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For the last several years the approval book budget has been overspent. This past year the overspent amount, combined with the reduction in the materials budget, was large enough ($76,000) to move us to search for a solution , under John Saylor's directionto bring the expenditures back in line with the budget. Additionally, the members of this group feel we need to experiment with new models in delivering books that is are both cost effective and meets meet the high expectations of our patrons in standards and service. Collection development for books in the future (at least in the sciences) appears to be moving in the direction of most of our serials - to e-only. We want to be ready to meet this challenge. Our goals include:
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In May-June 2009 Boaz, Jim, and Bill explored options and held conversations with YBP/EBL and MyiLibrary. They offer systems that load MARC records in our catalog for books we identify (scholarly and in scope). Patrons, instead of selectors selectors, would decide which ebooks we actually purchase by clicking on them more than once. The first click (and view of the full text) is free; a 2nd click would generate a purchase. Then the The book is then available electronically to all currently affiliated Cornell users. Print copies of books by targeted publishers would cease to arrive on approval.
Boaz, Jim, and Bill collected information from YBP/EBL and MyiLibrary. EBL's implementation has been well reported at conferences. For MyiLibrary Bill and Jim spoke with UC Merced about their implementation. CUL had previously purchased individual ebooks using the MyiLibrary system. Jim created an eBook chart comparing both options. For the subject areas being explored previous receipts on the YBP approval plan were checked. Jim and Boaz generated a report by publisher on the number of volumes acquired and their value for a two year period. Jill, Leah, Steve and John (selectors for engineering, computer science, mathematics and the physical sciences) then prioritized those publishers they would include in a patron-driven plan and this list was sent to both EBL and MyiLibrary to check availability in their systems. Since these science selectors were particularly interested in this project, they consulted with the science team and compiled a list of suggested publishers to try with this new system.
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1) Cambridge University Press
2) Chapman/CRC
3) Elsevier/North Holland
4) John Wiley (and all imprints...Blackwell included)
5) MIT
6) Morgan Kaufmans
7) Oxford/Clarendon
8) Princeton University Press
9) Routledge
10) University of Chicago Press
11) Walter de GruyterFor those publishers with dual access available, the fee varies among the selected publishers. Wiley-Blackwell has a 0% dual access.
Elsevier (will charge a 20% dual access fee for the ebooks), so we are not sure if we want to include them at this point.
Books priced higher than the $350 price ceiling will not be loaded into our catalog but will appear as slips in WCS for firm ordering. Currently neither Leah nor Jill use slips but order books on request. Boaz indicated there is a way to set WCS to block all books but those ebooks over $350 to make it more manageable.
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