March 24, 2015

EBSCO Perspective

on DDADDA Workshop

AGENDA

• EBSCO DDA – How it Works

• DDA Benefits & Challenges

• EBSCO Position on DDA

How it Works

• Library selects eBooks to include in DDA

• EBSCO provides OCLC MARC records

• DDA titles are discoverable and accessible on EBSCOhost (no charges up to this point)

• Once meaningful use occurs, eBooks are automatically purchased

• Deposit account or pay-as-you-go

EBSCO eBook DDA

Meaningful Use

• More than 10 minutes active use in full text

• More than 10 page turns in full text

• Downloading entire eBook

• Printing, copying, or saving any portion of full text

EBSCO eBook DDA

DDA Benefits

• Provides a way to expose users to more content than outright purchase

• Opportunity for users to preview full text at no cost

• Libraries only purchase what gets used, effectively assuring 100% circulation for purchased titles

• Simple budget control, no risk of overspending

DDA Challenges

• If a library knows which titles it needs to own and have ongoing access to in perpetuity, it is easier to simply purchase them than to manage a DDA program for them

• Not all publishers participate in DDA

• Titles can drop out of a DDA pool

• DDA administration more burdensome than outright purchase

DDA Challenges

Discovery – Standard Approach

• Load MARC records into catalog

– Involves potential customizations, adds, removals, changes from un-triggered to triggered (from discovery records to point-of-purchase records)

DDA Challenges

Discovery – Alternative Approaches

• Discovery service in place of catalog– No need to load and manage discovery records,

adds/removals automatically reflected in and full text searchable in discovery service, only load point-of-purchase records when title has been triggered for purchase

DDA Challenges

Discovery – Alternative Approaches

• eBook platform in place of catalog– No need to load and manage discovery records,

adds/removals automatically reflected on eBook platform, only load point-of-purchase records when title has been triggered for purchase

• Other…

EBSCO Position on DDA

• Fully support whichever mix of models is right for each library

– DDA– Outright purchase– Both DDA and outright purchase– Other models

EBSCO Position on DDA

• Be transparent about model trending, e.g.:

– Subscription and purchase trending positively– DDA purchase trending relatively well– DDA STL trending negatively

• Dramatic price increases, multi-year embargoes, publishers opting out of model altogether

• Continue exploring ways to make DDA management easier for libraries

Thank You