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Transition Folio to Electronic Books. Acquiring E-Books for the Learning Resource Centre (LRC). Roel Tilly Contract Manager University Library University of Maastricht. University of Maastricht 12000 Students 3500 Staff University Library Site Randwijck (RWK)
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Transition Folio to Electronic Books Acquiring E-Books for the Learning Resource Centre (LRC) Roel TillyContract Manager University LibraryUniversity of Maastricht
University of Maastricht • 12000 Students • 3500 Staff • University Library • Site Randwijck (RWK) Health-Medicine-Life Sciences Psychology • Site Inner-city Law Economics and Business Administration Cultural-Social Sciences
University Library Learning Resource Centre (LRC) Project: Transition Folio to E Scope of the project: • Gain experience in handling E-Books • Acquisition • Cataloging • Availability • Cut down on photocopying activities • Introduction to Faculty of the E-book possibilities in all aspects • Gain commitment at Faculty level
LRC Randwijck Health-Medicine-Life Sciences and Psychology • 6000 volumes • 1800 Titles • 60 publishers • 10 titles per publisher • 50 % Textbooks
Current Book Acquisition Policy • Bookseller A Dutch publications (local) • Bookseller B Foreign publications • Ad hoc Incidental Materials
Acquiring E-Books a challenge Folio world was clear • Budgets • Number of books • Conditions E-Book world is a relatively new field • Current booksellers not fully into STM E-books • Booksellers market not clear on: • Access policies • Archival functions (perpetual continuity) • Costs models
Questions/Comments? Thank you Roel Tilly R.Tilly@maastrichtuniversity.nl STM panel April 2009