as&l seminar 2010 - pauline murray's presentation

eBooks

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Academic & Special Libraries, Feb. 2010

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DASH!

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HardwareSoftware

Reading screens

Confusion

Costs

AccessHigh demandOff campus

Speed of delivery

Keyword searching

Shelf space

No…shelving, missing books, rebinding…

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1971

2002 CHIU

2006 Databases

2007 ‘Core Text’

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NUIM eBook databases

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NUIM eBook Library catalogue

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NUIM subscriptionsTwo typesStandard subscription‘Capital archive’

PriceNUIMConsortium

Departments Information Services Periodicals

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NUIM subscriptions, contd.ContentUndergraduate/research

Irish

Free titles

Marc recordsUpload records to OPAC

eBooks subsetSwap

Integrated

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NUIM Individual titles

Acquisitions Dept.

Which titlesMultiple copies Short LoanSpecific requests

Where to searchOPACCouttsNetLibraryebrary

How Order online, receive 2 – 3 days

Marc record: 245, 500, 856 Acquisitions module

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NUIM individual titles, issuesPilot projectContinuous assessment

Titles availableSourcesLimits

Single / multi user

Record in system

Suppliers

Acquisitions Staff training Staff timeNo ‘parcels’ Speed

Library departmentsAcquisitionsCataloguingSystemsInformation Services

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NUIM Individual titles, costs

Pay ‘per title’ NetLibrary “Annual” or Prepaid”

Deposit

Funds charged Central Bookfund

VAT

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Book vendorsCoutts MyiLibraryOASIS

DawsonsDawsoneraRange of academic publishers

EnterBooks

BlackwellsECHOebrary, EBL & MyiLibrary

Collection Manager

SwetswiseMyiLibrary

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Publishers

Individual titles

Subject packages

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Aggregators

Single platform /interface

Centralized processesOnly one contract / licensing

agreement needed

Price model negotiated

Marc records

Usage statistics

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Library usersInformDirect contactWebsiteSigns, newsletters…

ListenDiscussion forumFocus GroupsQuick surveys

Training

IssuesFind Library eBooksOPACDatabase listingFederated searching

Single user?

Print, download

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Library staffInform, Listen, TrainingPolicy: end-user focusDepartment responsibility PurchasingWhat to buyPurchase modelFunds

PR, trainingHardware / softwareMarc recordsPrint copy or not?Single user/ multi userILL…

Review

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Bibliography, 1• CHIU Librarians eBooks Working Group. July 2007. "Final Project

Report.“

• Cox, John. 2004. "E-Books: Challenges and Opportunities." D-Lib Magazine 10:1-1.

• Milloy, Caren. 2008. "ATG Special Report -- Promoting and Embedding E-textbooks: The Library Challenge." Against the Grain 20:48-51.

• Nicholas, D., I. Rowlands, D. Clark, P. Huntington, H. R. Jamali, and C. Olle. 2008. "UK scholarly e-book usage: a landmark survey." Aslib Proceedings 60:311-334.

• Renner, Rita A. 2007. "eBooks: cost and benefits to academic and research libraries." Springer White Paper.

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Bibliography, 2• Sharp, Steve. 2008/9. "Academic eBooks: selection and

acquisition." Taking Stock 17:15.

• Shelburne, Wendy Allen. 2009. "E-book usage in an academic library: User attitudes and behaviors." Library Collections, Acquisitions, & Technical Services 33:59-72.

• Slater, Robert. 2009. "E-books or print books, “big deals” or local selections—What gets more use?" Library Collections, Acquisitions, & Technical Services 33:31-41.

• Springer. 2008. "eBooks: the end user perspective.” Springer White Paper

• van der Velde, Wouter and Olaf Ernst. 2009. "The future of eBooks? Will print disappear? An end-user perspective." Library Hi Tech 27:570-583.

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Bibliography, 3Discussion list:

• LIS-E-Books http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/LIS-E-BOOKS

Blogs:• "No Shelf Required." http://www.libraries.wright.edu/noshelfrequired/

• "TeleRead: bring the eBooks home.” http://www.teleread.org/

• "Ebook Library blog.” http://blog.eblib.com/ This is an EBL blog.