Electronic Resources at Copley Library Selection and Deselection

Electronic Resources at Copley Library Selection and Deselection Michael J. Epstein Reference/ Electronic Resources Librarian University of San Diego Copley Library epstein@sandiego. edu

About USD § § § § Private, Coeducational, Roman Catholic Founded in 1949 College of Arts and Sciences Graduate Schools (Nursing, Education, Business, and Law) Students 6787 FTE Faculty 359 FT (722 total) Two Libraries (Copley & Pardee Law)

About Copley Library § § Approximately 500, 000 volumes Approximately 90 Databases Consortiums (SCELC, OCLC, CIRCUIT) Nine FT Librarians, Total Staff 50

Electronic Resources Budget § 1999 - 2000 – 175, 854 15. 4 % § 2000 - 2001 – 254, 971 20. 5% § 2003 - 2004 – 390, 959 24. 6% § 2004 – 2005 – 489, 746 28. 9%

Database Selection Process Library Liaisons Interest ERL Setup ERL Trial/Info Library Committee

Selection/ Retention Criteria § § § § § Costs Programs served Existing Sources Similar Products Mission Political/Diplomatic Usage Statistics Overlap Analysis Faculty Feedback

Issues § § § § Ownership vs. Subscription License Agreements Format Remote Access Full -Text vs. Citation Aggregator vs. Publisher Preservation Competition

Case Study: CINAHL § Ovid platform – Nursing faculty select journal package with original liaison. § New liaison and ERL: trial EBSCO and Proquest, compare title lists, poll faculty. Keep Ovid § Current Liaison – looks at usage stats, overlap analysis, title lists, faculty interest. § Decision: Cancel CINAHL via Ovid + 14 FT journals based on low usage. Replace with EBSCO CINAHL Full text.

SUNY Experience § § § § 64 campuses Central Library Administration SUNY Librarian’s Association NYLINK Consortium (350 members) CUNY partnerships Beneficial to smaller campuses Highly structured

SCELC § Statewide California Electronic Library Consortium § 82 member institutions § Negotiates Database deals with vendors § Provides a forum for discussion of database issues. § Trend toward more analysis of databases

SCELC Trend Toward Analysis § § § Product Review Committee License Review Committee Shared title list based on usage stats (SD) Analysis of pricing tiers (Lock in Deals) Evaluation of similar products Consortium wide ERM (proposed)

E-Resources Collection Development § Complex environment: – Embargoes – Package deals tied to maintaining print – License agreements – Preservation issues – Changing content – aggregators (Muse & Duke) – Technical issues (proxy, etc. )

Useful Tools § § Usage Statistics (Counter) Overlap Analysis (Serials Solutions) ERM systems to manage data Surveys