The UNC System is experimenting with shared, evidence based ebook deals that provide 80,000 academic monographs from Oxford, UNC Press, Wiley, and Taylor and Francis. The seventeen system schools vary widely in size and mission, ranging from a high school to two R1 research institutions. Each individual school has very different EBS costs and benefits, but each needs to have a good enough cost/benefit ratio to justify their continued participation. In this session I will discuss and assess our group’s cost allocation formula, usage distributions, and title selection processes, and metrics for evaluating success for individual institutions and for the system as a whole.
The UNC System is experimenting with shared, evidence based ebook deals that provide 80,000 academic monographs from Oxford, UNC Press, Wiley, and Taylor and Francis. The seventeen system schools vary widely in size and mission, ranging from a high school to two R1 research institutions. Each individual school has very different EBS costs and benefits, but each needs to have a good enough cost/benefit ratio to justify their continued participation. In this session I will discuss and assess our group’s cost allocation formula, usage distributions, and title selection processes, and metrics for evaluating success for individual institutions and for the system as a whole.
Hilary Davis is Head of Collections & Research Strategy at the NC State University Libraries in Raleigh, NC. Her primary role is to provide leadership and direction in the Libraries' overall collection development strategies, and play a leading role in the Libraries' initiatives to support research data management at NC State. In 2008, she was named one of Library Journal’s “Movers and Shakers.” She led the first week-long data science short course for NC State University librarians (October 2015). She holds an MLS from University of Missouri-Columbia and an MS in Biology from University of Missouri-St. Louis.
