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PDA, Firm or Package, assessing the ROI on collection models for electronic books

Tuesday, March 18, 2014 at 10:55 AM–11:40 AM CDT

Room 203

Conference Track

2. Collection Development & Assessment

Keywords

ebook, ROI

Learning Objectives

see the pros and cons of each collections model, learn from the UCF's experience, share their own experience, and hopefully get some advice on which model to implement at their own library.

Abstract

To purchase electronic books, which collection model would yield the highest return on investment (ROI)? Will it be PDA, firm order or acquiring a package? The study at the Univ. of Central Florida will demonstrate its data, methodology, and conclusion on the ROI assessmens on all three collection models.