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DDA Update
We now have nearly 9,000 discovery records in Addison and Summon for EBL e-books. Patrons are browsing the titles, reading them online, and downloading portions of the books. The title that was downloaded most often is: Completing college : rethinking institutional action (LC148 .T568 2012)
The 10 most-read titles are:
- Diagnosing and changing organizational culture (HD58.8.C32 2011)
- Parking cars in America, 1910-1945: a history (TL175.S44 2012)
- Reframing organizations: artistry, choice, and leadership (HD31,B6135 2008)
- Organizational network fieldbook: best practices, techniques, and exercises to drive organizational innovation and performance (HD69.S8O74 2010)
- Sex for sale: prostitution, pornography, and the sex industry (HQ115 .S49 2009)
- Conducting educational research design: what, why, and how (LB1028.38 M35 2012)
- Prostitution and sex work (HQ144.D58 2010)
- Handbook of college reading and study strategy research (LB2395.3.H36 2008)
- Architectural photography: composition, capture, and digital image processing (TR659)
- Forest products and wood science (TA419.S423 2011)
The next phase of the pilot will expand DDA to more vendors and more subject areas. VIVA will be contracting for DDA services in spring 2013.
Leslie
This is interesting..thanks for sharing. I am curious about the devices these students are downloading the ebooks to. I am assuming to a laptop but do we know for sure? I need to go back and and find the page on the website that speaks to this regarding what devices can be used for ebook download just in case I am asked this.
I would also assume they are downloading to a laptop or desktop or any device that can handle a pdf. Robert has a page that describes most of our ebook platforms here: http://www.lib.vt.edu/find/byformat/ebooks.html