Additional Information on the Master Career & Technical Education Collection (MCTEC):
1. According to Melinda Gallo, our InfoBase rep, TCC's subscription does not expire until 6/30/2019. Since there was only 1 master renewal handled by the SO, I assume that everyone's subscription to MCTEC runs through 6/30.
2. MCTEC consists of 5 smaller collections, each of which is available separately if you find you have a lot of use in one only
----Family & Consumer Science Collection
----Guidance & Counseling Collection
----Careers & Job Search Collection
----Technical Education Collection
----Computer Science & Information Technology Collection
3. It is possible to get usage data by collection, both in the aggregate (total number of views) and by title. Infobase just unveiled a new admin portal this week, and I couldn't get it to give me the right data. Melinda was able to pull it stats that looked better, but there were still some inconsistencies between reports, a few of which were glaring. She said is is just learning it, too, so we may be able to better stats in a few weeks after the new portal has been tweaked.
4.Contact info for our rep is: Melinda Gallo, Digital Media Consultant-Academic Division, mgallo@infobase.com, 800-257-5126, x4270. Now that she knows that the VCCS is not renewing for us, I'm sure the other schools that subscribe will hear from her.
FYI, my preliminary analysis shows that, for Tidewater, less than 10% of the available titles accounts for about 75% of the usage, so I'm going to try to figure out the best way to make those available without subscribing to the entire master collection.
1. According to Melinda Gallo, our InfoBase rep, TCC's subscription does not expire until 6/30/2019. Since there was only 1 master renewal handled by the SO, I assume that everyone's subscription to MCTEC runs through 6/30.
2. MCTEC consists of 5 smaller collections, each of which is available separately if you find you have a lot of use in one only
----Family & Consumer Science Collection
----Guidance & Counseling Collection
----Careers & Job Search Collection
----Technical Education Collection
----Computer Science & Information Technology Collection
3. It is possible to get usage data by collection, both in the aggregate (total number of views) and by title. Infobase just unveiled a new admin portal this week, and I couldn't get it to give me the right data. Melinda was able to pull it stats that looked better, but there were still some inconsistencies between reports, a few of which were glaring. She said is is just learning it, too, so we may be able to better stats in a few weeks after the new portal has been tweaked.
4.Contact info for our rep is: Melinda Gallo, Digital Media Consultant-Academic Division, mgallo@infobase.com, 800-257-5126, x4270. Now that she knows that the VCCS is not renewing for us, I'm sure the other schools that subscribe will hear from her.
FYI, my preliminary analysis shows that, for Tidewater, less than 10% of the available titles accounts for about 75% of the usage, so I'm going to try to figure out the best way to make those available without subscribing to the entire master collection.
Jacque Dessino
Electronic Services Librarian
Tidewater Community College
757-822-2646
jdessino@tcc.edu
Electronic Services Librarian
Tidewater Community College
757-822-2646
jdessino@tcc.edu