Future Direction of Alliance E-book Project

At the Summer Meeting there was discussion of shifting E-book Project funds to a different aggregator or a direct publisher. The E-book Working Group is interested in your input for the future direction of the E-book Project. We want to know what investments institutions are making in terms of distance education, investment in other e-book purchases, interest in evidence-based collection, and interest in individual publisher collections. Please coordinate one response per institution by October 1st.

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* 1. Is there a high investment in online courses or programs at your institution?

Yes

If yes, in what disciplines or area of study?

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* 2. Does your institution have a nursing or allied health program?

Yes

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* 3. Has your library invested heavily in the purchase of e-books?

Yes

If yes, from which vendors or publishers?

The next set of questions deal with the evidence-based acquisitions model. The E-book Working Group is considering whether such a model would be a better use of funds than our current demand driven acquisitions approach.

Evidence-based acquisitions model allows libraries to define how much they will spend upfront. The publisher then makes a finite set of titles available for use for a defined period of time. For example, a publisher might make all titles published in 2014 available for a full year.

At the end of the open period, the funds committed upfront are applied to the purchase of a selected set of titles. The purchased titles can be identified with usage data, so that the purchased titles have proven value.

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* 4. Is your library currently purchasing e-books using an evidence-based program?

Yes

If yes, please list publishers.

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* 5. Has your library previously purchased e-books using an evidence-based program?

Yes

If yes, please list publishers.

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* 6. Would you want the Alliance to consider doing an evidence-based collection with a single publisher?

Yes

Maybe

Comments

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* 7. Would you want the Alliance to pursue evidence-based collecting in conjunction with our existing DDA program?

Yes

Maybe

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* 8. If we focused on one publisher not currently represented in DDA, which publishers would best serve your institution? Check all that apply.

Gale

Sage

Springer

Other publishers not listed above

Future Direction of Alliance E-book Project

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* 1. Is there a high investment in online courses or programs at your institution?

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* 2. Does your institution have a nursing or allied health program?

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* 3. Has your library invested heavily in the purchase of e-books?

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* 4. Is your library currently purchasing e-books using an evidence-based program?

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* 5. Has your library previously purchased e-books using an evidence-based program?

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* 6. Would you want the Alliance to consider doing an evidence-based collection with a single publisher?

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* 7. Would you want the Alliance to pursue evidence-based collecting in conjunction with our existing DDA program?

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* 8. If we focused on one publisher not currently represented in DDA, which publishers would best serve your institution? Check all that apply.

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* 9. Please provide any additional comments your institution may have about a possible Alliance evidence-based purchasing model.

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* 10. Your institution