[Lswtalk] Re: Lswtalk Digest, Vol 64, Issue 5
Barbara Malbrue
bmalbrue2 at pelican.state.lib.la.us
Tue Mar 10 19:41:46 CDT 2015
I will not be able to attend the meeting this month. I have been ill for
the last week.
Look forward to the April meeting.
Barbara at South St. Landry
On 3/10/2015 9:45 AM, lswtalk-request at beau.org wrote:
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> Date: Tue, 10 Mar 2015 09:44:36 -0500
> From: "Mary Foster-Galasso" <mfoster2 at state.lib.la.us>
> Subject: RE: [Lswtalk] FW: LSW meeting agenda
> To: "'Dr. Linda Lebert-Corbello'" <llebert at pelican.state.lib.la.us>,
> <lswtalk at beau.org>
> Cc: 'Suzy Lemoine' <slemoine at yahoo.com>, 'suzanne young'
> <syoung at state.lib.la.us>, 'Evangeline Parish Library'
> <requestabook at hotmail.com>, 'Danielle Dunagan'
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> Linda, Howard, Loretta, and all, hi
>
>
>
> I will be doing medical testing Wednesday. Because of the Overdrive
> discussion, I am sending Suzy Lemoine and Emily Fontenot to hear the
> discussion.
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>
> We have a board meeting scheduled for March 24th. Depending upon what is
> discussed and decided, we may have to get board approval at that meeting
> before we can commit.
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>
> Thank you all so much, and hope to see you next month in Basile.
>
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> Best wishes and good luck,
>
> Mary at Evangeline
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> From: lswtalk-bounces at beau.org [mailto:lswtalk-bounces at beau.org] On Behalf
> Of Dr. Linda Lebert-Corbello
> Sent: Monday, March 09, 2015 11:46 AM
> To: lswtalk at beau.org
> Cc: suzanne young; Danielle Dunagan
> Subject: [Lswtalk] FW: LSW meeting agenda
>
>
>
> I will have to send a rep for this discussion. Greg is having some problems
> and I have to go to Houston again on Wednesday. I will send Danielle
> Manuel and Suzanne Young to hear the discussion. They are the two employees
> that assist with Overdrive.
>
>
>
> If I could make a suggestion: Overdrive discussion as first thing on the
> agenda......then they could leave as they do need to do a 'Sam's run" while
> in Lake Charles.
>
>
>
> Howard, do you mind once again filling in for me.......I rather be at Lib
> SW.......I have now missed two meetings in a row..and I just hate that.
>
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>
> LInda
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> From: Loretta Gharst [mailto:LGharst at calcasieu.lib.la.us]
> Sent: Friday, March 06, 2015 12:47 PM
> To: Dr. Linda Lebert (llebert at pelican.state.lib.la.us)
> Subject: LSW meeting agenda
>
>
>
> Hi Linda,
>
>
>
> I hope you and Greg are doing well.
>
>
>
> Gabe and I have some thoughts on the LSW Overdrive Consortia and would like
> to request you include some time on the next meeting's agenda to start a
> discussion about how the shared collection works and proposing changes.
>
>
>
> We don't want it to consume the meeting - hopefully no more than 15-30
> minutes. Our idea is that we send out email before meeting with relevant
> information on this topic. Then plan at next meeting for more discussion
> and, if necessary, by the 3rd meeting vote on changes.
>
>
>
> Below is the text of the email we will be sending to LSW members. Thanks,
> Loretta
>
> ****************************************************************
>
> Howdy LSW,
>
>
>
> At our last meeting there was discussion of adding different content to our
> shared OverDrive collection.
>
> Some members were interested, some were not. This seemed like a good
> opportunity to discuss how the LSW Overdrive Consortia shared collection
> works.
>
>
>
> This consortia arrangement began in 2010, and we had few collection
> development guidelines for the shared Overdrive collection.
>
> When the LSW Overdrive consortia was set up the only guidelines were that
> member libraries spend a minimum of $3,000 annually on ebooks and pay for
> the MARC records for the titles they selected.
>
>
>
> A lot has changed since 2010 regarding what content is available, how it is
> licensed and services provided to our online library patrons.
>
>
>
> For example, more publishers allow libraries to purchase content but do so
> using a variety of licensing models:
>
> . One copy/one user
>
> . Number of checkouts - 26 checkouts (Metered - repurchase?)
>
> . Time limited checkout - 12 months (Metered - repurchase?)
>
> . Combination of Number and Time - (24 months or 52 checkouts
> whichever comes first)
>
> . User and time limits - so many checkouts per user within a
> specific period of time
>
> . Unlimited simultaneous user/pay per use
>
>
>
> Pretty much our philosophy has been to buy the content our patrons want
> regardless of licensing model.
>
>
>
> There are advantages and disadvantages to this. For example: It is a pain
> to have to reselect and pay for a title that was previously purchased.
> However, it also gives a chance to not repurchase titles that haven't
> circulated well (less than 2 circs in a year) and we know that what we are
> repurchasing is checking out and will be reevaluated when license is near
> expiration again.
>
>
>
> CPPL has been doing this purchasing because It would be very difficult (if
> possible) to figure out which library system originally purchased the title
> with the expiring license.
>
>
>
> CPPL also is very responsive to our end users, purchasing additional copies
> to fill holds when demand ratio exceed 3:1 and purchasing most "Recommend to
> Library" (RTL) suggestions.
>
> Again because of the way our consortia is setup it isn't easy to tell which
> library's patrons are placing specific holds so CPPL has been purchasing
> these. (It is possible in Reports to use "Current waiting list" to view your
> library system users with holds and "Recommendations" for quanties by
> system.)
>
>
>
> CPPL is like every other library system, we want to do what we want when we
> want to do it.
>
> However, we would like to propose the following regarding the LSW Overdrive
> Consortia digital collection:
>
>
>
> . We do not require a majority vote to add a new format but do
> recommend it be discussed at the monthly LSW meeting prior to
> implementation. (For example, Calcasieu will be adding movies, which will be
> pay per use and will be available for all members).
>
> . We propose that if a library system wants to purchase content to
> share with the rest of the consortia that they do so. (For example: if 3
> members want to purchase Overdrive Periodicals, they can do so and all other
> members can share that content.)
>
> . We would like to propose that members discuss what would be an
> equitable increase in the annual minimum funding level and consider
> stream-lining the selection/ordering process.
>
> o For example, other consortia use different formula based on circulation,
> materials budget, etc. to determine member funding.
>
> o Members may have the option of direct selection and ordering or delegate
> those tasks. How this might work is instead of each member selecting and
> paying for content directly to Overdrive, pay Calcasieu annual fee to select
> and manage the collection. With the understanding that members who want to
> do so can still select content using carts which Calcasieu could then order
> for them. This would reduce workload for other member libraries and allow
> CPPL to spend money where it is needed based on patron demand.
>
>
>
>
> 2014
>
> Checkouts
>
> 2014 Holds
>
>
>
> Allen
>
> 5,107
>
> Format
>
> Count
>
>
>
> Beauregard
>
> 13,496
>
> Audiobook
>
> 7,797
>
>
>
> Calcasieu
>
> 122,779
>
> eBook
>
> 39,021
>
>
>
> Cameron
>
> 3,333
>
> Music
>
> 1
>
>
>
> Evangeline
>
> 6,667
>
> Video
>
> 18
>
>
>
> Jeff Davis
>
> 16,080
>
> Total
>
> 46,837
>
>
>
> S. St. Landry
>
> 884
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> Vernon
>
> 12,347
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> 180,693
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> 2014 Recommend to Library (RTL)
>
> Spent on Holds, Expiring Licenses, RTL
>
>
>
>
> Audiobook
>
> eBook
>
> TOTAL
>
> AUDIO
>
> EBOOK
>
> TOTAL
>
>
>
> Allen
>
> 3
>
> 66
>
> 69
>
> HOLDS
>
> $5,766
>
> $14,279
>
> $20,045
>
>
>
> Beauregard
>
> 88
>
> 603
>
> 691
>
> METERED
>
> $0
>
> $23,137
>
> $23,137
>
>
>
> Calcasieu
>
> 691
>
> 2108
>
> 2799
>
> RTL
>
> $0
>
> $44,228
>
> $44,228
>
>
>
> Cameron
>
> 142
>
> 63
>
> 205
>
>
>
> Evangeline
>
> 23
>
> 4
>
> 27
>
> 2014 ORDERS = $260,613.25
>
>
>
> Jeff Davis
>
> 13
>
> 215
>
> 228
>
>
>
> S. St. Landry
>
> 0
>
> 21
>
> 21
>
>
>
> Vernon
>
> 26
>
> 361
>
> 387
>
>
>
>
>
> 986
>
> 3441
>
> 4427
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> Loretta
>
>
>
>
> Loretta Gharst
>
> Associate Librarian
>
> Collection & Computing Services
>
>
>
> Calcasieu Parish Public Library
>
> 301 W. Claude St.
>
> Lake Charles, LA 70605
>
>
>
> Ph. 337-721-7150
>
> Cell 337-515-9724
>
> <http://calcasieulibrary.org> http://calcasieulibrary.org
>
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Barbara Malbrue, MLIS
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South St. Landry Community Library
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