Here is another one from LIBREF-L. Andrew ------------------ -----Original Message----- From: Discussion of Library Reference Issues [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Pedrick, Andrew CIV DTIC B Sent: Monday, April 17, 2006 4:58 PM To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Re: [LIBREF-L] Going Virtual A couple years ago the NASA Headquarters Library was directed to consider doing this. We worked with vendors to try to get the best deals, but found that: -Most of the books in the collection were not available in digital collections because they were government publications, scientific & -technical, or were out-of-print (yet still frequently used). -Agency management was oblivious of the copyright cost of scanning the collection. -The books that were online cost more than print editions and would likely have to be repurchased every few years as the technology changes (just as the book-on-tape collection was being replaced by book-on-cd). -Many of the journals were not online, including some of those most important to the patrons. -Those journals that were online, were not complete online. -The cost of purchasing the journals online for 1000 users greatly exceeded the cost saved from reducing space and staffing. -The cost of purchasing databases for 1000 users was also several times the current budget. Andrew Pedrick -----Original Message----- From: Discussion of Library Reference Issues [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of King, Hannah Sent: Thursday, April 13, 2006 12:16 PM To: [log in to unmask] Subject: [LIBREF-L] Going Virtual Anyone aware of any library that has given up all its print publications and gone completely virtual? This would include having only online subscriptions (free or not) and access to only online or digitized book collections. I am aware of the Homeland Security Library and the University of Phoenix, but they were designed to be digital from their conception. I am trying to find contacts in libraries who once had print collections, but are now totally virtual. This will be the fate of the Energy Library in a couple of months. Hannah M. King Ref. & I.L.L. Lending Librarian US DOE Energy Library [log in to unmask] Mail Stop: MA-421, Rm. GA-138 1000 Independence Ave., S.W. Washington, D.C. 20585 -----Original Message----- From: FEDLIB: Federal Librarians Discussion List [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Dorothy Biggs Sent: Thursday, May 11, 2006 4:06 PM To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Re: Print v. Digital Please share any responses with the List; this is a topic we EPA Librarians are all interested in knowing more about! dbdbdbdbdbdbdbdbdbdbdbdbdb Dorothy (Dotty) Biggs USEPA/OCEFT/NEIC Information Services POB 25227 Building 25, Door E2, DFC Denver, CO 80225-0227 303-462-9057 303-462-9075 (fax) [log in to unmask] dbdbdbdbdbdbdbdbdbdbdbdbdbdb Freda McDonald <[log in to unmask] OV> To Sent by: [log in to unmask] "FEDLIB: Federal cc Librarians Discussion List" Subject <[log in to unmask]> Re: Print v. Digital 05/11/2006 12:16 PM Please respond to "FEDLIB: Federal Librarians Discussion List" <[log in to unmask]> Can I get copy too? Freda McDonald Financial Manager US Sentencing Commission 202-502-4517 (voice) 202-502-4699 (fax) >>> [log in to unmask] 5/11/2006 1:42 PM >>> If anyone has done a study of converting all or part of the library's collection from print to digital, or has actually done so independent of a study, please let me know. Thanks. Daniel May Supervisory Librarian Commodity Futures Trading Commission 1155 21st Street, NW Washington, DC 20581 (202) 418-5254