Presentation on 3M eBook system for popular fiction books at University of Illinois Springfield for the CARLI Collections Management eBook symposium. Discusses implementation, metrics and assessment of the program
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Popular eBooks at UIS
1. Popular e-Books at UIS
H. Stephen McMinn
Director of Collections and Scholarly Communications
Brookens Library, University of Illinois Springfield
2. Background -- UIS/Sangamon State
History
Sangamon State University - 1969
UIS - 1995
Undergraduates
2001 CAP Honors (Undergraduate)
2005 Open Undergraduate Admissions
Population – Headcount 5,400 with 3,900 FTE
On campus housing 1,100
3. Popular E-Book Program
Requests at Information Desk
Library Technology Fee
History
SGA
3M Selected
Ease of Use
Content
Portability of Content
4. Implementation
Integration with Voyager
Opening Day Collection
To Catalog or Not to Catalog
SGA Event
Wish List
Oher Marketing
9. Current Status
Reserved (ready to checkout) 1
Checked Out 14
Available to Checkout 502
Total 517
Overall
565 books purchased
298 books circulated
728 total circulations
230 patrons/users
2015 Usage
Data for 4 months in 2015
(1/3 0f the year)
46% of last year’s checkouts, 51%
of wish list items, and 29% of
holds, and 27% of new patrons
10. Allegiant Roth, Veronica
Divergent Roth, Veronica
The Goldfinch Tartt, Donna
The Fault in Our Stars Green, John
Fifty Shades of Grey James, E L
Gone Girl Flynn, Gillian
If I Stay Forman, Gayle
A Game of Thrones Martin, George R.R.
Beautiful Redemption Garcia, Kami; Stohl, Margaret
Beautiful Creatures Garcia, Kami; Stohl, Margaret
Top Circulating Books
11. Top Sub-Catagories
Literary
Action & Adventure
Historical
Love & Romance
FICTION
Contemporary Women
Suspense
Thrillers
Fantasy & Magic
Family Life
Dystopian
Science Fiction
Contemporary
Mystery & Detective
Humorous
Fantasy
Girls & Women
Personal Memoirs
Crime
Epic
19. Other Considerations
Good Today – Not Good Tomorrow
Maintenance of Content
Harkens back to cataloging question
Duplication issues/philosophy
Changing Marketplace – Other Options
Lessons Learned!
298 Books circulated – for a total of 782 times by 230 patrons
19 patrons with 10 or more checkouts, the most is 57 total checkouts of 39 unique titles. Average is 3.4 including people with zero checkouts (5.2 of those who have checked out a book)
82 patrons never checked out a book, but 4 weird barcodes, 14 have items on hold or have requested items on the wish list. Still 64 patrons didn’t find anything?????
Purchased 565 books for a total of $18,419.41 plus platform fees…