Collections are a service

Charleston Conference, 2015

Daniel Dollar

Director of Collection Development

Yale University Library

November 6, 2015

Outline

• Environment• YUL Overview

• Collection Development Policy• Collections are a service

• Data Stories

• Collection Trends

• Q&A

Collections are a service

• Transition from print to digital culture• Straddling a hybrid world

• Pressures on Yale and Higher Education

• Stack tower to Off-site storage to Ivy Plus• Shift from institutional to network paradigm

• Data informed decisions • Who needs what, when, how and why?

Collection Development Philosophy

http://web.library.yale.edu/policy/collection-development-statements

Data Stories

1. Approvals

2. Borrow Direct

3. Ebrary

4. Print Books

5. E-Resource Usage

1. Approvals

Approval Plans – Harrassowitz

11,392

8,189

6,875 7,2038,044

5,767

0

2,000

4,000

6,000

8,000

10,000

12,000

14,000

16,000

18,000

20,000

2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014

ITEMS RECEIVED

14% 14% 11% 10%5% 4%

86% 86% 89% 90%95% 96%

2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014

CIRCULATION FREQUENCY

Circulated Never Circulated

62% 60%52%

43%33%

15%

38% 40%48%

57%67%

85%

2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014

CIRCULATION FREQUENCY

Circulated Never Circulated

Approval Plans – Yankee

18,465

15,398

17,60318,413

17,426

14,949

0

2,000

4,000

6,000

8,000

10,000

12,000

14,000

16,000

18,000

20,000

2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014

ITEMS RECEIVED

Outcomes with Approvals

• Adjustments guided by circulation data

• Support the gradual shift to eBooks• E-preferred and eBook Packages

• Expanded shelf ready services

2. Borrow Direct

3. Print Books

• Lot of press about how important print still is…

9,718,986

0

50,000

100,000

150,000

200,000

250,000

300,000

350,000

400,000

450,000

500,000

0

1,000,000

2,000,000

3,000,000

4,000,000

5,000,000

6,000,000

7,000,000

8,000,000

9,000,000

10,000,000

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Tran

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FY2014FY2013FY2012FY2011FY2010FY2009

7,050,844

FY2008FY2007FY2006FY2005

-7%

YUL: Circulation Activities: FY2005 – FY2014Scan & Deliver: Yale Collections / Yale Patrons

Circ: Yale Collections & Other Library Patrons

ARL - YUL Title Counts

Circ: Yale Collections / Yale Patrons

Circ: Other Library Collections / Yale Patrons

Circulation Trends: Students

214,475

166,324

131,995

70,176

0

50,000

100,000

150,000

200,000

250,000

2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015

Cir

cula

tio

n

Fiscal Year

Graduate

Undergraduate

Graduate circulation decreased 51% from 2011 to 2015.

Undergraduate circulation decreased 47% from 2006 to 2015.

4. Ebrary

Ebrary: Academic Complete

• Ebrary Collection – 100,000+ titles

• Ebrary has been available at Yale since 2003

Ebrary: Religion, Philosophy & Psychology (B)

• Deep dive in a Humanities subject

• Ebrary Collection (LC Range = B) – 11,789 titles

• 42% of titles available in print at Yale (LC Range = B)

Ebrary Deep Dive

0 500 1000 1500 2000 2500 3000

B - Philosophy, Psychology, Religion

BC - Logic

BD - Speculative Philosophy

BF - Psychology

BH - Aesthetics

BJ - Ethics

BL - Religions, Mythology, Rationalism

BM - Judaism

BP - Islam, Bahaism, Theosophy

BQ - Buddhism

BR - Christianity (General)

BS - The Bible

BT - Doctrinal Theology

BV - Practical Theology

BX - Denominations and Sects

#TITLES

Titles by LC Subject: B – Religion, Philosophy & Psychology Ebrary & Yale Print Ebrary Only

Ebrary Deep Dive: LC Range = BPrint & Ebrary Editions Available at Yale

38%

32%

31%

29%

53%

37%

42%

43%

49%

47%

50%

43%

44%

42%

37%

10%

18%

9%

12%

6%

10%

8%

6%

4%

6%

8%

9%

6%

10%

10%

28%

18%

27%

31%

26%

29%

28%

32%

27%

28%

27%

31%

30%

30%

24%

24%

32%

33%

29%

15%

24%

22%

19%

20%

19%

14%

18%

20%

18%

28%

0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80% 90% 100%

B - Philosophy, Psychology, Religion

BC - Logic

BD - Speculative Philosophy

BF - Psychology

BH - Aesthetics

BJ - Ethics

BL - Religions, Mythology, Rationalism

BM - Judaism

BP - Islam, Bahaism, Theosophy

BQ - Buddhism

BR - Christianity (General)

BS - The Bible

BT - Doctrinal Theology

BV - Practical Theology

BX - Denominations and Sects

Ebrary & Print Use Ebrary Use Only Print Use Only No Usage Recorded (Print or Electronic)

Ebrary Deep Dive: LC Range = BOnly The Electronic Edition Available at Yale

53%

46%

46%

42%

61%

47%

54%

50%

55%

62%

63%

61%

57%

47%

51%

47%

54%

53%

58%

39%

53%

45%

49%

43%

37%

35%

37%

42%

51%

48%

0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80% 90% 100%

B - Philosophy, Psychology, Religion

BC - Logic

BD - Speculative Philosophy

BF - Psychology

BH - Aesthetics

BJ - Ethics

BL - Religions, Mythology, Rationalism

BM - Judaism

BP - Islam, Bahaism, Theosophy

BQ - Buddhism

BR - Christianity (General)

BS - The Bible

BT - Doctrinal Theology

BV - Practical Theology

BX - Denominations and Sects

Borrow Direct Only Electronic & Borrow Direct Electronic Only No Usage Recorded

5. E-Resource Usage

• Print and electronic• Apples and oranges…

Collection Usage: Ejournals, Ebooks, and Print

6,750,073

8,003,172

1,209,952

2,778,909

469,940 381,061

0

1,000,000

2,000,000

3,000,000

4,000,000

5,000,000

6,000,000

7,000,000

8,000,000

9,000,000

2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014

Tran

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s

Year

Print (Circulation)

Ebooks (COUNTER – BR2)

Ejournals (COUNTER – JR1)

Collection Trends

Where is this leading

• Inexorable movement toward digital/electronic resources accounting for most research collection acquisition expenditures• Distinctiveness will include the depth and breadth of digital collections and

supporting services, such as data management and digital humanities.

• Scanning services and digitization will be key services for accessing legacy print collections.

• Collective collection development and management as part of multiple networks (Ivy Plus, HathiTrust, CRL, DPLA and others)

Service as a guiding principle

Collection Development PhilosophyThe Yale University Library collects, organizes, preserves and provides access to a rich and unique record of human thought and creativity in a variety of formats, in support of the teaching, research and public missions of the university.

...all collection development work is clearly aligned with the strategic goals and priorities of Yale University.

Thank you

• Questions

• Thanks to Sarah Tudesco (Assessment Librarian) and Julie Linden (Assistant Director of Collection Development)

Further readings

• Collection Directions: The Evolution of Library Collections and Collecting. Lorcan Dempsey, Constance Malpas and Brian Lavoie. portal: Libraries and the Academy, 14 (2014), 393-423

• Access to Everything: Building the Future Academic Library Collections. Michael Levine-Clark. portal: Libraries and the Academy, 14 (2014), 425-437

• Are First-circulation Patterns for Monographs in the Humanities Different from the Sciences? J.P. Ladwig, T.D. Miller. Library Collections, Acquisitions, & Technical Services, 37 (2013) 77–84

• The Ghosts in the Stacks: Collection Development Practice Past, Present, and Future in Academic Research Libraries. Mark Sandler. Rethinking Collection Development and Management, ed. Becky Albitz, Christine Avery, and Diane Zabel. Libraries Unlimited, 2014.

• Technology: Its Potential Impact on the National Need to Improve Educational Outcomes and Control Costs. William Bowen. Ithaka S+R (2014)

• BiblioTech: why libraries matter more than ever in the age of Google. John Palfrey. Basic Books, 2015.