<div dir="ltr">This study in the current issue of College & Research Libraries should be helpful:<div><a href="http://crl.acrl.org/content/76/7/883.abstract">http://crl.acrl.org/content/76/7/883.abstract</a><br></div><div><br></div><div>Denise</div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Nov 5, 2015 at 8:54 AM, James Buczynski <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:jamesbuczynski@gmail.com" target="_blank">jamesbuczynski@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Good Morning,</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">I was wondering if libraries track
subscription eBook collections from a "title stability" perspective. </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Usage data is great and all but if large
eBook collections are dropping a large number of titles on an annual basis,
that inevitably increases the odds of disrupting the teaching practices of
faculty and the odds of end users clicking on links to eBooks that are no
longer available (as there are always delays to updating metadata). </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Besides the batch MARC loads of “adds
and deletes”, is anyone tracking changes in title drop scale/magnitude,
specific publishers pulling their content, subject areas impacted, etc., BY
PRODUCT and even aggregating the findings to inform local collection
development strategy?</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">I have concerns about increasing title
instability in subscribed eBook collections based on building anecdotal
evidence. Obtaining the firm evidence is going to take new work, so I’m
wondering if others do it – collect the data and analyze it to draw conclusions
and inform renewal decision-making and even possibly new license decision
making.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">I’m
not looking for rants about specific vendors or products, please refrain from
going there.</span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">If
you do this kind of data collection and analysis, please tell me about it.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Thank
you,</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">James</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> </p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10pt">James A. Buczynski</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10pt">Information Resources
Librarian: Health, Community Services & Education;</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10pt">Seneca Libraries’ Collection
Coordinator</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10pt">Seneca College of Applied
Arts & Technology</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10pt">King Campus, Garriock Hall</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10pt">13990 Dufferin Street, King
City, Ontario, L7B 1B3</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10pt">Ph: <a href="tel:416.491.5050x55197" value="+14164915050" target="_blank">416.491.5050x55197</a></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10pt">Fax: <a href="tel:905.833.1106" value="+19058331106" target="_blank">905.833.1106</a></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10pt">Email: <a href="mailto:james.buczynski@senecacollege.ca" target="_blank">james.buczynski@senecacollege.ca</a></span></p>
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<br></blockquote></div><br><br clear="all"><div><br></div>-- <br><div class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr">Denise Koufogiannakis, MLIS, PhD | Collections & Acquisitions Coordinator | University of Alberta Libraries | 5-25Q Cameron Library | Edmonton, AB T6G 2J8 | Tel. 780-492-5331 | <a href="mailto:denise.koufogiannakis@ualberta.ca" target="_blank">denise.koufogiannakis@ualberta.ca</a><br><a href="https://sites.google.com/a/ualberta.ca/dkoufogi/" target="_blank">https://sites.google.com/a/ualberta.ca/dkoufogi/</a><br></div></div>
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