02-06-2019, 05:40 PM
As you know, VIVA picked up ProQuest’s Academic Complete and College Complete Collection (approximately 150,000+ ebooks). Some of us who still subscribe to EBL’s DDA program were wondering about the overlap between the collections. I spoke with Dave Wiley on Monday, February 4th and went through the pluses and minuses with continuing with the DDA program, and learned that there is only about a 800 title overlap between the two collections. ProQuest will de-dupe these titles so that if the title is in both collections, a college would not be charged a STL.
Please note that those of us who have the DDA program will need to manage it locally; it will not be managed at the SO. Jacqueline has figured out how to manage the EBL collection in Alma, so if you’d like her to share her process, please let me know. Also, if you are continuing with the DDA program, then please contact Dave Wiley to set up your college's own deposit account.
If you have any questions, please let me know.
Thanks,
Crystal
Please note that those of us who have the DDA program will need to manage it locally; it will not be managed at the SO. Jacqueline has figured out how to manage the EBL collection in Alma, so if you’d like her to share her process, please let me know. Also, if you are continuing with the DDA program, then please contact Dave Wiley to set up your college's own deposit account.
If you have any questions, please let me know.
Thanks,
Crystal
Crystal Newell
Director of Library Services
Piedmont Virginia Community College
VCCS Shared Collections Committee, Chair
VIVA Collections Committee Member
Director of Library Services
Piedmont Virginia Community College
VCCS Shared Collections Committee, Chair
VIVA Collections Committee Member
