Comparison of e-book acquisitions strategies across disciplines finds differences in cost and usage

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Objective - To compare e-book cost-usage data across different acquisitions styles and disciplines. Design - Case study. Setting - A public research university serving an annual enrollment of over 49,000 students and employing more than 3,000 faculty members in the Southern United States. Subjects - Cost and usage data from 15,006 ebooks acquired by the Library through packages, firm orders, and demand-driven acquisitions. purchased through demand driven acquisitions had an average cost per use of $8.88 and 13.9 average uses per title. Package purchasing was cost effective for science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) materials and medicine (MED) materials. Demand driven acquisition was a particularly good strategy for humanities and social sciences (HSS) titles. Conclusion - There are differences between the acquisitions strategies and disciplines in cost and use. Firm orders had a higher cost per use than the other acquisitions strategies.

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Costello, L. (2017). Comparison of e-book acquisitions strategies across disciplines finds differences in cost and usage. Evidence Based Library and Information Practice, 12(1), 109–111. https://doi.org/10.18438/b8zp70

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