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E-book experiences so far

E-book experiences so far. Some thoughts about the e-book future at LASB. Bazaar of Ideas EBSLG May 30, 2003 University of Economics, Prague. Project e-books at LASB. How will the Research Libraries be part of a Flexible Learning Environment. Project e-books Mandate.

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E-book experiences so far

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  1. The Library at the Aarhus School of Business E-book experiences so far Some thoughts about the e-book future at LASB Bazaar of Ideas EBSLG May 30, 2003University of Economics, Prague

  2. The Library at the Aarhus School of Business Project e-books at LASB

  3. The Library at the Aarhus School of Business How will the Research Libraries be part of a Flexible Learning Environment

  4. The Library at the Aarhus School of Business Project e-books Mandate • Test professional breadth, academic level, subject coverage • Identify types of problems: • - need for tools to handle e-books • - changed routines • - changed aquisition requests • - influence on the budget for acquisition of materials • The users’ reactions to access and use • Test the different business concepts • ”Look-out” function – State of the Art

  5. The Library at the Aarhus School of Business Presentation of Project e-books • Homepage • Courses for staff, students, teachers • Articles, advertisements, demos • Records in the LASB library systen (ALEPH)

  6. The Library at the Aarhus School of Business Netlibrary/Ebrary Mid-term Evaluation – April 2003 Oct Total Total

  7. The Library at the Aarhus School of Business EbraryQuarterly Evaluation – April 2003 Total

  8. The Library at the Aarhus School of Business Ebrary Quarterly Evaluation – April 2003 User sessionsDocuments viewedPages viewedPages copied

  9. The Library at the Aarhus School of Business Netlibrary – Result of Mid-term Evaluation – April 2003 • Only one user at a time can use the e-book • 133 users have been rejected on 22 titles (October 2002-April 2003) • Business model – problematic?

  10. The Library at the Aarhus School of Business Netlibrary – Result of Mid-term Evaluation – April 2003 • One half of the consortium titles have been used(Cct.-Apr. 2003) • - 79 of them have been purchased by LASB • - 25 most used have been purchased by LASB • Is the LASB selection relevant? • Used between 55-50 times: 1 title • Used between 49-40 times: 1 title • Used between 39-30 times: 3 titles • Used between 29-20 times: 5 titles • Used between 19-10 times : 11 titles • Used between 9-5 times: 31 titles • Used between 4-2 times: 34 titles • Used only once: 26 titles

  11. The Library at the Aarhus School of Business Final Evaluation will include • Statistical investigation of the amount of books used • A web-based questionnaire investigation amongst the target group • A ”think-loud test” of the users – indentify the types of problems • Focus group discussions – solutions, proposals for improvements • researchers, teachers • students

  12. The Library at the Aarhus School of Business The Future for e-books in LASB (1) • Two strong barriers have been removed – Autumn 2002 • LDAP – access to e-books/e-resoures from outside campus • CampusNet – ASB´s interactive web-based communication for students and staff. • - information sharing tools • - personal information • - course materials – digital library

  13. The Library at the Aarhus School of Business The future for e-books i LASB • Business concept: Ebrary model • Extent: < 5 years – about 50% of the budget for aquisition of material • Influence on processes etc.: • - ILL • - Cataloguing/acquisition • - Maintenance of holdings • - The physical library/room • Use: • - Supplementary • - Reference books • - Course material • - Doublings

  14. The Library at the Aarhus School of Business If you want to download this presentation… • Download on this address: • http://www.hba.dk/powerpoint/ebslg2003 • Thank you very much for your attention!

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