<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small">Hi, all.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small">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".</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small">So I'd like to take a very informal survey to get a sense of what other academic libraries are doing.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small">A. If you have one or more DDA programs:</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small"><br></div><blockquote style="margin:0 0 0 40px;border:none;padding:0px"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small">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?</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small">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?</div></blockquote><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small">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.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small">Which of the following would you NOT load into your catalogue and where do you make them available in that case?</div><blockquote style="margin:0 0 0 40px;border:none;padding:0px"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small">1. large aggregate subscription ebook packages (like the 150K+ Proquest and EBSCO ones)</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small">2. smaller publisher-specific, often subject-specific collections</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small">3. EBA packages</div></blockquote><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small">C. Does your decision not to load some ebook records into your catalogue hinge on ownership versus subscription, or some other factors?</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small">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?</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small">Thanks for consideration and sharing your input on these questions!</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small"><br></div><div><div class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div>Melissa Belvadi</div><div>Collections Librarian</div><div>University of Prince Edward Island</div><div><a href="mailto:mbelvadi@upei.ca" target="_blank">mbelvadi@upei.ca</a> 902-566-0581</div><div>my <a href="http://www.google.com/calendar/embed?src=mbelvadi%40upei.ca&ctz=America/Halifax&mode=week" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small;color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank">public calendar</a></div><div><br></div><div><br></div></div></div></div></div></div>
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