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AASL 2011 National Conference . Books, E-Ink, and Databases, Oh My! Collection Development in the 21 st Century Digital Reference and Beyond Angela Carstensen. Background. Convent of the Sacred Heart, New York, NY 690 students, PK3-12, all girls ~50 students per grade Two libraries
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AASL 2011 National Conference Books, E-Ink, and Databases, Oh My! Collection Development in the 21st Century Digital Reference and Beyond Angela Carstensen
Background Convent of the Sacred Heart, New York, NY 690 students, PK3-12, all girls ~50 students per grade Two libraries Lower/Middle School (grades PK3-8) Upper School (grades 9-12)
Ebook Link in Destiny (library catalog)
Invest in a Research Ebook Collection • Ebrary • Questia • Ebooks from EBSCO (was Netlibrary)
Individual Publishers Rosen Marshall Cavendish Jobbers Baker & Taylor Axis 360 / Blio FollettShelf (includes Pebblego) Ingram MyiLibrary
How much teaching time required? Is using the product intuitive for students? • With which print publishers does the Ebook vendor partner? (Can we add the books we want?) • Is there a set-up fee? An annual fee? • Do we own the Ebooks we purchase? • Can users download to a digital device? Which? • Does the Ebook vendor provide MARC records? • How intuitive are the ordering management pages? • Does the vendor provide usage reports? • Does it work on your platform? (Mac and PC)
Choices • When to buy print? When to buy Ebook? • If Ebook: • How many simultaneous copies? • Allow patron-driven acquisitions? • Buy books one by one, or invest in a collection? • Short-term lease option for project research?
Freading • Pay for usage, not content • 20K ebooks for no cost. No platform fee. • Pay as your patrons read. • Unlimited simultaneous access to all titles. • Mobile apps for iPad, iPhone, android devices
Angela Carstensen Head Librarian, Convent of the Sacred Heart New York, NY Twitter: AngeReads Blog: Adult Books 4 Teens (SLJ)