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About PASCAL

Our Mission:The Partnership Among South Carolina Academic Libraries provides timely and universal access to information resources and library services - through creative use of technology, central licensing, and collaborative action - in order to support a highly productive knowledge environment for students, faculty and staff at every member institution of higher learning in South Carolina.

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About PASCAL

Key Programs:• PASCAL Delivers

Universal Borrowing

• E-ResourcesCore Academic Databases

• E-Books250,000 Titles Across Four Platforms

• ILS ManagementHosting & System Administration

Our Members:• 55 Academic Libraries• Mix of public & private

institutions• Serving over 285,000

students, faculty & staff statewide

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Overview

• E-books in academic libraries• Benefits and challenges • PASCAL’s e-book initiative• Next steps • Success strategies

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The rise of e-books

• E-books have become ubiquitous (95% of U.S. academic libraries reported having e-books in 2012)

• The number of e-books offered by libraries continues to rise

• In 2012 e-books represented an average of 9.6% of academic libraries’ total acquisitions budgets

- From 2012 Survey of Ebook Usage in U.S. Academic Libraries , Library Journal

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The rise of mobile devices

• Skyrocketing use of mobile devices on college campuses

• AND increasing use of mobile devices for studying

• Not experts…students (and faculty) need technical and instructional support Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs for Millennials

-http://www.houstonpr.co.uk/

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The benefits of e-books

For Users• 24/7 Access• Searchable • Adjustable settings,

based on user preferences

• No need to return, no late fees

For Libraries• No shelf space

required!• Simultaneous use (in

some cases)• No loss or damage

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The Challenges

• Some users still want print • User experience can be cumbersome• Ownership vs. access • Resource sharing concerns• Balancing print and digital collections• Pricing/licensing models• DRM issues• All those devices!

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The PASCAL E-Book Initiative

Beginning in 2013, PASCAL launched its e-book initiative using lottery funds.

Over 250,000 e-books are now available through four platforms:

– EBL Demand Driven Acquisition (DDA) Plan from ProQuest

– Academic Collection from EBSCO – Ebrary from ProQuest– UPSO Psychology Collection from

Oxford University Press

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The PASCAL E-Book Initiative

The mix of content and package models provides maximum benefits to members:• Subscription packages – ebrary & EBSCO• Demand Driven Acquistions Plan – EBL• Purchase model (perpetual access) – Oxford

Psychology Collection

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EBL

• Demand Driven Acquisitions (DDA) Plan• Over 6,300 titles available• Scholarly titles across many academic

disciplines, primarily University Presses • Copyright date of 2012 or later • Unlimited user access • 7th short term loan (STL) triggers

purchase• Authentication issues – login required on

and off campus

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ebrary

• Subscription package• Includes Academic Complete, College

Complete, Public Library Complete & elibro collections

• Over 157,000 scholarly titles across all academic disciplines

• Unlimited user access

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EBSCO

• Subscription package• Over 140,000 multidisciplinary titles,

broad range of academic subjects • Unlimited user access • New dedicated app

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UPSO Psychology Collection

• Purchase model, perpetual access • Over 335 scholarly eBooks in

Psychology• 2012-2014 imprints from university

presses• Unlimited user access

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Initial training

• Over 200 PASCAL members participated in the first round of e-book training sessions offered December 2014 – April 2015

• Training Needs survey distributed Summer 2015 indicated need for more training – and a desire for hands-on

• More e-book training sessions are being planned with input from members

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Usage Statistics

E-Book Use for all PASCAL Institutions

July 2014 – June 2015

EBL Total Use

EBL Downloads

ebrary Total Use

ebrary Downloads

EBSCO Total

Use

EBSCO Downloads

OXFORD Total Use

6,799 719 91,594 5,457 150,946 9,891 1,010

Total Use All Members: 250,349

Total Downloads All Members: 17,077

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Reporting & Assessment

• Usage reports distributed to members in August 2015

• Reports will be sent twice yearly • Members can pull their own stats for most

packages, if desired• Subject analyses can help illuminate trends and

inform selection

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Top Subjects UsedTop 20 BISAC Category or Subject EBSCO ebrary Total for

subscription platforms

Percent of all titles used

SOCIAL SCIENCE 6743 3307 10050 9.9%HISTORY 5897 3206 9103 9.0%BUSINESS & ECONOMICS 4641 2800 7441 7.3%POLITICAL SCIENCE 4881 1884 6765 6.7%LITERATURE 4140 1955 6095 6.0%RELIGION 4167 1764 5931 5.8%MEDICAL 3534 2071 5605 5.5%EDUCATION 3216 1338 4554 4.5%PSYCHOLOGY 2609 1322 3931 3.9%SCIENCE 1946 1732 3678 3.6%ALL OTHER SUBJECTS 27205 11278 38483 37.9%

EBSCO Title Count FY14-15 68979ebrary Title Count FY14-15 32657

101636

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Top Subjects Used

10%

9%

7%

7%

6%

6%5%5%

4%3%

39%

SOCIAL SCIENCE

HISTORY

BUSINESS & ECONOMICS

POLITICAL SCIENCE

LITERATURE

RELIGION

MEDICAL

EDUCATION

PSYCHOLOGY

SCIENCE

ALL OTHER SUBJECTS

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Next Steps

• E-books are increasingly considered “core” resources by members

• Current subscription & DDA packages may be extended

• PASCAL’s E-Book Task Force is focusing on assessment and expansion of the DDA plan

• PASCAL’s Consortial Purchasing Committee has been tasked with investigating e-book licensing

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News from vendors

• ProQuest preparing to launch E-Book Central

• Combined platform for EBL & ebrary• Consortia may be last

• EBSCO Ebooks App• Dedicated app • Users must request key and link

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Success Strategies

Discovery

Promotion

Training

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Discovery & Access

• Direct links to the eBook platforms• MARC records available for local catalog

loads (let us know if we can help!)• Local Discovery (EDS, Summon)• PASCALCat

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PASCAL e-books & PASCALCat

INN-Reach (PASCALCat) provides statewide eBook discovery and access

Three components:• Catalog cleanup• PASCAL eBook access from PASCALCat• Improved discovery tool--Encore

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PASCAL eBooks in PASCALCat

• Discover and access all 250,000+ PASCAL eBooks from anywhere!

• Record loads handled by PASCAL staff

• Authentication handled like traditional PASCAL Delivers requests (uses III’s WAM)

PASCAL e-books & PASCALCat

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Encore for PASCALCat

How do users find it?

• Directly: http://encore.pascalcat.org

• From the current (classic) catalog: http://pascalcat.org

• From the PASCAL website: http://pascalsc.org• Search directly on PASCAL eBooks with pre-

limited Encore search

• Passthru searches

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• Classes/events• Library website• Physical displays• Fliers, bookmarks,

e-book cards• LibGuides• Social Media

Promotion

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Promotion

Bulletin board display at Horry-Georgetown Technical College

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Promotion

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Promotion

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Training

• PASCAL training resources page• Webinars, vendor provided resources for

all platforms• Train the trainer model• Hands-on experience is key• Familiarity breeds…comfort

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We’d love to hear from you!

Questions?

Success stories?

Challenges?

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Ellan [email protected]

Thank You!