Developments in the e book market july 2011
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DEVELOPMENTS IN THE ACADEMIC EBOOK MARKET Colette Hughes Information Resources Manager “The entire world is moving to a market ideal of getting people what they want or need when they want or need it” D’Agostino. D (2010)
Transcript of Developments in the e book market july 2011
DEVELOPMENTS IN THE ACADEMIC
EBOOK MARKET
Colette HughesInformation Resources Manager
“The entire world is moving to a market ideal of getting people what they want or need when they want or need it”
D’Agostino. D (2010)
Today’s Session:
Developments in the Academic Book Market
The Current Situation at Edge Hill University on Ebook provision
What’s out there in the Market Place?
What Do we mean by Patron Driven Acquisition? Case Studies on Patron Driven Acquisitions
Ebook Access on Mobile Devices
Any questions?
Developments in the Academic Book Market
The academic book market is experiencing a period of significant growth and development
Librarians are already making choices when purchasing library stock, regarding format supplier etc
The Current Situation at Edge Hill University on EBook provision: Ebook Packages
Use 4 main eBook providers for Packages Ebrary: over 50,000 titles
History eBook Collection: over 2,000 titles
Netlibrary (Ebsco): over 8,000 titles Taylor and Francis: 180 titles
All these packages have a yearly
subscription. We do not “own” the books.
The Current Situation at Edge Hill University on EBook provision: EBook Purchases
We use 2 main EBook providers for Bought Titles
Myilibrary (Coutts) Dawsonera (Dawsons)
These books are ordered as part of the
Library’s ordering process.
The Different Models: Myilibrary
We can buy single access or multiple access
They can only be read online
There are limits to printing and saving
The Different Models: Dawsonera
We buy credits
Credits are zeroed annually
They can be downloaded onto a PC to read offline
The user cannot print/save offline
There is limited printing/saving online
What is out there in the Market place?
Patron Driven Acquisitions
Rental models
EBook Provision via Mobile Devices
What Do we mean by Patron Driven EBook Selection and Purchase?
This model works by the Library loading selected records of E-books into the Library Catalogue
Providing different access methods
Different pricing models
What is out there in the Market place?
MyiLibrary
Libraries make a commitment of £25,000 minimum
Librarians can choose EBooks up to the value of £100,000
They can limit by specific subject areas/maximum price
2nd time the book is accessed, it is bought automatically and owned by the library
Licence is multiuser
What is out there in the Market place?
Dawsonera
No Deposit Needed Libraries can limit by specific subject
areas/maximum price Free 5 minute preview of the book After 5 minutes browsing, a message
advising browsing of the book has elapsed Then reader the must either rent/buy/leave
the book If renting the book, it can be rented up to 3
times
What’s out there in the Market Place?
Patron Rentals
Dawsons Rental charges are the same as PDA i.e.
mainly 9% for one week loan.
Taylor and Francis Students can rent for one day or up to 6
months A book which costs £29.99 to buy can be
rented for: One day at a cost of £3.00 One month would be £9.00 6 months would be £19.95
Case Studies on Patron Driven AcquisitionsNewcastle University
One of the first to use PDA, committed £85,000
Loaded 112,000 books Told everyone! Spent most of the money within weeks Mixture of loans and purchases Had to review processes Result: 7,300 loans and 254 purchases
Case Studies on Patron Driven AcquisitionsUniversity of York
Committed £25,000
Choose 7 subject areas
Did not tell anyone
Their report showed that PDA books were used more than library chosen titles
What is out there in the Market place?
EBook Provision via Mobile Devices:
Technology is rapidly changing and expectations of library users are changing with it.
Library Suppliers are now providing the facility for library users to download from the library catalogue Ebooks to mobile devices
EBook Provision via Mobile Devices:
Myilibrary
The Library needs to purchase an adobe digital licence
The current loan period is set at 14 days Books can not be given back earlier The Library sets limits per student:
reservations and loans Works on Ipad, Ipod touch, Sony devices Kindle (not available) Android coming soon
EHU Library: New Projects
Project to implement a pilot on Patron Driven Acquisition, November/December 2011
Also, investigation and implementation of offline reading of Ebooks through access on mobile devices , November/December 2011
Developments in the Academic EBook Market
Any Questions?
