LIBRARY COLLECTION DEVELOPMENT: PREFERENCES & CHALLENGES

Michael Levine-Clark

University of Denver

michael.levine-clark@du.edu

November 6, 2012

E-Books Are Incredibly Confusingi               020                                        9781118357514 (electronic bk.)

i               020                                        1118357515 (electronic bk.)

i               020                                        9781118358191 (electronic bk.)

i               020                                       1118358198 (electronic bk.)

i               020                                        |z9781118358177

i               020                                        |z1118358171

i               020                                        |z9781118358184

i               020                                        |z111835818X

i               020                                        |z1118358198

i               020                                        9780470661512 (cloth)

i               020                                        0470661518 (cloth)

i               020                                        |z9780470974322 (hardback)

Confusion

• One publisher, multiple possibilities• Publisher platform• Aggregator(s)

• Which aggregator(s)?• Which model(s)?

• Not available in e at all• Permissions• Course adoption

• Available in e, but delayed.

One Source

• What I want• All e-books available via my preferred vendor• Easy integration into acquisitions and cataloging workflow

• But I’ll take• Easy method to identify which e-book is with which aggregator

Format

• What I want• Easy to purchase e or p or both• Always know that the other format is available, and when, and where

Versions

• What I want• Easy to identify alternate versions/vendors• Someone (publisher, YBP, both) to tell me that this book will be available from which aggregators, and when.

Multiple Purchase Models

• The more the better• Title-by-title• Package• DDA

• STL• Purchase

• Subscription• Perpetual access

The Ideal

• Every book in every format, from every aggregator.

• As easy as buying a physical book• As easy as buying a Kindle e-book