowledge base does not also add
>
> > it to the discovery service search index. I don't know if that's true
>
> > for the other discovery services, but I'd be interested to know
>
> > because that is a frequent point of confusion for EDS librarians.
>
> > We have gotten a spreadsheet from PM that I could with some minor
>
> > effort load into EDS, but just haven't bothered because of the above
>
> > custom catalog option.
>
> > Melissa Belvadi
>
> > Collections Librarian
>
> > University of Prince Edward Island
>
> > mbelvadi at upei.ca  902-566-0581
>
>
>
> > On Mon, Jan 28, 2019 at 3:57 PM Lisa Gonzalez <lgonzalez at palni.edu>
> wrote:
>
> >
>
> >> Hello all,
>
> >>
>
> >> I wanted to check and see if any library using Alma, Summon or EDS
>
> >> has been using a knowledge base collection from Project Muse to
>
> >> manage title-by-title ebook purchases from Project Muse, which are
>
> >> available through GOBI and OASIS:
>
> >> https://about.muse.jhu.edu/librarians/book-products/. We use OCLC's
>
> >> knowledge base, and Project Muse provides knowledge base collections
>
> >> for the annual and the subject collections, but have not provided a
>
> >> title-by-title collection or an EBA collection. I had heard that
>
> >> other platforms had received title-by-title knowledge base
>
> >> collections from Project Muse, but I haven't been able to confirm
>
> >> that. Can any library using a discovery system other than OCLC's
>
> >> confirm that their system has a Project Muse knowledge base collection
> that includes all available ebooks?
>
>
>
> >> Lisa Gonzalez | PALNI Knowledge Base and License Manager Librarian
>
> >> Private Academic Library Network of Indiana
>
> >> 317-550-5229 | lgonzalez at palni.edu | www.palni.edu
>
>
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