Browsing by Author "Moisil, Ingrid"

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Renew or Cancel? Applying a Model for Objective Journal Evaluation
(2015-09-16) Moisil, Ingrid
For the University of Ottawa, the journal renewal period is September–October and arrives at a time when subject librarians are busy teaching and meeting with new students and faculty, leaving little time for anything else, especially making difficult decisions such as cancelling journals with an ever-rising price tag. Library staff developed a cascading model for evaluating journal subscriptions. It is based on several variables, such as accessibility, value, price, and usage. Paraprofessionals can populate the model with data, reducing the librarians’ work considerably. The model was tested for print and ejournals, for small journals packages and large renewal lists.
Students and the e-book dilemma: a case study
(2015-12) Moisil, Ingrid; Horava, Tony
Similar to other academic libraries, the University of Ottawa Library makes ebooks available on many different platforms - aggregators such as ebrary or Project Muse, or major academic publishers‟ own platforms such as Science Direct or Cambridge Books Online. The diversity of e-book platforms can users, as they can't take the time to familiarize themselves with the dozen or more platforms available in their field of study. This impacts and limits the use of these platforms. In November 2014, the Library surveyed its students about their behaviour, preferences and satisfaction with ebooks used for research and learning purposes. This paper presents the results of the survey and examines how the findings relate to the Library's usage statistics for e-books for 2011-2014.