[Icolcebook] What shall our focus be?

[Marvin, Stephen]

Of potential interest…

Notes on Operations: A Scenario Analysis of Demand-Driven Acquisition (DDA) of E-Books in Libraries (http://journals.ala.org/lrts/article/view/5681)
Demand-Driven Acquisition (DDA) has been commonly adopted by academic libraries in the United States for acquiring e-books in recent years. Implementation of the e-book DDA model varies by library. This paper introduces and demonstrates a scenario analysis approach for libraries to evaluate, identify, and select a DDA plan that works best for them based on their DDA program data. This approach helps address some key questions facing libraries with a DDA e-book program: How may a DDA program be evaluated under different scenarios? Does a short-term loan (STL) option make sense? And, is the current DDA implementation a good fit for the library? The implications and related issues are discussed.

Stephen Marvin
FH Green Library
West Chester University
smarvin at wcupa.edu<mailto:smarvin at wcupa.edu>
610-436-2453


From: icolcebook-bounces at lyralists.lyrasis.org [mailto:icolcebook-bounces at lyralists.lyrasis.org] On Behalf Of Susan Stearns
Sent: Tuesday, May 19, 2015 9:18 AM
To: icolcebook at lyralists.lyrasis.org
Subject: [Icolcebook] What shall our focus be?

Dear ICOLC eBook group members,
We have had an amazing response to the idea of forming a group within ICOLC to discuss issues relating to ebooks.  In conversation with Celeste and other early members, it seemed that doing brief [very brief] survey<https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/5TM6GSD> of the specific interest of the group would help us organize the initial discussions.
To that end, we would appreciate your taking a few minutes to prioritize the discussion topics in this survey<https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/5TM6GSD> as well as add others that you believe are important.  We have divided the topics into two major areas - those relating to cost/pricing/value models for ebooks and those relating to implementation/best practices.
I will leave the survey open throughs Sunday, May 31, so would appreciate your completing it before then.  It is only 3 questions and should not take more than 5 minutes.
Once we have the results, we'll schedule an initial discussion focused on one or more of the topics that have the widest interest.
Best,
Susan

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Susan M. Stearns
Executive Director
Boston Library Consortium
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