Web Resources: Getting the Most For Your Money
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- 1. Web Resources: Getting the Most For Your Money Leah Kraus Virtual Branch Director Fayetteville Free Library lkraus@fflib.org @leahkraus73
- 2. Building a Web Resources Collection Our options Our time & budgets
- 3. How do we decide?
- 4. The Web Resources Family
- 5. Web Resource Type 1: Databases
- 6. Web Resource Type 2: Free Resources
- 7. Web Resource Type 3: eBooks/Media OverDrive Freegal 3M Cloud Library OverDrive Freading Zinio Hoopla
- 8. How Do We Decide?
- 9. 1) Look at what you’ve got Resource Subject How Cost Renewal Area funded? date Novelist Reader’s By our $1,000/year Feb 1st Advisory library Job & Career Job & Career By the $0 March 1st Accelerator Consortium Grolier Encyclopedia By the State $0 Sept. 1st Online library Freegal eMusic By our $4,000/year Dec 1st library
- 10. Resource Subject How Cost Renewal Rep contact How to find Area funded? date stats Novelist Reader’s By our library $1,000/year Feb 1st Advisory Job & Career Job & Career By the $0 March 1st Accelerator Consortium Grolier Encyclopedia By the State $0 Sept. 1st Online library Freegal eMusic By our library $4,000/year Dec 1st
- 11. Resource Subject How Cost Renewal Rep How to Usage Cost per Area funded? date contact find stats 2012 use 2012 Novelist Reader’s By our $1,000/year; Feb 1st 500 visits $2 per visit Advisory library Job & Job & Career By the $0 March 1st Career Consortium Accelerator Grolier Encyclopedia By the State $0 Sept. 1st Online library Freegal eMusic By our $4,000/year Dec 1st 6,000 song $0.66 per library downloads song
- 12. 2) Figure out what you need About how many times per month do you use the following to help a patron: Access Newspaper Archives ________ Rate the usefulness of this resource: not useful 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 very useful Biography Resource Center ________ Rate the usefulness of this resource: not useful 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 very useful Britannic Reference Center ________ Rate the usefulness of this resource: not useful 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 very useful Career Cruising ________ Rate the usefulness of this resource: not useful 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 very useful CultureGrams ________ Rate the usefulness of this resource: not useful 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 very useful
- 15. Consider Core areas of patron need: Audiobooks Hobbies/Crafts/Antiques & Collectibles Biography Job & Career Business Info Language Learning/ESL Community Information Newspapers – Current Consumer Information Newspapers – Historical eBooks Online Instruction – Computer, internet, eMusic technology, office skills eMagazines Online Instruction – General interest Encyclopedias/dictionaries Online practice tests and study guides Financial Reader’s Advisory Genealogy Science Geography Tax/legal Health Travel History Tutoring/Homework Help
- 16. Which type of information would you most hope to find available on your library’s web site : Consumer Info (i.e. Consumer Reports) not needed 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 absolutely essential Encyclopedias/ dictionaries not needed 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 absolutely essential Financial Information not needed 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 absolutely essential Genealogy Resources not needed 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 absolutely essential Health Resources not needed 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 absolutely essential Local Newspapers- Current not needed 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 absolutely essential Local Newspapers - Historical not needed 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 absolutely essential
- 17. This is a list of the online resources Fayetteville Free Library currently subscribes to. Please RANK these in order of importance to you. Ancestry.com - Library Edition least important 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 most important Consumer Reports least important 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 most important Freegal (Music Downloads) least important 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 most important HelpNow! Homework Help least important 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 most important Novelist least important 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 most important Optimal Resume not important 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 very important OverDrive Digital Library (eBook & audiobook downloads) not important 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 very important Post-Standard Archives not important 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 very important
- 19. Results Please indicate how strongly you feel this content area should be available to all patrons? % indicated ‘absolutely essential’ or ‘very important’ Local Newspapers – Current 100% Job & Career 97.9% Genealogy 94% Online practice tests/guides 92% Online instruction-computer/office skills 89.6% Local Newspapers – Historical 87.7% Consumer Information 87.7% Health 82% Language Instruction /ESL 80.8% Business Directory 75% Online Instruction – General 57.1% Book – Readers Advisory 52.1% Science 42.9% History 43.7% Books – Young Children 43.4% Geography/Countries 38.7% Biography 29.2% Hobbies/Crafts 23%
- 20. Results If funds are not available to continue the same selection of online resources in the future, which current resource(s) would you be willing to drop? Tumblebooks 62% Ferguson’s Career 40% ReferenceUSA 18% Universal Class 16% Heritage Quest 14% Learning Express - Basic 14% Learning Express –Computer 12% Newsbank 0%
- 21. Results Please RANK these in order of importance and priority of use to your library staff and patrons. Newsbank Most important Reference USA Learning Express – Basic Heritage Quest Learning Express – Computer Universal Class Tumblebooks Fergusons Career Least important
- 22. 3) Explore the possibilities • Key strategies: • Benchmarking: • San Jose Public Library • Cleveland Public Library • Jefferson County Public Library • Hennepin County Library • Kent District Library • Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh • Skokie Public Library • Houston Public Library • Columbus Library • Salt Lake County • Teamwork
- 23. 4) Find the Funds • Key words: • Negotiation • Reallocation: “We need to act effectively as collective buying agents”
- 24. Resource Subject How Cost Renewal Rep How to Usage Cost per Area funded? date contact find stats 2012 use 2012 Novelist Reader’s By our $1,000/year; Feb 1st 500 visits $2 per visit Advisory library Job & Job & Career By the $0 March 1st Career Consortium Accelerator Grolier Encyclopedia By the State $0 Sept. 1st Online library Freegal eMusic By our $4,000/year Dec 1st Jim 6,000 song $0.66 per library Petersen, downloads song (571) 730- 4300
- 25. Finding the Funding (cont.)
- 26. 5) Get the word out Strategies: 1.Create a strong virtual presence 2.Create a physical presence 3.Meet non-users where they are
- 27. 6) Do it again! Considerations: 1)Do comparable free resources exist? 2)Are we acting as a collective buying agent? (Cost per use) 3)Are we meeting community needs? (content, interface, usability)
- 28. Questions? Leah Kraus Virtual Branch Director Fayetteville Free Library lkraus@fflib.org http://fflib.org @leahkraus73 @fayettevillelib