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E IS FOR BOOK: WPLC DIGITAL LIBRARY Sara Gold [email protected] Community Liaison & Service Specialist, WiLS
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Sara Gold discusses her experience with various ebook purchase and licensing models for the Wisconsin Public Library Consortium (WPLC) and the WPLC Digital Library (OverDrive).
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E IS FOR BOOK: WPLC DIGITAL LIBRARY
Sara Gold [email protected]
Community Liaison & Service Specialist, WiLS
WI DIGITAL LIBRARY HOLDINGS Format Titles Copies
Audiobook 14347 25836
eBook 33011 109959
GROWING…GROWING…GROWING! #2 in checkouts#11 in collection size #2 in registered users
2010 2011 2012 2013
279,619
514,645
1,190,918
2,151,575
Total circulation
2010 2011 2012 2013
243,579
278,082
366,798
540,943
Audiobook circulation
2010 2011 2012 2013
243,579278,082
819,726
1,607,254
Ebook circulation2010 2011 2012 2013
2,9342,165
1,785972
Music circulation
2010 2011 2012 2013
2,934
2,165
2,609
2,406
Video circulation
SELECTION COMMITTEE
34 members: 24 Adult Selectors and 10 Young Adult/Children Selectors
Each library system was asked to nominate 2 candidates
Current members serve a 2 yr appointment with an option to renew.
FUNDING MODEL Shared Cost Model 17 public library systems25% of each system’s share is based on their % of the state’s total population and the other 75% is based on the system’s % of the total state’s collection usage which is based on checkouts currently.
Each system has their own funding arrangement with their member libraries for their share of the buying pool that is typically a combination of system aid funding and library contributions.
WHAT WE HAVE One Vendor/One Platform One Copy/One User Metered Access Titles (most cost effective plan in terms of cost per circ)
Inability to Purchase from Several Large Publishers because We are a Consortium
WHAT WE WANT Affordable Platform Options for Local Digital Content Access to Simultaneous Use Plans for Classroom Text Sets
See Major Publishers Incorporate the Simultaneous Use Model into Mid/Backlist Titles
Newspapers, Newspapers, Newspapers Online Magazine Service with Decent Statistics Guidelines on Weeding Collection
THE BIG SIX
RANDOM HOUSE
Largest trade publisher in the world1 copy 1 user, with unlimited uses Average price per title is $85 Both Audio and eBooks available to consortia
HARPER COLLINS Strong in Adult Fiction and Nonfiction as well as YA/Children
Biographies, Women authors, Divergent Trilogy Introduced metered title model. 26 checkouts per title and then title must be repurchased. 1 copy per user
Average price is $18-$30 per title Both Audio and eBooks available to consortia
Classics imprint and strong front and backlist in NF titles
Now owned by Random House but retains its own identity.
Titles must be repurchased after 12 months. 1 copy, 1 user
Average price per title is $28Both eBooks and Audio available to consortia
PENGUIN
MACMILLAN Business, adult fiction and nonfiction & strong juvenile fiction collection
Backlist available for 52 checkouts or 2 years Average price per title is $28 eBooks (backlist titles) available to individual libraries but not consortia
Audio available to consortia
HACHETTE Home to very prolific writers James Patterson, Nicholas Sparks, Sandra Brown, Nelson Demille and children's books
New eBooks released simultaneously with print and 1 copy 1 user for unlimited uses.
eBook is 3x highest print price for first year and then 1.5 x highest print price thereafter
Audio available to consortium. Only children's eBooks available to Consortium. Individual libraries can purchase all eBooks.
SIMON & SCHUSTER Strong in nonfiction and strong in Childrens & YA
Dan Brown, Janet Evanovich, Stephen King
Audio and ebooks not available to libraries widely
Sara Gold
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