August 25-29, 2007 Andrea Twiss-Brooks, University of Chicago Library 234 th National American...

August 25-29, 2007

Andrea Twiss-Brooks, University of Chicago Library234th National American Chemical Society Meeting

CINF Symposium: E-Books for Chemistry Research and Instruction

Challenges in Building E-Books Collections

August 25-29, 2007



Overview

• What is an e-book?• How and why do (academic)

libraries “acquire” e-books?• Challenges in acquisitions• Challenges in access• Future of e-books in

(academic) libraries

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What is an e-book?• An electronic version of a book that is found and read on the Web

www.sunysb.edu/library/tutorial/glossary/

• Any book or manuscript that is reproduced for distribution electronically on the Internet or disk - 3½" floppy or compact (CD)www.gregathcompany.com/gloss.html

• Information and graphics that have been organized in electronic or computerized lessons or chapters and made available via computerhttps://fortress.wa.gov/dop/elearn/help/general-glossary.aspx

• A book published in electronic form that can be downloaded to computers or handheld devices www.livingwordpublishing.com/glossary.html

• An electronic book. Usually, it is a book that has previously been published in paper, reproduced in electronic format, and made available on a databasepsweb.shorter.edu/libraryhandbook/Glossary%20of%20Library%20Terms.htm

• An ebook is an electronic (or digital) version of a book. The term is used ambiguously to refer to either an individual work in a digital format, or a hardware device used to read books in digital format. Some users deprecate the second meaning in favour of the more precise "ebook device." en.wikipedia.org/wiki/E-book

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How do libraries acquire e-books?

• Free web sources– Caltech digital library

• CD-ROM or other hardcopy sources– Sometimes bundled with textbooks

• Title by title on publisher site– Wiley, Elsevier

• Publisher collections– Springer

• Aggregated collections– NetLibrary, Books@OVID

• Local digitization projects

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Local creation of e-books

• Dissertations• Rarely held materials• Unique manuscripts• User request

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Why do libraries acquire e-books?

• Course reserves• Accommodating learning styles• Convenience of faculty, staff,

students• Address accessibility issues• New research uses• It’s cool….

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Challenges in acquiring e-books

• Cost• Licensing

– Concurrent users– Restrictions on use

• Purchasing issues– Not available through vendors– Requires coordination among

selectors• Copyright (for local creation)

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Challenges in accessing e-books

• Technology– Plugins– Readers– Devices

• Bibliographic control• Discovery

– Searchability– FRBR (Functional Requirements for Bibliographic

Records)

• Comfort and usability

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Future of e-books

• Google digitization• E-books to cell phone• Growth in E-Audiobooks

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Readings

Against the Grain, v.19, no. 2, April 2007 (e-books theme issue)Reid, C. “Publishers Ponder Putting E-books on the iPhone,” Publishers

Weekly, July 9, 2007, pp.3-4Schoenberger, C.R. “E-Bodice Ripper,” Forbes, v.179, no. 13, June 18,

2007, p.48Albanese, A. “Ebooks Face Triple Threat,” Library Journal, July 2007, pp.23-

24Carnevale, D. “Google Strikes a Deal with 12 Universities to Digitize 10

Million Books,” Chronicle of Higher Education, v.53, no.41, June 15, 2007, p.A35

Simpson, B. et al., “Linking Print and Electronic Books: One Approach,” Library Resources and Technical Services, v.51, no. 2, pp.146-152

Dinkelman, A. et al., “Accessing E-books through Academic Library Web Sites,” College & Research Libraries, v.68, no.1, January 2007, pp.45-48

Foust, Jill E. et al., “Improving e-book access via a library-developed full-text search tool,” Journal of the Medical Library Association, v. 95, no. 1, January 2007, pp. 40-45

Safley, E., “Demand for E-books in an Academic Library,” Journal of Library Administration, v.45, no. 3/4, 2006, pp.445-457

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