Allen McKiel (speaker), Dinesh Siddaiah (speaker), Jim Dooley (speaker), Robert Murdoch (speaker)

1. CHANGING OPERATIONS
OF ACADEMIC LIBRARIES
James Dooley
University of California, Merced
2013 Charleston Conference

2. University of California, Merced
• Opened in 2005
• 6,200 students
• Goal of 10,000 students
by 2020 including 1,000
graduate students
• Aspiring research library

3. Collection Development
Serials
Print books
Serials
• Online only
• Current serials
• 20 print titles
• 86,000 titles online
Print books
• Approval plans
• Direct purchase at faculty request
• Gifts
• 110,000 current collection
E-books
E-books
• Consortial packages
• Mostly acquired through DDA
• DDA plans with EBL and MyiLibrary

4. DDA
EBL
MyiLibrary
97% aggregator catalogue visible
Approval profile limited to STEM titles
Cost limit = $300/title
Cost limit = $300/title
325,981 titles visible
(July2013)
48,000 titles visible
(July 2013)
2012-2013 Activity
2012-2013 Activity
• Autopurchase
• 66 $4,921
• Short term loan
• 4,923 $61,564
• Autopurchase
• 85 $11,722

5. E-book Issues
Uneven availability
Packages do not include all titles
“Churn” in titles available through DDA
Provisions for ILL

6. Current Collection
Collection Size
(1.2 million Items)
10%
Collection Budget
10%
Electronic
Other
90%
Electronic
Other
90%

7. Collection Development Model
No
retrospective
print collecting
E-books
E-journals
Access, Not
Ownership
Prospective
print
supplementary
ILL provides
access to most
print

8. Lessons Learned/Trends Identified
General
acceptance
of
electronic
journals
Increasing
acceptance
of e-books
Positive
effect of
short term
loans on
print ILL
Continuing
need for
print in
humanities

9. Next Steps……
E-books
DDA
Print Book
Approval Plans
E-journals
Convert print
approval plans
to DDA
Use savings for
selective
retrospective
acquisitions in
humanities