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Ebooks @ JMU. Ebook Show and Tell April 6 and 13 th Meris Mandernach. Trends over time. Trends over time. Ebooks @ JMU. 30 vendors (access to over 90 vendors, depending on ebook definition) Leased and Owned Categories of ebooks Reference Subscription( OED, Britannica Online)
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Ebooks @ JMU Ebook Show and Tell April 6 and 13th MerisMandernach
Ebooks @ JMU • 30 vendors (access to over 90 vendors, depending on ebook definition) • Leased and Owned • Categories of ebooks • Reference • Subscription(OED, Britannica Online) • Purchased (Gale Virtual Reference Library) • Leased (Safari and ebrary) • Rotating collections • Can be purchased since Proquest owns both vendors • VIVA (Safari) • Patron Select (pre-load records) • Purchase on Demand • Program ran from January 2010-November 2011. Purchased 290 titles. • Single Title purchases (MyiLibrary, eBrary, Springer, EBSCO) • Bought high use ebrary titles (2010)
Access to ebooks • Varies by vendor • Unlimited vs single users • Subscriptions tend to be unrestricted • Pricing for single user version and multi-user versions is haphazard. • 1.5x or 2x • Set by publisher or by vendor • Messages for single user access are confusing • Currently unavailable • Checked out • Won’t display within LEO or EDS
New Frontiers • Check-outs • Multi-user preference • Package purchases • Larger discussion