David McCaslin, California institute of technology, USA Getting ahead of the curve: an investigation into how the Caltech library succeeds in resource sharing
David McCaslin, California institute of technology, USA Getting ahead of the curve: an investigation into how the Caltech library succeeds in resource sharing
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David McCaslin, California institute of technology, USA Getting ahead of the curve: an investigation into how the Caltech library succeeds in resource sharing
3. • Established in 1891
• 34 Nobel Laureates
• #1 in World University Rankings (from Times Higher Education) from 2011-2016
• 979 undergraduate / 1,261 graduate students
• 300 professorial faculty / 600+ research scholars
6. Pre - 2015
• Charged our users $6.50 for each request
• Interlibrary loan returnable (books)
• Interlibrary loan non-returnable (articles, book
chapters)
• Document Delivery (our own holdings to our users)
• Charging our patrons set a standard
• Flat budgets since 2004
• Gaps in budget addressed year to year
7. Pre - 2015
• Charged our users $6.50 for each request
• Interlibrary loan returnable (books)
• Interlibrary loan non-returnable (articles, book chapters)
• Document Delivery (our own holdings to our users)
• Charging our patrons set a standard
• Flat budgets since 2004
• Gaps in budget addressed year to year
8. Pre - 2015
• Charged our users $6.50 for each request
• Interlibrary loan returnable (books)
• Interlibrary loan non-returnable (articles, book chapters)
• Document Delivery (our own holdings to our users)
• Charging our patrons set a standard
• Flat budgets since 2004
• Gaps in budget addressed year to year
10. Pre - 2015
• Charged our users $6.50 for each request
• Interlibrary loan returnable (books)
• Interlibrary loan non-returnable (articles, book chapters)
• Document Delivery (our own holdings to our users)
• Charging our patrons set a standard
• Flat budgets since 2004
• Gaps in budget addressed year to year
13. What did we do?
• Challenge the status quo
• Break the ”big” deals
• Move to a title by title subscription model
• Tell users what articles costs
• Removed the DocuServe fee to our own patrons
• Canceled 600+ electronic journal subscriptions
17. Commitment to fulfillment through DocuServe
• ”Just in case” model of subscriptions to an ”On demand” access model
• Increased investment into DocuServe
• All articles and book requests will remain free to campus
• Add tokens or deposits to certain publishers/vendors
• Priority placed on maintaining a short turnaround time
• Introduce RUSH article service
29. RUSH requests 2016-17 academic year
• 145 RUSH requests (BUT 2017-18 academic year already has 99)
• Caltech users chose RUSH 2% of the time (vs. Docuserve’s 98%)
• Average turnaround time = 22 minutes
• 42% filled in under 5 minutes
• 53% filled in under 10 minutes
• 67% filled in under 20 minutes
• 74% filled in under 30 minutes
• 83% filled in under 60 minutes
• 17% took over 60 minutes to fulfill
• 10% of RUSH requests came from canceled or removed titles
• Positive feedback from users