Pay-Per-View Article Delivery at the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point
TL;DR: A pilot program to study the viability of supplying faculty with journal content via pay-per-view in lieu of journal subscriptions and positive reactions to the service coupled with the savings to the library prompted the adoption of this access method for a significant number of serials titles.
Abstract: The University of Wisconsin at Stevens Point deployed a pilot program to study the viability of supplying faculty with journal content via pay-per-view in lieu of journal subscriptions Librarians took advantage of a University of Wisconsin system pay-per-view plan with publishers Wiley and Elsevier Journal articles were requested and delivered using modified existing interlibrary loan (ILL) software Along with journal content, a survey was distributed to library users to measure their reaction to this manner of delivery Users' positive reactions to the service coupled with the savings to the library prompted the adoption of this access method for a significant number of serials titles
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TL;DR: A series of pilot projects involving staff from access services, acquisitions, and collection development to purchase interlibrary loan requests of print books, ebooks, and articles found the library was able to purchase titles and get them to the patron more quickly than through traditional inter library loan.
Abstract: The University of California Irvine Libraries conducted a series of pilot projects involving staff from access services, acquisitions, and collection development to purchase interlibrary loan requests of print books, ebooks, and articles. Staff measured the cost of interlibrary loan services and the time to delivery and improved the workflow through existing technology. In many cases, the library was able to purchase titles and get them to the patron more quickly than through traditional interlibrary loan. This purchasing service is now part of The University of California Irvine normal library procedures.
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...Patrons are then allowed to purchase articles at the library’s expense through a mediated or unmediated process (King & Nichols, 2011; Sammonds, 2012; Weir & Ireland, 2011)....
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TL;DR: Auburn University Libraries found Read Cube to be an acceptable alternative to ILL for unsubscribed Nature journals and at current levels of use and cost, consider ReadCube to be financially sustainable.
Abstract: ReadCube Access is a patron-driven, document delivery system that provides immediate access to articles from journals owned by Nature Publishing Group. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the use of ReadCube Access as an interlibrary loan (ILL) alternative for nonsubscribed Nature journals at Auburn University, a research university with a School of Pharmacy and a School of Veterinary Medicine. An analysis of ten months' usage and costs are presented along with the results of a user satisfaction survey. Auburn University Libraries found ReadCube to be an acceptable alternative to ILL for unsubscribed Nature journals and at current levels of use and cost, consider ReadCube to be financially sustainable.
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...Other benefits included immediate access for patrons,(7) better image/color quality of articles,(4,5,7) and the ability to pay only for what was needed.(7,11) None of the studies used ReadCube for article access, and Brown(4) was the only study that examined PPV as an ILL alternative....
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12 Jun 2012
TL;DR: The new issues and consequences, both positive and negative, of the use of mediated and unmediated PPV models by academic libraries are explored.
Abstract: In the digital age, individual articles rather than journals have become the fundamental units that researchers want. The utilization of the Pay-Per-View (PPV) model for e-articles as an alternative to journal subscription has become a great challenge to both journal providers and academic libraries. For libraries, “big deal” subscriptions, which conveniently provided library patrons with greatly expanded e-resources, have been consuming most of their budgets. As unbundling the big deal was considered as a cost efficient way to solve the serials crisis, some libraries began using PPV, the “little deal,” to try to keep the same level of accessibility to e-resources. In the spring of 2011, St. John’s University Library experimentally implemented PPV by purchasing Wiley-Blackwell tokens after unbundling its package. The usage analysis showed the achievement of these goals in most aspects, but we also experienced some negative consequences. After a broad literature review of the topic, discussions in professional listservs and telephone conversations with other librarians, we realized that using the PPV model involves not only the librarians’ efforts, it also needs the full support of the journal providers. This article will explore the new issues and consequences, both positive and negative, of the use of mediated and unmediated PPV models by academic libraries. I will compare the existing PPV offerings and policies from journal providers, and suggest improvements that will help libraries implement PPV.
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TL;DR: This paper conducted a survey on the prevalence and success of article purchasing programs at three Kentucky public universities and found that a majority of academic libraries offer article purchasing at some point during the academic year.
Abstract: Librarians from three Kentucky public universities conducted a survey on the prevalence and success of article purchasing programs. They found that a majority of academic libraries offer article pu...
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