ACRL Science and Technology Section Publisher/Vendor Relations Discussion Group. ALA Midwinter Meeting, San Diego, January 9, 2011.

1. Demand-Driven Acquisitions: Implications for STEM Collections ACRL STS Publisher/Vendor Relations Discussion Group ALA Midwinter Meeting San Diego January 9, 2011 Michael Levine-Clark Collections Librarian michael.levine-clark@du.edu

2. University of Denver Circulation (Titles Cataloged 2000-2004) 4+ 18.8% 3 8.2% 2 12.8% 1 20.6% 0 39.6% 126,953 titles

3. The Universe of Titles 170,663 books published in the U.S. in 2008* 53,869 books treated on approval by Blackwell in FY 2008 (North America) 23,097 forms generated in FY 2008 *Library and Book Trade Almanac 2009, p. 506 (preliminary data).

4. The University of Denver Plan Print and Electronic Books YBP, EBL Slips Discovery through the catalog Delivery to user POD (eventually) Automatic approval books will continue to come automatically (for now)

5. The EBL Model First five minutes: free First three uses: STL 1 or 7 days Fourth use: purchase

6. EBL Data May-December, 2010 51,644 titles available 103 titles purchased --2,181 STLs (short-term loans) 187 titles with 3 STLs (561 loans) 207 titles with 2 STLs (414 loans) 1,202 titles with 1 STL (1,202 loans) 4,344 browses (under 5 min = free) 3,046 titles

7. EBL Costs Actual List 103 titles purchased $8,173 $8,173 1,602 titles with STL* $20,765 $127,119** 2,125 titles with browse $0 $168,619** Total (3,185 titles) $28,938 $303,914 Savings $274,976 *Doesn’t include purchased titles with STL **Average of $79.35/title based on 103 titles purchased (average across EBL closer to $100)

8. EBL STEM vs All STLs Purchases STEM 354 18 All Subjects 2332 105 STEM % 15.2% 17.1% STEM as % of EBL 14.5%

9. EBL STEM Titles STLs Purchases Computer Science 173 11 Mathematics 26 2 Sciences 36 1 Medicine 65 2 Engineering/Tech 54 2

10. DDA and STEM High publication to purchase ratio (Often) a short shelf life Complex subjects

11. Thank You Michael Levine-Clark michael.levine-clark@du.edu