http://hdl.handle.net/2374.MIA/5111 Aaron Shrimplin Wed, 08 Apr 2026 08:21:24 GMT 2026-04-08T08:21:24Z http://hdl.handle.net/2374.MIA/5287 Are E-Book Big Deal Bundles Still Valuable? Shrimplin, Aaron K; Bazeley, Jennifer W The academic e‐book market has undergone significant change in the last five years. E‐book availability has greatly increased as library demand has grown, with an increasing percentage of library acquisitions preferring electronic rather than print format. E‐book acquisition models like patron‐driven acquisition and short‐term loan have now become commonplace and available from a multitude of consortia, publishers, and aggregators. With the wide availability of these models, is there still value in buying e‐books through package deals? To help answer this question, we will present the results of a usage‐based analysis of Wiley e‐books. Since 2012, Miami University Libraries have purchased Wiley e‐book collections through a consortial OhioLINK contract. Previously purchased OhioLINK e‐book collections have been accessible to patrons through both OhioLINK’s Electronic Book Center platform and the publisher platform. The Wiley e‐book purchase deviates from previous practice by being available to patrons only on the publisher platform and our analysis is therefore focused on COUNTER e‐book usage reports from the Wiley platform. We also augment the usage data with title‐level information, such as subject and book type. This preliminary study focuses on the 2012 Wiley collection and its use over a three‐year period (2012‐2014) and will include data‐driven findings presented in visually useful ways. http://hdl.handle.net/2374.MIA/5287 http://hdl.handle.net/2374.MIA/5252 Information Architecture: Information for Web Developers Withers, Rob; Casson, Robert D; Shrimplin, Aaron; Adams, Katherine http://hdl.handle.net/2374.MIA/5252 http://hdl.handle.net/2374.MIA/5203 Minding Your Ps & Qs: A Q-Methodology Workshop Brinkman, Stacy; Messner, Kevin; Shrimplin, Aaron; Waller, Jen; Waller, Jen Librarians are continually turning to new metrics to evaluate services, impact, and priorities. Q-methodology - a hybrid of qualitative and quantitative research techniques - is a systematic study of subjectivity that enables researches to understand user's beliefs or attitudes about particular issues. This workshop will train librarians to utilize Q-methodology through hands-on activities. Librarians will learn tangible skills that they can use to assess services, collections, and initiatives at their home institutions. http://hdl.handle.net/2374.MIA/5203 http://hdl.handle.net/2374.MIA/5191 Book Lovers, Technophiles, Printers and Pragmatists: The Social and Demographic Structure of User Attitudes toward e-Books Revelle, Andrew; Messner, Kevin; Shrimplin, Aaron; Hurst, Susan Q-methodology was used to identify clusters of opinions about e-books at Miami University. The research identified four distinct opinion types among those investigated: Book Lovers, Technophiles, Pragmatists, and Printers. The initial Q-methodology study results were then used as a basis for a large-n survey of undergraduates, graduate students, and faculty so that we could have a more complete picture of the demographic and social makeup of the campus population. Results from that survey indicate that academic discipline is strongly associated with the respondents’ opinion types. Gender and educational status are also associated with respondents’ opinion types. Sat, 01 Sep 2012 00:00:00 GMT http://hdl.handle.net/2374.MIA/5191 2012-09-01T00:00:00Z