28 · Survey Results: Survey Questions And Responses
Purchasing/Licensing by Consortia: Selection Criteria
8. How important are the following criteria to your library for evaluating potential e-resources for
consortial purchase/licensing? Please make one choice per row. N=73
N Not at All
Important
N=31
Somewhat
Important
N=68
Important
N=73
Very
Important
N=69
Deal
Breaker
N=47
Anticipated usage rate 73 — 6 37 28 2
Length of contract 73 6 22 32 13 —
Disabilities compliance (e.g., ADA) 73 5 26 30 9 3
User-friendly interface 73 — 7 29 35 2
Relevance to specific course(s) 73 2 18 27 23 3
Support for Counter-compliant usage
statistics
73 1 7 27 35 3
Preservation arrangements (e.g., LOCKSS
compatible or participating in Portico)
73 1 11 24 34 3
Accessible through mobile devices
(Blackberry, iPhone, Kindle, etc.)
73 11 40 20 1 1
Capacity to export data to bibliographic
management software
72 5 19 35 11 2
Ability to provide MARC or metadata
records
72 1 11 32 27 1
Availability of content archive 72 — 13 28 28 3
Relevance to faculty research 72 — 4 26 37 5
Uniqueness of content 72 — 1 22 45 4
Compatibility with library systems 72 1 11 19 24 17
Cost 72 — — 7 29 36
Completeness of content 70 — 6 24 39 1
All or most consortium members likely to
subscribe
70 19 18 20 11 2
Other criteria 12 — — 4 6 2
Please describe other criteria. N=16
Important
Faculty requests.
ILL rights with e-copy, perpetual access in some cases.
Purchasing/Licensing by Consortia: Selection Criteria
8. How important are the following criteria to your library for evaluating potential e-resources for
consortial purchase/licensing? Please make one choice per row. N=73
N Not at All
Important
N=31
Somewhat
Important
N=68
Important
N=73
Very
Important
N=69
Deal
Breaker
N=47
Anticipated usage rate 73 — 6 37 28 2
Length of contract 73 6 22 32 13 —
Disabilities compliance (e.g., ADA) 73 5 26 30 9 3
User-friendly interface 73 — 7 29 35 2
Relevance to specific course(s) 73 2 18 27 23 3
Support for Counter-compliant usage
statistics
73 1 7 27 35 3
Preservation arrangements (e.g., LOCKSS
compatible or participating in Portico)
73 1 11 24 34 3
Accessible through mobile devices
(Blackberry, iPhone, Kindle, etc.)
73 11 40 20 1 1
Capacity to export data to bibliographic
management software
72 5 19 35 11 2
Ability to provide MARC or metadata
records
72 1 11 32 27 1
Availability of content archive 72 — 13 28 28 3
Relevance to faculty research 72 — 4 26 37 5
Uniqueness of content 72 — 1 22 45 4
Compatibility with library systems 72 1 11 19 24 17
Cost 72 — — 7 29 36
Completeness of content 70 — 6 24 39 1
All or most consortium members likely to
subscribe
70 19 18 20 11 2
Other criteria 12 — — 4 6 2
Please describe other criteria. N=16
Important
Faculty requests.
ILL rights with e-copy, perpetual access in some cases.
