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.

About PASCAL

Key Programs:

• PASCAL DeliversUniversal 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

Overview

• E-books in academic libraries

• Benefits and challenges

• PASCAL’s e-book initiative

• Next steps

• Success strategies

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

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/

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

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!

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

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

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

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

EBSCO

• Subscription package

• Over 140,000 multidisciplinary titles,

broad range of academic subjects

• Unlimited user access

• New dedicated app

UPSO Psychology Collection

• Purchase model, perpetual access

• Over 335 scholarly eBooks in

Psychology

• 2012-2014 imprints from university

presses

• Unlimited user access

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

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

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

Top Subjects Used

Top 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 68979

ebrary Title Count FY14-15 32657

101636

Top Subjects Used

10%

8%

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

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

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

Success Strategies

Discovery

Promotion

Training

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

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

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

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

• Classes/events

• Library website

• Physical displays

• Fliers, bookmarks,

e-book cards

• LibGuides

• Social Media

Promotion

Promotion

Bulletin board display at Horry-Georgetown Technical College

Promotion

Promotion

Training

• PASCAL training resources page

• Webinars, vendor provided resources for

all platforms

• Train the trainer model

• Hands-on experience is key

• Familiarity breeds…comfort

We’d love to hear from you!

Questions?

Success stories?

Challenges?

Ellan Jenkinsonejenkinson@pascalsc.org

Thank You!