[Wactclc-primo] eBooks and OA Databases for IPEDS using Analytics

[Bem, Greg]

Hey all,

I just had a thought about IPEDS and getting an accurate number on the eBooks. Because we're totaling eBooks that can be searched via platforms (Primo and the individual database platforms themselves), we need to use Analytics and get the vendors who aren't interfacing with Primo to provide guesses on how many eBooks were in the collection back around 6/30/18.

We also need to account for open access books available in Primo; however, we can't do that because PCI doesn't populate in Analytics, and I have no clue which open access databases were activated in PCI way back on 6/30/18.

Despite the open access column in the Electronic Collections report in the IPEDS dashboard, none of the OA databases we had activated in PCI back in summer of 2018 are showing up.

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Part of me wants to say screw it and just provide the eBooks that Analytics can pull from that date.

As of right now (and I'm noting this for one year from now), a search result for "book" in our Primo yields over 2 million eBook records, because of the OA databases we have turned on. I'll have to make sure I pull this number on 6/30/19.

If you have any ideas/creativity, I'd love to hear it!

Greg


Greg Bem, MLIS
Faculty Library Coordinator
Pronouns: he/him/his

Contact Info
greg.bem at lwtech.edu<mailto:greg.bem at lwtech.edu%0d>
425-739-8100 xt.8898
http://www.lwtech.edu/campus-life/library

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