tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4990922102626688253.post7401538826958448812..comments2023-04-15T11:42:35.385-04:00Comments on Go To Hellman: Patron Driven eBook Acquisition: Crab Legs vs. SpinachErichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14172740163003223132noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4990922102626688253.post-74255675040606420682011-02-26T15:05:14.492-05:002011-02-26T15:05:14.492-05:00"eBooks don't go out of print the way pri..."eBooks don't go out of print the way print books did" -- that conclusion feels very print-y. Proprietary formats, inability to own versus license, format obsolescence... ebooks can "go out of print" in their own special ways. I'm not suggesting I have answers, but the ebook issue is about more than popular reading--it's also about the cultural record.K.G. Schneiderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16351201745271869886noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4990922102626688253.post-35614827910290225592011-01-13T10:11:15.602-05:002011-01-13T10:11:15.602-05:00This certainly helps in understanding the importan...This certainly helps in understanding the importance of patron driven acquisition. But we also need to develop long-term preservation plans for e-book content. Those crab legs tend to get stale after being on the buffet line after a while. <br /><br />Or is preservation even necessary? I believe this is something that must be asked more often. PDA challenges the stewardship role of libraries than ever before.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03316292187215330414noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4990922102626688253.post-74282160578564172352010-10-11T10:38:36.130-04:002010-10-11T10:38:36.130-04:00Update: ebrary has now launched its patron-driven ...Update: ebrary has now launched <a href="http://site.ebrary.com/lib/pda/home.action" rel="nofollow">its patron-driven acquisition service</a>.Erichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14172740163003223132noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4990922102626688253.post-83821339430885167892010-06-24T10:17:37.572-04:002010-06-24T10:17:37.572-04:00One problem with your analogy: you go out to eat a...One problem with your analogy: you go out to eat at a buffet. But the e-books buffet comes to meet you. In fact, I have three buffet trucks sitting in my virtual driveway right now: Google, Amazon, and Apple. Various forms of full-text searching and sampling are available at these buffets. <br /><br />Even though I have access to a great university library, and have made extensive use of it, I have shelves and shelves of my own books. However, when I want a journal article, I always go to the library. I did that in the print era, and I do that virtually in the electronic era. I'm not sure this books and journals difference won't persist in the e-book era.<br /><br />The library has always been one source among several in the books channel, and that looks to continue for e-books. Deployment of PDA in libraries appears to take away the hitherto distinguishing characteristic of libraries: curation. Without that, what makes the library a preferential channel for books? Only the library budget. Let's hope libraries can maintain that.Deanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08291611768450675127noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4990922102626688253.post-60815173246645458302010-06-23T19:40:45.511-04:002010-06-23T19:40:45.511-04:00Excellent post - consumption has become an all you...Excellent post - consumption has become an all you can eat affair. I have also noticed, though, that the buffets are also now much larger than before - tools such as world cat local greatly reduce the friction of moving beyond the library's traditional collection and allow users to use the library as a true intermediary to any item anywhere. So, to go back to the buffet analogy, we are also rapidly moving from small buffets to "super buffets" that contain many more options than before. The library buffet, in fact, will likely soon have unlimited options in additon to unlimited quantity - how libraries afford this cost (now mainly through ILL) will be an interesting journey.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4990922102626688253.post-51963547495390467292010-06-22T18:31:10.926-04:002010-06-22T18:31:10.926-04:00These two comments were interesting:
"$700,0...These two comments were interesting:<br /><br />"$700,000 is spent by selectors, with per-department allocations designed to win faculty "hearts and minds". The rest is split between traditional print approval plans and ebooks."<br /><br />And,<br /><br />"UT manages the list of ebooks to minimize its budget risk. For example, all titles over a certain price are removed from the list. No caviar on the Longhorn ebook buffet!"<br /><br />So, can we assume there is some 'cycling' here such that departments can now decide to buy only the expensive titles (those outside the price constraints set up by the library) and the departments know they are covered because the titles are available via EBL etc?<br /><br />I wonder as these programs become more popular and successful that the libraries are able to pressure more publishers (ie Education) to make their titles available through these services.<br /><br />Very interesting.MChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08121709548793388116noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4990922102626688253.post-80987198053603074972010-06-22T16:57:22.947-04:002010-06-22T16:57:22.947-04:00Eric,
Thanks for the informative post (and the plu...Eric,<br />Thanks for the informative post (and the plug for the article and blog). There are a couple of discussion sessions at ALA next weekend about PDA, some of the speakers/attendees are authors in your list of resources. I'll be attending and summarizing on the No Shelf Required blog. <br />Sue PolankaSue Polankahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06769155290884583614noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4990922102626688253.post-67168569634206934302010-06-21T23:08:38.233-04:002010-06-21T23:08:38.233-04:00Excellent post, concisely explained. It gives us ...Excellent post, concisely explained. It gives us publishers something to really think about going forward.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com