Product Overview June 2011.

Product Overview

www.worldebooklibrary.orgJune 2011

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Agenda• What every student does: Research!What every student does: Research!

• Research Materials Supply GapResearch Materials Supply Gap

• Product OverviewProduct Overview

• Re-Mastered EditionRe-Mastered Edition

• Mobile ReadingMobile Reading

• Live DemoLive Demo

What every student does…Research!

Over half of course-related research requires interpretation of a text with research from multiple

sources and historical analysis of an event

Source: Project information literacy report – Washington USA 2009

Sources of InformationPrimary Sources

Sources of InformationSecondary SourcesSecondary Sources

Sources of InformationTertiary SourcesTertiary Sources

Google and E-Books are the most important “Research Resource”…

More important than…•Print Books•Print Textbooks•E-Journals•Electronic Databases

Source: Global Student eBook Survey 2008 - eBrary

But libraries are not the main source of eBooks for research work…

Source: University College London 2009

But libraries are not the main source of eBooks for research work…

Source: The Survey of American College Students: Student Use of Library eBooks Collection 2009

Research Materials in LibrariesA Supply Gap…

Academic Research Iceberg

Tertiary SourcesTertiary Sources

Secondary SourcesSecondary Sources

Primary Sources

Relevance to Academic Research



Primary Sources

LessLess

MoreMore

Good supply of…Tertiary sources (Textbooks) eBooks


Secondary SourcesSecondary Sources Contemporary Textbook e-BooksAcademic Journal e-Collections

But insufficient supply of…“Original Research Material” in e-format



Primary Sources

Source: Project Information Literacy Report – Washington, USA, 2009

Research Time…Mostly Outside!

70% Research Time Outside Library

Where should I begin?

Website 1

Search 1

Format 1

Access 1

Website 2

Search 2

Format 2

Access 2

Website 3

Search 3

Format 3

Access 3

Website 4

Search 4

Format 4

Access 4

Very Unproductive Research

More Time Searching…Less Time Analyzing , Synthesizing Content…More Time Searching…Less Time Analyzing , Synthesizing Content…

What is it?

2,100,000 eBooks & eDocuments

23,000 Audio Books MP3

2,100,000 eBooksOne-Search

One-Small-PriceUser-Ownership!

2,100,000 eBooksOne-Search

One-Small-PriceUser-Ownership!

Convenience

History100,000+

EnvironmentalAwareness

15,000

Literature100,000+

MedicalE-Documents

59,000

Military Sciences22,000

Oceanography1,160

Information Technology

4,488

TeachersResources

6,000

WomenWriters

103

Physics3,000

Mathematics11,500 Chemistry

16,000

Economy60,000

Accessibility

PC

Laptop Sony Reader

Kindle Smart-Phone

Blackberry

iPad

iPhone/iPod

Primary Sources


The World Largest Collection of“Research eBooks & eDocuments”


Content Overview

Number of eBooks World eBook Library Offers

Same price…more eBooks! US$ 2 per user yearly

What type of Content?

Where does the content come from?

219,000 Publishers!

• Harvard University• Massachusetts Institute of Technology• Oxford University• Stanford University• Michigan University• University of Toronto• Wellesley College• University of California• University of New York

235,000 Government Publications

Department of Education6,252 eBooks

Department of Commerce2,238 eBooks

Government Printing Office18,000 eBooks

Small Business Administration121 eBooks

Environmental Protection 30,900 eBooks

G.A.I.R. Office7,325 eBooks

Federal Trade Commission7,498 eBooks

Transportation Safety713 eBooks

Technology Administration2,634 eBooks

N.A.S.A.1,270 eBooks

Department of Defense26,000 eBooks

White House Publications953 eBooks

Department of Justice3,106 eBooks

Department of Energy145 eBooks

Dep. Of Health & Human Services11,384 eBooks

Dep. Of Treasure4,821 eBooks

235,000 Government Publications

General Services Amin.599 eBooks

Internal Revenue Service3,473 eBooks

National Oceanic Admin.1,100 eBooks

Census Bureau Dep.29,000 eBooks

U.N. Food and Agriculture13,600 eBooks

U.N. International Aid and Funding5,448 eBooks

W.H.O.45,800 eBooks

US Access Board 148 eBooks

CIA154 eBooks

U.N. Office for Disarmament Affairs5,500 eBooks

World Bank Economics Pub.5,000 eBooks

Export and Trade 810 eBooks

Transp. Security Administration132 eBooks

Only Re-Mastered Editions Worldwide!

Issue #1: Unfinished eBooks

Eyes-strainingYellowish pages

Without OCR“Text-Search”

DisorientedText

Wrongly sizedFile

Only re-Mastered Edition of “Digitized Books” Worldwide…

Mobile Devices Reading

…62% of eBook consumers interested in using eReaders and/or Mobile Phone to read an eBook…

Source: PriceGrabber eBook and eReader Survey 2010

Issue #2: Unreadable on Mobile DevicesiBook on iPhone

Digitized Book

Issue #3: Unreadable on Mobile Devices

Quality eBook Anywhere…

Digitally Re-Mastered

World eBook Library

World eBook LibraryDigitally Re-Mastered

eBook

Highlighted Text from Text-Search Results

Library Content Management

• MARC Records

• Direct title download from library platform

• Usage statistics

• Unlimited simultaneous users

• Unlimited content download full-text

• Free cataloging, publishing and hosting service

Reduces Research Time…

2 Million titles from the

Library portal!

Much faster search and not need to hop from site to site in

internet!!!

…And keeps patrons inside the library website

Product Demo

THANK YOU!

Product Overview June 2011.

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