Popular eBooks at UIS
- 1. Popular e-Books at UIS H. Stephen McMinn Director of Collections and Scholarly Communications Brookens Library, University of Illinois Springfield
- 2. Background -- UIS/Sangamon State ? History ? Sangamon State University - 1969 ? UIS - 1995 ? Undergraduates ? 2001 CAP Honors (Undergraduate) ? 2005 Open Undergraduate Admissions ? Population ¨C Headcount 5,400 with 3,900 FTE ? On campus housing 1,100
- 3. Popular E-Book Program ? Requests at Information Desk ? Library Technology Fee ? History ? SGA ? 3M Selected ? Ease of Use ? Content ? Portability of Content
- 4. Implementation ? Integration with Voyager ? Opening Day Collection ? To Catalog or Not to Catalog ? SGA Event ? Wish List ? Oher Marketing
- 8. Usage
- 9. Current Status Reserved (ready to checkout) 1 Checked Out 14 Available to Checkout 502 Total 517 ? Overall ? 565 books purchased ? 298 books circulated ? 728 total circulations ? 230 patrons/users ? 2015 Usage ? Data for 4 months in 2015 (1/3 0f the year) ? 46% of last year¡¯s checkouts, 51% of wish list items, and 29% of holds, and 27% of new patrons
- 10. Allegiant Roth, Veronica Divergent Roth, Veronica The Goldfinch Tartt, Donna The Fault in Our Stars Green, John Fifty Shades of Grey James, E L Gone Girl Flynn, Gillian If I Stay Forman, Gayle A Game of Thrones Martin, George R.R. Beautiful Redemption Garcia, Kami; Stohl, Margaret Beautiful Creatures Garcia, Kami; Stohl, Margaret Top Circulating Books
- 11. Top Sub-Catagories ? Literary ? Action & Adventure ? Historical ? Love & Romance ? FICTION ? Contemporary Women ? Suspense ? Thrillers ? Fantasy & Magic ? Family Life ? Dystopian ? Science Fiction ? Contemporary ? Mystery & Detective ? Humorous ? Fantasy ? Girls & Women ? Personal Memoirs ? Crime ? Epic
- 12. Subcategories: Books More than Three Circulations
- 15. 3M Tools ¨C For Selecting Books (Reports)
- 19. Other Considerations ? Good Today ¨C Not Good Tomorrow ? Maintenance of Content ? Harkens back to cataloging question ? Duplication issues/philosophy ? Changing Marketplace ¨C Other Options ? Lessons Learned!
- 20. Other SGA/Lib Tech Fee Requests Language Learning Enhanced Popular DVD
- 21. Thank You! -- Questions?
Editor's Notes
- #11: 298 Books circulated ¨C for a total of 782 times by 230 patrons 19 patrons with 10 or more checkouts, the most is 57 total checkouts of 39 unique titles. Average is 3.4 including people with zero checkouts (5.2 of those who have checked out a book) 82 patrons never checked out a book, but 4 weird barcodes, 14 have items on hold or have requested items on the wish list. Still 64 patrons didn¡¯t find anything????? Purchased 565 books for a total of $18,419.41 plus platform fees¡