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The Strategies of Taiwan E-book Consortia - A Case Study of 2007 Chinese E-books Consortium

The Strategies of Taiwan E-book Consortia - A Case Study of 2007 Chinese E-books Consortium Kun-Huang Huarng Hui-Chuan Winnie Wang Feng Chia University Library 3 June 2008 Outline of P resentation Background 2005 Super eBook Consortium, Cicada 2007 Chinese E-books Consortium

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The Strategies of Taiwan E-book Consortia - A Case Study of 2007 Chinese E-books Consortium

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  1. The Strategies of Taiwan E-book Consortia - A Case Study of 2007 Chinese E-books Consortium Kun-Huang Huarng Hui-Chuan Winnie Wang Feng Chia University Library 3 June 2008

  2. Outline of Presentation • Background • 2005Super eBook Consortium, Cicada • 2007 Chinese E-books Consortium • 2007 Questionnaire Survey Analysis • Key Findings • Suggestions

  3. Background • Electronic journals and electronic books are growing rapidly. • The budgets of the university libraries cannot catch the growth of prices. • Consortium collective purchase and resource sharing to acquire a critical mass of e-books.

  4. The First e-Book Consortium in Taiwan • Taiwan E-Book Network (TEBNET) was founded in 2001 by Feng Chia University, as the first e-book consortium in Taiwan. • In 2002, TEBNET completed the first collective purchase and resource sharing consortium in Taiwan. • 21 member libraries purchased 7,128 netLibrary e-book titles , in addition to 3,404 free-access e-book titles. Hence, there are 10,532 titles in total. • The price of each title is reduced from US$56.24 to US$2.46.

  5. 2005 Super eBook Consortium, Cicada • 42 academic libraries in Taiwan and 6 university libraries in Hong Kong joined together to achieve a procurement of largest amount of up to US$3.35million. • Cicada has significantly helped its members to access 42,091 titles / 51,901 volumes of professional and academic e-books with perpetual ownership. • The average price of each e-book is reduced to below US$1.

  6. Strategies of the 2007 Chinese E-books Consortium • The target is Chinese e-books. • To make use of the consortium collective purchase and reduce the human resources cost • Collective purchasing power and shared access e-books with perpetual ownership. • To make use of collective acquisitions to improve thethe depth and width of the member’s collection. • Negotiate with vendor and acquire consortium’s shared access to six copies. • NT$ 500,000 / Nonmember, NT$ 470,000/Member

  7. Effectiveness of the 2007 Chinese E-books Consortium • 41 libraries in Taiwan joined the consortium • Shared access to 32,960 titles of academic Chinese e-books with perpetual ownership. • The average price of each title is NT$15.

  8. 2007 Chinese E-books Consortium questionnaire survey analysis • Based on the 2005 Cicada’s perspective study prepared by Run Run Shaw Library, City University of Hong Kong. • To collect opinions from member libraries that participated in the 2007 Chinese E-books Consortium on the following aspects:1. Cost benefit analysis2. Current trends of collection development policy on e-book collection3. Projected trends for e-book collection4. Assessment of the consortium development process • 41 questionnaires were distributed, 39 valid questionnaires were returned, with a return rate of 95%

  9. Cost benefit of e-Book consortium • Five aspects,including: • Price • Collection Development • Technical Services • User Services • Other reasons (such as it infrastructure, staff development, e-learning etc.)

  10. Price

  11. Collection development

  12. Technical Services

  13. User Services

  14. Other reasons

  15. Current collection development policy on electronic books

  16. Collection development policy on electronic books in the future

  17. Any change in your library on e-books in the next 5 years

  18. Key Findings 1/2 • Chinese e-Books collections are insufficient in member libraries. • Most member libraries favor to purchase Chinese e-books perpetual access. • Main reasons for joining the consortium: • The number of sharable titles of this consortium is significant (Strongly Agree: 69%) • Reduce the administrative cost for technical services processing(Strongly Agree: 64%) • The number of member libraries of this consortium is large and the buying power is strong(Strongly Agree: 64%)

  19. Key Findings 2/2 • The current policies of most libraries are considering e-books as the supplement of the paper books. • In the future, those policies will change. E-books collection development policy will replace paper books. However, the budgets for e-books still depend on the total budgets. • The participant libraries greatly acknowledge the effectiveness of the consortium, their willingness to join is rather high.

  20. Suggestions • Libraries can expand the e-book collection by consortia. • Libraries can enhance the quality and quantity of Chinese e-book collection. • Library consortia can strengthen the operations effectively, establish great acquisition model and development core collection. • Libraries can establish the model of electronic books evaluation. • Library consortia can strengthen cooperative interests and establish ties with international consortia.

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