Karen Jensen Collection Development Officer University of Alaska Fairbanks

1. Print Monograph Circulation and Patron-Driven E-books:Impact of the Data on Collection Management Karen JensenCollection Development OfficerUniversity of Alaska Fairbanks

2. University of Alaska Fairbanks • Hybrid campus • State school, open enrollment • Research campus with focus on polar regions • FTE about 6000, Headcount 11,000 • Non-traditional students

4. Print Collection Use – a Snapshot • Print Collection Use – a Snapshot • Total circulating books owned in 2013: 763,839 • Total books never circulated: 419,062 = 54% • Total books circulated only once: 105,727 = 13% • Total books circulated 2+ times: 231,867 = 30% Print Collection Use – a Snapshot

5. Rasmuson Library Checkouts

6. Increased Cost Per Book

7. Data Highlighted Two Questions • Selection Method • Approval • Librarian selector • Patron-driven • Format • Print • Electronic

8. Sample Report

9. Approvals or Selectors? • FY07-09 Approvals • 1890 books studied • 44% never checked out • 19% one checkout • 37% checked out 2+ times • FY07-09 Firms • 3457 books • 44% never checked out • 19% one checkout • 37% checked out 2+ times

10. What About Patron-Driven? • Pilot EBL project – 5 months • 66,000 books made available • 1684 unique titles “checked out” • 963 books used 2+ times • 720 used once • 1649 books “browsed” (i.e., no cost) • 4054 unique users (of 12,000 possible patrons)

11. Pilot Findings • Total cost of pilot: $21,124 • Average cost per book: $12 • Easy to administer and allocate budget • Welcomed by most patrons • Surprise: No bananas! • Watch out for super-users (systematic downloaders)

12. Print Holdings Overlap in OCLC

13. What’s Next? • Pursue solutions for print PDA • More approvals? • Fewer librarian selectors • Focus on specialized and non-e-format materials • Preservation concerns • More electronic • Buy print when requested • Buy print of most-used e-titles? • Concern about aging print collection

14. Thank you!