Buy Request:
Just in Time v. Just in Case at OSU Libraries
Uta Hussong-Christian
Kerri Goergen-Doll
Timberline 2010
About OSU
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Located in Corvallis, OR
Land, Sea, Sun, & Space grant university
~$250M in funded research
OSUL=Valley, Guin, Cascades
~1.4M volumes in all subject areas
– 14,000 serials
– 500,000 maps & gov’t documents
• 18,067 undergrads / 3,902 grads
• 3, 481 faculty
Criteria
faculty/grad requests
$150 cap
faculty/grad requests
$150 cap
faculty/grad requests
amazon
Patron
ILL Request
Acquisitions
Cataloging
Circulation
Collection
Maintenance
Patron
The Numbers, Please
1.6
0.5
Average Circulation per Item
1.61
215%
0.51
Just in Time
Just in Case
Circulation Evaluation by Frequency
92%
64%
1 or less
2 or more
35%
3 or more
16%
7%
2%
Just in Time
Just in Case
Talk to Us
Will You Borrow This Item Again?
Maybe
34%
No
10%
Yes
56%
Recommend Title or
Add to Reading List?
Maybe
34%
No
12%
Yes
54%
Patron Satisfaction
0
Testing program like Buy Request
4.73
Item available for borrowing
4.73
Delivery time met needs
4.77
Title purchased by OSU Libraries
4.72
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Feedback
25.0%
Qualified
66.7%
36 comments
Negative
2.8%
Problems
5.5%
Postive
“I think this is a great
idea! Balancing
(expected repeated)
shipping costs
against acquisition
cost is a smart way of
optimizing the library
budget, which I think
will pay off in the
medium and long
run.”
“This is a dream come
true: something is
needed but is not
available ... and then
you make it available.
Please go on, if at all
possible!”
“This ha[s] facilitate[d] my
dissertation writing because
this book is key to my
investigation. Other
colleagues are plan[n]ing to
use it and I will definitely use
it for a graduate course.”
“I don't think 'a buy on demand program' is
good way to purchase library items. You end
up purchasing books without knowing if it
was requested with teaching, research, or
some other reason entirely. The library has
gaping holes in its collection in all areas that
are of interest to me. Filling these areas
seems more important to me than randomly
purchasing books.”
“I think this is a great
idea! Balancing
(expected repeated)
shipping costs
against acquisition
cost is a smart way of
optimizing the library
budget, which I think
will pay off in the
medium and long
run.”
“How do you
decide which items
to buy? I cannot be
sure this system is
useful unless I
know your
criteria.”
“This is a dream come
true: something is
needed but is not
available ... and then
you make it available.
Please go on, if at all
possible!”
Biggest suggestion I have
is to ASK the borrower of
a book if they would like it
to be purchased. While I
appreciate getting the
book, I really just wanted
to take a look at it for
some basic information
and to see if it was worth
buying in the first place. It
probably did not need to
be purchased and will
likely not be used again.
“This ha[s] facilitate[d] my
dissertation writing because
this book is key to my
investigation. Other
colleagues are plan[n]ing to
use it and I will definitely use
it for a graduate course.”
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uta.hussong-christian@oregonstate.edu
kerri.goergen-doll@oregonstate.edu