ebook Call Numbers

[Morgan A. Brynnan]

Our vendor includes downloadable MARC records --- the old NetLibrary.
Morgan

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From: Web technologies in libraries [mailto:WEB4LIB at LISTSERV.ND.EDU] On Behalf Of Ranti Junus
Sent: Tuesday, November 22, 2011 6:36 PM
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Subject: Re: [WEB4LIB] ebook Call Numbers

I agree adding a call number on ebooks would help to determine use by subject and for expenditure assessments. But, how exactly do you work on figuring out the subject-based expenditure? It is my understanding the vendor stats do not include specific call number. So, do you (or somebody in your organization) compare the titles given by the vendors with your titles in the catalog and then pull out the call number?


thanks,
ranti.


On Tue, Nov 22, 2011 at 1:07 PM, Kevil, L H. <KevilL at missouri.edu> wrote:
> IMO the principal reason to add call numbers to ebooks is to be able 
> to determine use by subject, just as we do for print books (pbooks.) 
> If ebooks did not have call numbers, we would not be able to compare 
> their use with the usage data for pbooks. Without those data, we would 
> not know whether our expenditures in particular subjects were optimal 
> or even the areas where we need more or fewer ebooks. Usage data for 
> ebooks are available from the vendors, but the subject categories are 
> typically broad and in any event do not have the precision of an LC call number.
>
> Our approval profile is organized by call number or LC classification. 
> As we start to receive ebooks via approval, the absence of call 
> numbers would introduce an element of complexity in our evaluation of 
> approval expenditures.
>
> Perhaps the best way to make the point is this: If you consider a book 
> a book, regardless of its format, then there should be a common way to 
> know the subjects of all our books. And since we are not going to 
> reclassify our stock of books, ebooks need to have the same call numbers as pbooks.
>
>
> L. Hunter Kevil, Ph.D.
> Collection Development Librarian
> University of Missouri Libraries
> kevill at missouri.edu

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