day in the life of an e-book janet broome janaury 2012 overview
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Day in the life of an e-book Janet Broome
Janaury 2012
Overview
Day in the Life
E-Books in a historical context Selection Criteria of E-Books Models for E-Books Practical Exercise – Identifying the barriers for e-
books Integration and Promotion Future trends in E-Books
E-Books in a Historical Context
First began to see organisations implement E-Books in early 2000
Types of Organisation Membership Universities
Support of Remote users of library services
Royal College of Nursing
E-Books Historical Context
In early 2000 e-books were introduced as part of “e-strategy” for organisations supporting
Remote Users Distance Learners Virtual Learning Environments – (VLE’s)
developed linking out to course content including E-Books and Journals
Learning packages developed to support distance learner
Selection of E-Books
Selection criteria for E-Books often dominated by poor choice from publishers
Concerns of loss of print revenue JISC E-Book Observatory project Remit to analyse E-Book usage How users accessed content OPAC, VLE, Publisher Platform Relationship with print sales Not a perfect project Results very mixed Not very well specified
Selection Criteria
What is on the shelves What I can afford What is being requested What is being loaned
E-Book content is reference Libraries had crude statistics for use LMS systems did not really cater for use First time we have usage statistics – very
interesting results
Licence Models for E-Books
Subscription – recurrent cost Normally restricted to a number of concurrent
users New editions upgraded when available
Purchase capital cost equates more to print Licensed as unlimited Buy new editions when come out Publishers offer more purchase book incentives
than subscription
Practical Exercise
Identify five (5) barriers that might prevent e-book implementation in your organisation
Barriers
Lack of funds Sustainability Publisher pricing prohibitive Interface – Ease of use Not enough choice User reaction Integration within e-environment Staff training and User Education – creating
additional workloads
Addressing Barriers
Lack of funds – sustainability
Review publisher deals “Subject” focused approaches – Mental Health,
Public Health and Oncology Purchase may be better Collection discounts
Publisher Pricing Prohibitive
Explain to the publisher that their pricing is prohibitive
Publishers want to retain and win business Ensure the publisher is pricing correctly for your
trust and not using academic pricing One model is small, medium, large Small under 500 beds Medium 500 – 1000 beds Large over a 1000 beds
Interface – Ease of Use
Some interfaces are very difficult to use Integration of content Within the NHS there is “disruptive” technologies Librarians are developing their own tools for
delivery because the technology is letting them down
Subject Blogs
Not enough choice
Publishers are keen to hear what they should be supplying – TELL THEM!!
Royal Marsden Hospital Project and we now have new Jones & Bartlett Premium Collection to offer users
Ask for a subject approach to collections and titles
Ask for collections that provide Al a Carte options
User reaction
Staff training and information literacy Take advantage of WEBEX training offered by
publishers Take advantage of On-site Training offered by
publishers Web 2.0 features of publisher platforms Alerts E-mailing jumpstarts “open url links” to book
chapters
This is all free of charge
Integration and Implementation
Providing as many access points to the content as possible
Covered in next section
Challenges
Users have different expectations from searching Detailed information Brief information “quick and dirty” searching Common goal of reliable, accurate, relevant and
evidence based results
School of Pharmacy – Launch and Promotion of E-Books
Trailing edge rather than Leading edge Well thought out selection criteria for E-Books Based on Circulation Issue Statistics from the LMS Number of Print Copies Number of Reservation in LMS Tied in the launch with upgrade to new interface
offered “Novice” searching Worked with the Web Development Team to
promote the resources on the websirte
Promotion
Innovative Use of Jumpstarts
Tailored Promotions
Integration with Enterprise Search
Enterprise Search/Universal Resource Management Systems
Web 2.0 version of an OPAC MARC records Most publishers will provide this free of charge
Future of E-Books
Better pricing models Improved user interfaces Support of E-Book readers by publishers Project to support Paramedic Collection – used in
Defence and NHS More of a subject approach to collections and
titles More choice
What is working
E-Book sales have overtaken database sales in my region this year
Generation of user from Universities expect to use E-Books in practice
Move away from heavy handbooks in some cases Made Incredibly Easy Five Minute Consult Nurses are using E-Books Demand for more Nursing/Para Medicine content More specialist subject content
NHS Evidence – E-Books
Confusion over E-Book Hub on NHS Evidence “Searching Ovid E-Books” Ovid content was not licensed via MyIlibrary –
content would never appear there NLH Linkresolver supports e-books The Ovid Knowledge Base has been updated with
all new Wiley titles – Oxford Brain Collection
NLH Linkresolver problem reporting
All linkresolver problems should be reported to
If you use the support e-mail address there will be delays
Mobile Support and Apps
Mobile support is currently integrated for the support of QR codes for E-Books and Journals
East of England – all NHS Libraries have implemented QR codes with their journals
NHS Best Sellers
Made Incredibly Easy– Collection– Al a carte
Wiley E-Book Collections – Nursing– Psychology– Evidence Based Medicine
NHS Best Sellers
Hodder Arnold Subject Collections
– Nursing– Health Professions– Clinical Medicine– Pathology– Surgery
NHS Best Sellers
Clinical Consult Series Five minute clinical consult
OUP Nursing Handbook Collections Ovid remain the only aggegator to offer as
purchase
