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E- books and consortia : business models, access issues , etc.

E- books and consortia : business models, access issues , etc. Some ideas for a general discussion SELL meeting , Fiesole , May 23rd 2014 Session E. Why ebooks in academic libraries ?. Students are used to digital information and portable devices

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E- books and consortia : business models, access issues , etc.

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  1. E-booksandconsortia: business models, accessissues, etc. Someideas for a general discussion SELL meeting, Fiesole, May 23rd 2014 Session E

  2. Whyebooks in academiclibraries? • Studentsareused to digital informationand portable devices • The most important academicpublishersaredigitizingtheirbooks • Expansion of accessavailability(24x7, unlimitedusers, etc.) • In theory: • New editionseasier to updatethanprintbooks • Attractivefeatures: multimedia content, links to related data, etc. • Maybeebooksaremoresuitable for undergraduatesthan e-journals?

  3. E-booksat CBUC/CSUC: consortialpurchases Started in 2004: 1.200 titlesfromNetLibrary (now in EBSCO eBookCollection) Nowadays > 17.500 ebooks • Springerebooks, including LNCS = 12.000 titles • Elsevierebooks, includingtextbooks = nearly 1.500 titles • Wileyebooks = nearly 400 titles • Othersare: Ebrary/E-Libro, MyiLibrary, Gale • Recent acquisition • Ebooks UPC: 150 titles(in Catalan, Spanish, English) But ... aretheyused? areusers/librarieshappy?

  4. Mainissuesinvolved (besidesprice…) • Hugeuniverse of ebooktitles!!!! • In all disciplines/languages? • Formats (html, pdf, epub, etc.) • Downloadoptions / mobiledevicecompatibility • DRM and permited uses • InterLibrary Loan • Long termaccess and preservation Example of a verydetailedlist: http://www.arl.org/storage/documents/publications/arl-e-book-requirements-2012.pdf

  5. Business models and acquisitionissues • Directlyto thepublisher, or via anaggregator? • Full collection, subjectcollections, titleselection? • One-timepayment, annualsubscription or temporaryloan? • On-demanddigitization of selectedprinttextbooks? • Whoselects? • User: evidence-based models, PDA • Library: traditionalmethod(recommendedbibliographylists, desiderata, etc.) • Consortiaebookacquisitions • Howmany copies of theselectedtitlesmust be paid in order to gainaccess for all consortiamembers? • Unlimitedusersavailable? Or limited concurrent users per ebook? • Usagestatistics • Linkresolvers, MARC records

  6. Suggestedtopics for discussion • Technicalissues • Business models • Selectioncriteria • Usagelevelsandimpact on users

  7. ANY QUESTIONS? THANKS! Núria Comellas nuria.comellas@csuc.cat http://www.csuc.cat/en/libraries-cbuc

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