YBP Library Services

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YBP Library Services
May 26, 2008
The Corporate Team
YBP History
 Incorporated 1971, Contoocook, NH
 Purchased Lindsay & Croft, 1998
 1st Approval Plan, 1974 (Boston College)
 1st Shelf-Ready Customer, 1999
 1st Academic Library Vendor on the web 1996
 Acquired by Baker & Taylor, 1999
YBP Today
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300 employees, 36 professional librarians
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1,900 domestic, 500 international accounts
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280+ cataloging/processing
accounts
YBP:
Who We
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Offices in the US and UK
A Division of Baker & Taylor
World’s Leading Distributor of Books,
Music, and Video
B&T/YBP Advantage
 Financial Strength and Stability
 Comprehensive Publisher Coverage
 Shared R&D and Information
 State-of-the-Art Distribution Facilities
 Wide Range of Products & Services
 Expanded Services via Acquisitions & Partnerships
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African Book Collective
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EBL
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Ebrary
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J. A. Majors
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Lindsay & Croft
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NetLibrary
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OCLC
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Publishers
Partnering with Customers
GobiLink: Cal Poly Pomona 1996
OCLC PromptCat: Michigan State 1996
GobiExport: Univ. Florida 1997
Consortial Collection Development: OhioLINK 1998
GobiAlerts: ANZ Libraries 2003
Virtual Approval Plan: Univ. Florida 2004
eBooks: NC State, National 2006
YBP Core Services
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Firm Orders
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Standing Orders/Continuations
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Approval Plans
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Technical Services
Firm Orders
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Large Inventory: 18
Million Volumes
Wide and Active
Publisher Contacts
Ensure Accurate and
Fast Fulfillment
Coverage of 40,000
Publishers
Add 150 Vendors Per
Week
Rush
eStatus Reports
Firm Order Performance
Fiscal 2007
Orders Fulfilled
Turnaround Time
100%
84%
80%
60%
94%
62%
42%
40%
20%
0%
1 week
2 weeks
4 weeks
8 weeks
Standing Orders
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48,000 Active Series
5% Unique Series
Integrate and Coordinate with
Approval Plan
Online Claiming Via GOBI
eReference Works
APPROVAL PLANS
YBP Qualifications
 33 Years of Experience
 70% of Sales from Approvals/Slips
 30% of Staff Work in the Approval Department
 Comprehensive Coverage
 59,732 Titles Profiled in Fiscal 2007
 15,498 eBooks
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1,445 Imprints
 A Proven Methodology (return rate less than 4%)
 Combines LC, or Dewey, or NLM subjects with free form narrative
 Accommodates interdisciplinary topics (e.g. Women’s Studies)
 Flexible/adaptable/easy-to-understand book-in-hand profiling
Lindsay & Croft
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25 Years Experience
50% Staff Work in Approvals
16,412 Titles Treated in Fiscal ’06
70% Sales via Approvals
1,500 Presses
The YBP/L&C Approval Plan Process
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Creating a Profile
Purchasing
Book-in-Hand Edit
Allocating
Create a Profile Representing Your
Collection Development
Requirements
Determine Coverage
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Non-Subject Parameters
Publisher
Series
Classification (LC, Dewey, NLM)
Non-Subject Parameters
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BINDING
CO-PUBLISHED TITLES
DISTRIBUTED PRESSES
FORMAT
LANGUAGE
CONTENT LEVEL
NEW EDITIONS
NON-BOOK FORMAT
PLACE OF PUBLICATION
PRICE CEILING
REPRINTS
REFERENCE BOOKS
SETS AND SERIES
TRANSLATIONS
ASPECTS
GEOGRAPHIC SPECIFICATIONS
INTERDISCIPLINARY STUDIES
Agricultural
Developing Countries
Irish Studies
Political
AIDS
Devotional
Jewish Studies
Allied health
Distance education
Practical (Guidebooks)
Journalistic Treatment
Anthropological
Doctrinal
Legal
Archaeological
Economic
Local Interest
Architectural
Educational
Marine
Art
Environmental
Maritime Studies
Asian Studies
ESL
Asian-American
Studies
Ethical
Bible Commentary
Family Studies
Black Studies
Film
Business
Foreign Relations
Career
Future Studies
Chicano/Hispanic
Studies
Gay/Lesbian Studies
Children’s Studies
Classics
Clinical
Computer
Contemporary Social
Counseling
Description & Travel
Ethnic Studies
Geographical
Gerontology
Globalization
Higher Educational
Historical
Proselytizing
Psychological
Public Policy
Quantitative/Statistical
Mass Media
Religious
Medical
Rural
Medieval Studies
Self-Help
Men’s Studies
Social Work
Military
Multicultural Studies
Speech & Hearing
Impaired
Music
Teaching of
Nanotechnology
Narrow Topic
Native American Studies
Nursing
Overview
History of Ideas
Pastoral
Hospitality Industry
Philosophical
Technical (Law)
Topics of Current Media
Attention
Transportation
Urban
Vocational/Technician
Women’s Studies
Publishers Coverage
1,445 Imprints
Worldwide including Africa, Australia,
Canada, New Zealand, UK
48% Small and Society Presses
31% Trade Presses
21% University Presses
Series on Approval
40,000 active series (one third of approval universe)
Options :
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Ship on approval all volumes within a series
Receive notification slips for all volumes within a given
series, overriding normal profile parameters
Allow the approval plan profile to work normally for volumes
within a series, imposing no title-specific series instruction
Block from the approval plan
--- or --YBP will supply on standing order
Subject Coverage
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Subject Specific Instructions
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Excel Format Allows for Flexibility
Easy to Read, Comprehend, & Change
Sample Profile
Sample Profile
Pre-Publication Purchase
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Seven Buyers Averaging 8 Years of Experience Each
Responsibilities Divided by Press
Submit Purchase Order
Results in Brief Bibliographic Record
Book-in-Hand Profiling
Enhance the data in the bibliographic record
 Twelve Profilers Averaging
10 Years Experience
 Assigned LC classes
 Subject Specialists
Allocating Against Your Profile
1. Series Instructions
2. Publisher Coverage
3. Non-Subject Descriptors
4. LC Classification
5. Fund Code Assignment
Narrative instructions trigger questions
Profiler makes the final decision
Additional Approval Options …
US/UK Approval Coordination and Dup Control
Loading Holdings to GOBI/YBP Database
World English
African Books Collective
Paper-preferred
Award and Review Programs
eBooks from NetLibrary, EBL, and ebrary
Coverage of Your Faculty Authors
Approval Plus (over 300 titles last year)
Selection by Faculty
Ongoing Evaluation and Revision
Library Feedback
Returns
Questions/Issues
Reports and Analysis
Library
YBP
Revision
Joint process
Return visits as needed
GOBI Home Page
Setting up the preferences – Note
the open URL
Setting User Profiles
Creating Users and Matching to
Profiles
Search Options
Standard Search (screen 1)
Standard Search (screen 2)
Search results – sought term =
Mugabe
Results from Library Catalogue
using the Open URL link
Alternate Editions
YBP and L&C activity
Table of Contents
Book Jacket
Title Summary
Book Review from Choice –
October 2003
Can e-mail book details to
colleagues
Can add details to Folder
Can save to disk – choices are Tab
Delimited; HTML; PDF
Print Choices – all marked items or
one per page
To order use Order Cart or GOBI
Express
Order Acknowledgement
Can use the Order Cart to build an
order for multiple items
Note that GOBI will check for
duplications
A click overrides the warning
Search for outstanding orders
Order Status
GOBI Alerts - Users
GOBI Alerts – Views
Design Alert and Link it to Users
Screen 1
Design Alert and Link it to Users
Screen 2
Design Alert and Link it to Users
Screen 3
Example of a GOBI Alert
GOBI lists books in paper form and
also e-books
There is a choice of 3 aggregators
Can preview whole book
Edit Peer Group for Comparison
Create a Peer Ranking Report
Peer Ranking Report
Peer Comparison Titles acquired
by Peer but not by my library
Peer Comparison Titles acquired
by my library but not by Peer
Peer Comparison Titles acquired by neither
Peer nor my library by LC
Peer Comparison Titles acquired by both
Peer and my library by LC
Technical Services Options
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Electronic Selection
Electronic Ordering
MARC-formatted Export or
Confirmation Records
Electronic Status Reports
Cataloging Records
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YBP
OCLC PromptCat
YBP-OCLC Cataloging Plus
Customized Data Insertion
Electronic Invoicing
Physical Processing
Some Technical Services Statistics
YBP Cataloging:
50,000+ invoice lines/year
100+ Customers
PromptCat:
1,000,000+ invoice lines/year
200+ Customers
Book Processing:
1,000,000+ books/year
225+ Customers
Commercial Binding:
40,000 books/year
100+ Customers
Customer Service Department
Eighteen Bibliographers
Six have an MLS
Intensive Training
Experience in all of YBP Services
Ten Bibliographic Assistants
Title Searches
Order Management
Customer Queries
Customer Service
A Single Point of Contact
Rapid Response to Your Queries
Involved in Set Up of YBP Supplied Technical
Services
Account Design & Specifications
Implement Approval Changes
Works Closely With Your Field Representative
Special Project Teams (e.g. retrospective lists)
YBP’s Strategic Direction
Continue to Provide Top Shelf Service to
Customers
Provide Libraries with Integrated Collection
Management and Acquisition Support for
Electronic Content
Hosted Platforms
NetLibrary, ebrary, EBL
Publisher Direct
Individual eBooks
eBook collections
Database subscriptions
Audio
Continue to Enhance GOBI
YBP’s Strategic Direction
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Expanded Technical Service Offering to Include
Customized Library Outsourcing Solutions
Integrate access to A/V Material
Expanded Service for Foreign Language
Material
Baker & Taylor Commitment and Support
Explore Partnerships to Deliver Value to Our
Customers
 YBB/OCLC Cataloging PLUS
 YBP/OCLC Collection Analysis
 WorldCat Selection
 Print-on-Demand
YBP’s Goal: Best Value
Service
YBP
Price
Technology
Libraries Selecting YBP Since 2003
Adelphi University
University of Alberta*
Arizona State University*
Atlanta University Center
Brandeis University
Cal State – Fresno
Columbia University*
Harvard* & Harvard Medical
McGill University*
University of Missouri*
University of New Mexico
Old Dominion University
Rice University*
Rutgers University*
Syracuse University*
Texas A&M University*
University of Iowa*
University of Miami*
University of Oklahoma*
University of Pittsburgh* & HSC
University of Washington*
University of Wyoming
Vassar College
Virginia Commonwealth
Virginia Tech University*
Washington State*
Yale University*
* ARL Library
Why Libraries Select YBP
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Financial Stability and Range of Services
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Continuous Growth and Innovation
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Connection with the Library Community
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Deep Inventory
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Comprehensive, Accurate, Fast Fulfillment
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Publisher and Profiling Scope
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GOBI
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Training and Support
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Outstanding Customer Service
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Consortia Expertise
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Local Presence
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Creating New Value in Partnership with Customers
Questions?
Thank You for the Opportunity
to Present YBP’s Services
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