Hamersly Library

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Hamersly Library
Next Steps
Source www.rcet.org
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Overview

• Information resource usage and costs
• Transition from print to electronic distribution
• Library Strategies
• Collection Development
• Websites, E-journals and E-books
• Instruction in Information Literacy
• Comprehensive
• Faculty participation

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Usage and CostJVL 2006-7Books and Journals
Totals Print Percent Print Online Percent Online
Usage Journals 152,069 3,855 3 148,214 97
Cost Journals/yr. 257,368 154,062 60 103,306 40
of Titles 14,500 1,500 10 13,000 90
Average Cost 103 8
Ave. Cost/Use 40 1

Usage Books 49,856 45,350 91 4,506 9
Cost Books/Tot. 14,920,000 14,700,000 98 220,000 2
of Titles 420,000 350,000 83 70,000 17
Average Cost 42 3
Ave. Cost/Use 328 48
Source 2006-7 Annual Report for John Vaughan
Library at Northeastern State University,
Tahlequah, OK
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Usage and CostHamersly 2006-7Books and Journals
Totals Print Percent Print Online Percent Online
Usage Journals 103,369 3574 3 99,795 97
Cost Journals/yr. 212,443 143,020 67 69,423 33
of Titles 20,420 1,135 6 19,285 94
Average Cost 126 4
Ave. Cost/Use 40 1

Usage Books 64,097 63,779 99.5 318 .5
Cost Books/Tot. 18,691,806 18,686,109 99.97 5,698 .03
of Titles 331,734 329,561 99 2,173 1
Average Cost 57 3
Ave. Cost/Use 293 18
Source 2006-7 Annual Report for John Vaughan
Library at Northeastern State University,
Tahlequah, OK
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Survey - Faculty E-Resource Use

• Usage
• 89 websites - .edu, .gov, .org
• 86 e-journals
• 76 databases
• 54 e-books
• Preferred environment for research and teaching
• 50 electronic
• 32 does not matter
• 18 print
• Survey Participants - 906
• 45 Social Sciences
• 26 Science, Technology, Medicine
• 25 Arts and Humanities
• 4 Interdisciplinary/Other

Source 2007 Global Faculty E-book Survey -
Sponsored by ebrary http//www.ebrary.com/corp/col
lateral/en/Survey/ebrary_faculty_survey_2007.pdf
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What types of electronic resources and tools do
you currently use for your research, class
preparation, or instruction?
Number of respondents 895 Respondents selected
all items that apply.
Source 2007 Global Faculty E-book Survey -
Sponsored by ebrary http//www.ebrary.com/corp/col
lateral/en/Survey/ebrary_faculty_survey_2007.pdf
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Benefits of E-resources

• Provide immediate access
• Available 24/7 from the Internet
• More powerful search tools
• (i.e. full text indexing and link resolution)
• Content is available for working online
• E-resources are less expensive
• Students faculty prefer using e-journals
  e-books lag behind

Sources http//www.hku.hk/oms/jxia/us/pitt09.jpg
http//apps.internet2.edu/images/Dartmouth-student
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Signs of the Eclipse

• Kindle, Sony E-book Reader
• Improved devicesi.e I-phones
• Open standards for mobile devicesi.e Android
• Mobile Internet Accessi.e. Wi-Max
• Googlescanning collections of e-books
• Publishers stockpiling
• e-book collections
• i.e. MyiLibrary100,000
• Adding 1,000/wk

http//www.amazon.com/Kindle-Amazons-Wireless-Read
ing-Device/dp/customer-images
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Beyond Paper

• The web will be the primary source of information
  
• Books and Journals will continue to move to the
  web
• It will continue to expand in depth and
  complexity
• Web sites connected to data will proliferate
• Hamersly Library currently has 98 information
  databases
• Websites are connected to databases
• Discovery and manipulation tools will evolve
• i.e. e-brary paragraph search, RefWorks,
• automated note cards

Sources http//www.mobileread.com/upload/news/20
05-12/iliad.jpg
http//jkontherun.blogs.com/jkontherun/images/son
y_reader_2.jpg
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Library Strategies

• Collection Development
• Comprehensive Instruction

http//library.nsuok.edu/tutorials/index.html
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Example Collection Development Strategies

• Identify curriculum relevant web content
• Index by course on library web pages
• Buy access to journal collections that are
  relevant to the curriculum
• Use cancellations of duplication in print to fund
  purchases
• 1 print title buys 31 e-journals
• Purchase e-books in collections that are relevant
  to the curriculum
• 3 for e-books versus 51 for print
• At this point its value is primarily as a
  research collection rather than cover-to-cover
  reading

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Instruction Strategy

• Association of College and Research Libraries
• Comprehensive Instruction
• Horizontally i.e. all incoming students
• Vertically i.e. specific to departments
  courses
• Instruction using modules

http//library.nsuok.edu/tutorials/index.html
Sources http//www.guidrynews.com/SanJac.htm
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Some Basic Information Literacy Topics

• Knowledge of WOU Information Infrastructure
• Web Services, User ID and Password, and Email
• WebCT, Moodle
• Campus Resources
• Library Physical Overview
• Library Web Page Overview
• Effictive Use of Resources
• E-booksEbrary and Netlibrary
• E-journalsEbsco and Jstor
• Government Documents
• Accessing Physical Materials
• Link Resolver
• Google
• Serials Solutions
• Federated Searching
• Interlibrary Loan
• Skills Concepts
• Evaluation of URLS
• Research Strategies

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Faculty Participation

• Develop an annual library white paper
  presenting information resource usage and cost
  data, and library collection development and
  instruction strategies
• Implement an annual faculty survey using random
  sample of around 20 faculty
• Present LMS usage and cost data
• Present ongoing WOU faculty usage data
• Present national trends and data
• Present strategic initiative options
• Engage faculty in discussion group over data and
  initiatives
• Survey electronic and print resource usage of
  faculty sample
• Survey faculty sample concerning initiative
  preferences
• Use survey results to refine collection
  development and instruction strategies
• Incorporate survey results and refined collection
  development strategies in white paper for
  general distribution