Acquisitions

Managing the acquisition of internet resources

David Groenewegen, digital resources librarian, Monash University Library

Introduction

• Where we are now
• New challenges
• Collaborative opportunities

What we have now, and why we like it

• More titles
• Wider access
• Increased usage
• More immediate access
• No more theft
• No more reserve photocopying

New challenges

• Managing our subscriptions
• Pricing
• Stability
• e-Books

Why e-subs are different

• The slow death of the 'list price'
• The bypassing of agents
• Publisher musical chairs
• Competing platforms

Getting more from publishers

• Keeping track of changes
  
  • Title changes
  • Publisher changes
• Keeping track of what we are entitled to
  
  • New titles
  • Publisher changes
• MARC record updates

Statistics

• What use are statistics?
• How do we use statistics to manage our collections?

• Collaborative opportunities
  
  • Work with outside organisations (COUNTER, ICOLC)
  • Share and compare statistics and decisions

Pricing

• Flexibility
  
  • Packages have changed the rules for all of us
  • Pricing is based on what you paid before
• Stability of pricing levels
  
  • Can we work together to achieve this?

Stability

• Collaborative opportunities
  
  • Adequate warning
  • Permanent links
    
    • Articles
    • Sites
  • Archiving of what we paid for
    
    • Can we organise this locally?
    • Should we trust JSTOR, OCLC, publishers to do it?

E-books

• No standards
• Different access models
• Different pricing models
• Finding what's out there

• Collaborative opportunities
  
  • Share knowledge
  • Compare statistics (Safari)

Thank you for your attention

Questions?