evidence based collection development
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Presented at the Ontario Library Association Super Conference in Toronto, Ontario on February 3, 2012.TRANSCRIPT
Evidence Based Collection DevelopmentPamela Jacobs, Collections Assessment Librarian, Brock University
Ontario Library Association Super ConferenceFebruary 3, 2012
Context
0academic library 0data-driven 0 specific examples0 sharing my practice
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making a connection
patrons resources
© Alexandre Dulaunoy
whose perspective?
library collection
selectors
library staff
students
faculty
library admin
university admin
who chooses?
resource
patrons
vendorslibrarians
inputs
0 Internal0 Curriculum0 Research0 Patron requests0 Internal workflows0 Budget
inputs
0External0 Reviews0 Publishing
statistics0 Vendor features 0 Cost0 Packaged content
wasted words?
0Foundation0Living document0Accountability0Transparency0Succession planning
Slide title in reference to: Snow, R. (1996). Wasted words: The written collection development policy and the academic library. Journal Of Academic Librarianship, 22(3), 191.
interlibrary loan requests
make data more usable
interlibrary loan requests
outputs
0Circulation statistics
0Usage statistics
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circulation statistics
Circulation report for items ordered during 2008-2011 sorted by LC subclass with highest percentage of items circulating
LC CLASSIFICATION# ITEMS
PURCHASED
# ITEMS WITH CIRC
TOT CIRC 2008-2011 CIRC/ITEM
% ITEMS WITH CIRC
HA Theory of soc. sci. statistics 38 33 147 3.9 86.8%
RD Surgery 14 12 49 3.5 85.7%PE 1128 Readers, etc., for foreign students 56 46 363 6.5 82.1%
MT Music instruction and study 80 61 200 20.1 76.3%
RJ Pediatrics 154 116 553 18.2 75.3%
KZ Law of nations 20 15 104 5.2 75.0%
DL History of Scandinavia 23 17 194 8.4 73.9%
G 155-156 Travel. Tourism. 134 97 642 10.5 72.4%JL Pol. institutions & public admin. (Canada, Latin Am.) 42 30 229 6.2 71.4%
finding collection gaps
Circulation Statistics by LC Classification: May 2008 - April 2011DK - History of History of Russia. Soviet Union. Former Soviet
Republics
Publication Year No. Titles Tot CircNo. Circ/No.
Titles Percent Circ
pre-1960 99 3886 39.3 13%
1960-1969 238 9381 39.4 31%
1970-1979 131 6269 47.9 21%
1980-1989 119 4210 35.4 14%
1990-1999 140 4727 33.8 15%
2000-2009 142 2054 14.5 7%
2010- 3 4 1.3 0%
…but wait…
0Ebook package includes titles in Russian history0 27 titles with at least 1 download request, 16 of these
published in 2000s0 Total downloads = 7970 Collection gaps being filled by consortial ebook
purchases?
use by format
Usage in 2009-2010 by format of selected UTP and MQUP titles at Brock in the Canadian Publishers Collection
Electronic Print Both Neither
# Titles used 81 138 55 137
renewal decision: ebook package
COUNTER USAGE DATA ANALYSIS
Total full text requests 4163
Total number of titles in collection 131
Average requests/title 31.8
Total titles with at least one request 39
Percent titles with at least one request 30%
COST/USE DATA
Cost of package $407
Cost/Title Used $10.85
Cost/Full text request
$0.10
use by readership levelUsage by Readership Level
Readership Level (source: Coutts OASIS)% Titles
Used
Graduate - Research 73.5%
General - Academic 0.3%
Upper Undergraduate Graduate - Research 16.3%
General - Popular 1.7%
Upper Undergraduate 11.6%
Upper Undergraduate General - Popular 0.6%
Blank 0.6%
journals
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inputs
0 Internal0 Curriculum0 Research0 Patron requests0 Internal workflows0 Budget0 Faculty publications0 Citation analyses
search faculty publications
narrow by subject
analyze by source
faculty publicationsSource Titles Record Count Brock Holdings
PERSONALITY AND INDIVIDUAL DIFFERENCES 14 1980-
JOURNAL OF RESEARCH IN PERSONALITY 12 1973-
JOURNAL OF YOUTH AND ADOLESCENCE 9 1972-
BEHAVIOURAL BRAIN RESEARCH 7 1980-
BIOLOGICAL PSYCHOLOGY 7 1973-
PERCEPTION 7 1999-
CHILD DEVELOPMENT 6 1930-
DEVELOPMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY 6 1969-
GAIT POSTURE 6 1995-
JOURNAL OF SPORT EXERCISE PSYCHOLOGY 6 1979-
NEUROSCIENCE LETTERS 6 1975-
PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGY 6 1964-
inputs
0External0 Bibliometrics0 Packaged content0 Mergers and
Acquisitions0 Cost0 Open Access
outputs
0Usage statistics (COUNTER)
0Link resolver statistics0Libguides statistics0Web analytics
aggregated journal stats
identify collection gaps
GAPS AS IDENTIFIED VIA SFX QUERY 12: ' ITEMS REQUESTED WITH NO FULL TEXT'
ISSN & Journal Title 2009 2010 Total Brock Holdings
1056-4993 Child and adolescent psychiatric clinics of North America 560 241 801 RJ 499 A1 C415 v.16 no.2 2007
0006-4971 Blood 388 388 776 12 month embargo
0306-3674 British Journal of Sports Medicine 354 273 627 1964-2006
1050-642X Clinical journal of sport medicine 373 200 573 print 1991-1997
1054-8408 Journal of travel & tourism marketing 371 194 565 print 1992-1993
0966-0461 British journal of nursing 381 182 563 1999-2005
0161-4681 Teachers College record 348 170 518 1999-2006
follow up
subscribe to dropped title?
0Tools:
0 SFX query 120 Faculty publications0 ILL requests0 JCR Impact factor0 Decision not to subscribe – note to revisit in 12 months
databases
0 Inputs – internal & external
0Outputs - usage data0Complications
0 Aggregator drop & adds0 Mergers & acquisitions0 Overlapping content
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CHADWYCK HEALEY
PROQUESTEBSCO
WILEY BACKFILE SOLD SEPARATELY
WILEY
US @ OCUL!
PRINT!!
what a librarian sees…
what a student sees…
what an administrator sees…
overlap analysis
0 Compare packages of titles 0 Look at unique titles0 Also look at unique holdings0 Tools: Scholars Portal SCOT,
Gold Rush0 What gives a database
value?0 Publisher-based0 Subject-based0 Unique titles0 Unique indexing
future case study
0What is the future of A&I’s in the age of discovery layers and Google Scholar?
0Chen, X. (2010). The Declining Value of Subscription-based Abstracting and Indexing Services in the New Knowledge Dissemination Era. Serials Review, 36(2), 79-85. doi:10.1016/j.serrev.2010.02.010
putting it all together
0Renewal time – yearly review of resources0Budget-driven adjustments needed0QAF (Quality assurance framework) self-study0New liaison librarians0New faculty0New courses0New funding
conclusions
0evidence helps make and defend decisions0evidence reveals access & discovery issues0 local context is important0 continually reprioritize rather than maintain a static
collection0data already harvested and analyzed will aid decision
making for both anticipated & unanticipated situations
0make data meaningful and share it
…we’ll get there…
0Thank you for listening0Your ideas?
0Contact me:
0 [email protected] 905-688-5550 x3961