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E BOOK PLATFORMS OFFERED BY BLACKWELL 23 rd September 2010. COntents. STREAMLINING ACQUISITIONS THROUGH COLLECTION MANAGER EBL EBRARY. Blackwell Digital Services. EBOOK OPTIONS. Concept a single source for print and electronic within existing workflows.
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COntents • STREAMLINING ACQUISITIONS THROUGH • COLLECTION MANAGER • EBL • EBRARY
Blackwell Digital Services EBOOK OPTIONS
Concepta single source for print and electronic within existing workflows DISCOVERY, SELECTION & ACQUISITION PURCHASE Partner Platform Of Choice FULFILLMENT
WHY HAS BLACKWELL CHOSEN MULTIPLE PARTNERS? Provides Options for Libraries Increased Title and Publisher Coverage Represents Market-Leading Features and Innovations Customer Requests
CURRENT CAPABILITIESCommon To All Blackwell eBook Offers Goal: Create a single source for print and electronic within the existing workflows • Collection Manager Based Ordering • Title-by-Title Purchase • Perpetual Access License (Title Ownership) • Consolidated Invoicing • MaRC Records + OPAC Integration • Full Text Searching • Compatible with Courseware (WebCT/Blackboard) • Remote Access • On Demand Statistics (COUNTER Compliant) • Profile Based New Title Announcements • Citation Export (Compatible with RefWorks and EndNote)
BLACKWELL EBOOKSUNIQUE FEATURES • Ebrary InfoTools – eBook Collection Linked with Library and Web-Based Resources • Optimized for Low Bandwidth • Citation export with Copy/paste • Hyperlinking within Text • Demand Driven Acquisitions • View Owned and Non-Owned Books • Downloadable • Short Term Loan • Concurrent Usage For All Books • eReserve • ‘Free’ Browsing • No Plug-in Required
BLACKWELL EBOOKSFACTS AND FIGURES • 140,000 Non-Linear Lending titles • 50,000 Unlimited Access Titles • 375 + Publishers • 2,000-3,000 Titles Added/Month • 150,000+ Single User Titles • 69,000+ Multiple User Titles • ~430 Publishers • 2,000-3,000 Titles Added/Month
A LOOK AT COLLECTION MANAGER Ease of Discovery: New Title Announcements Searching – Simple and Advanced Print and Electronic Side by Side Streamlined Purchasing: Selection Management Cover-to-Cover Previews
Collection Manager E book records are shown under the work record E book formats are listed under the work record eBook Formats are listed under the Work Record
Preview Links The Preview link provides a cover-to-cover view of titles to Collection Manager users, free of charge
What’s special about EBL? • Developed through collaboration with libraries, publishers, and library supply partners , EBL continues to drive innovation approach using collaborative approach… • Some features unique to EBL... • Non-linear™ Lending - All titles available with multiple-concurrent access • Utilization at chapter level (i.e. reserve chapter use and ePacks) • Sophisticated Demand-Driven Acquisition Options – including pay-per-view access • Download functionality – Compatibility with eBook readers • Flexible pricing – no minimum
EBL – A Brief Overview • Integrated ordering / invoicing with international partners – i.e. Blackwell • View/acquire print & e in one place • Central holdings information • New Title Alerts and Approval Plans Available • Free MARC records for all titles - OCLC or vendor MARC records available • No Proprietary Software • Flexible pricing options – no minimum purchase requirements • Compatible for growing number of eBook Reader Devices • Title-by-title selection • Perpetual ownership • Multiple-concurrent access to all titles • Free browsing of full-text at point of acquisition or access • Download for all titles – ebooks can be accessed offline • Pay-per View Access • Demand-driven Acquisition Options • Alternative to ILL • Chapter-level e-reserve & e-coursepacks
Overview of Content • ~140,000+ titles and growing – scholarly monographs, professional titles, few individual journals • 375+ publishers Breakdown of Content by Date of Publication Breakdown of Content by Subject Area
EBL’s ACCESS MODEL FOR PURCHASED ITEMS • Purchase content outright – own in perpetuity (no ongoing access fees on title-by-title basis) • Simultaneous access - all titles in EBL allow use by multiple users • Non-linear™ Lending = multiple-concurrent access to all titles up to 325 ‘loans’ per year – renewing automatically annually • 30% of all titles also available for purchase with choice of unlimited access • Free Browse Period for All Titles – 10 Minutes owned / 5 minutes non-owned • Use at Chapter Level - Chapters available for use in reserve circulation & coursepacks • Archival Copy can be downloaded and printed for each title purchased
EBL’s DEMAND DRIVEN ACCESS OPTIONS • Demand-driven access takes advantage of the immediacy of the digital medium… • EBL’s Demand-driven Acquisition enables libraries to make ebooks visible to patrons without • purchasing the titles outright. Titles can then be ‘rented’ or purchased according to pre • defined rules as needed by patrons. • Access to non-owned either through library OPAC (by loading MARC records) and/or within the EBL platform • 5 minutes free browsing for non-owned titles • Beyond the browse period, libraries decide what permissions apply
EBL’s DEMAND DRIVEN ACCESS OPTIONS • Libraries customize access permissions. Access options available include: • Mediated Access – • Beyond browse period, patrons can request further access to non-owned titles. • Library Alerted of Request • Libraries can choose to either purchase or rent requested titles. • Non-mediated short-term loan – • Beyond browse period, patrons automatically trigger a one-time short-term loan (rental) of • an ebook. • Automated short-term loans can be price-mediated (i.e. rental over $20 is mediated). • Auto-purchase – • Auto-purchase triggered on the first access or after designated number of short-term loans.
WHY LIBRARIES ARE USING EBL’s DEMAND-DRIVEN TOOLS… • Some of the benefits of demand-driven access… • Provides critical mass of widest selection of titles available to patrons • Budget goes toward funding what actually gets used • Titles purchased based on demand have higher use once purchased • Eliminates time required for selectors to search for titles and purchase • Patrons access most up to date content - new titles are immediately available when added to catalogue • EBL profiling tools create a build-in ‘approval plan’ • Seamless access/workflow for libraries and patrons • Provides alternative to ILL
EBL FEATURES – FOR THE LIBRARIAN • Sophisticated Management Tools • Real-time Usage Reports - COUNTER • Customizable System Alerts • Profiling Tools / Approval Plans • De-Duplication Management Tools • New Title Alerts • Title Request Management Tools • New Edition Alerts • Customizable patron and librarian access permissions • Integrated authentication routes • via EZ Proxy, Athens, Shibboleth and other integrated routes • OpenURL/Z39.50 Compliant • Free MARC records – customized, delivered, or available for download • Custom-branding of EBL web site
EBL Features for the Patron • Advanced search tools • Full-text search – within and across titles • Online or Offline Reading Options – All ebooks can be Downloaded and read offline • Free Browse Period for all Titles – 10 minutes owed books / 5 minutes non-owned titles • Consistent Print/Copy & Paste - DRM in line with ‘fair use’– 20% print / 5% copy • Printing by page-range, chapter or page • Read aloud for all titles • Saved notes / bookmarks –exportable • No proprietary software required – Adobe Reade • New Reader enables scrolling through text (rather than page by page)
EBL – Goes Mobile EBL titles can be downloaded to eBook Readers • EBL titles can be read on a growing number of eBook Readers Mobile Devices • EBL ‘s online reader compatible for use on • iphone, itouch and other mobile phones 2010 = EBL adding support for further mobile devices • Ebooks Corporation converting all files to ePub and planningmobile apps…watch this space!
Pricing • Two Components to Pricing • Platform / Maintenance Fee • Content Fees • Hosting Fee – 2 options • Paid upfront (one time) = 1,500 • Paid incrementally = $3,000 (as a 10% fee on top of content purchases) • Content • Acquisition • Non-linear Lending = ~Ebook List Price • Unlimited Access – ~150% Ebook List Price • Short-term loans: • - 1 day STL = 5-15% of ebook price | - 1 week STL = 10-20% of ebook price • - 2 week STL = 15–25% of ebook price | - 4 week STL = 20-30% of ebook price
What’s special about EBRARY? • No reader required with Quickview • Powerful research capabilities including: • Infotools • Highlights and notes • Automatic citations • Copy and print • Personal bookshelves • COUNTER Compliant Usage Statistics • Free MaRC records • Linking to RefWorks and EndNote
EBRARY – A Brief Overview • Single User and Multi User Ebooks available , title by title selection and perpetual access Features InfoTools™ • Highlight and Annotate • Cut and Paste with Citation • Print with Citation • Save Data in Bookshelf • Shared Bookshelf Ebrary Unity Reader ~Java Based One Time Install Displays Content Simultaneously Multi-Platform Support Batch Installs for Shared Machines Streams One Page at a Time Displays eBooks Quickly • QUICKVIEW • Choose to view ebooks without reader
Overview of Content • Our growing selection of over 170,000 e-books and other authoritative titles from more than 425 leading publishers and aggregators spans all academic subject areas. • Subject Areas Count* • Business & Economics > 25,400 • Computers & IT > 12,000 • Education > 7,700 • Engineering & Technology > 15,300 • History & Political Science > 12,500 • Humanities > 20,800 • Interdisciplinary & Area Studies > 10,000 • Language, Literature, & Linguistics > 15,700 • Law, International Relations & Public Policy > 13,700 • Life Sciences > 13,500 • Medical > 6,200 • Nursing & Allied Health > 6,200 • Physical Sciences > 14,300 • Psychology & Social Work > 9,900 • Religion, Philosophy, & Classics > 11,800 • Sociology & Anthropology > 13,200
EBRARY’s ACCESS MODEL FOR PURCHASED TITLES • Perpetual access licence (title ownership) • Title by title purchase • Single User Titles and Multiple User Titles
EBRARY FEATURES – FOR THE LIBRARIAN • Counter compliant usage statistics • Free provisional MaRC records • Training available via Ebrary • Compatibility with Blackboard , Refnotes and Endnote
EBRARY Features for the Patron • Copy and paste (with citation) • Printing • Extensive search options (including TOC) • Bookshelves • Seamless research from Ebook text to: • Web Search • Website • Dictionaries, encyclopedias, databases • Customized to library resources
SEARCHING While patrons will usually discover ebooks through the MaRC record (with the link the 856 field) in the OPAC\ They may also utilize comprehensive search tools within the interface once in the ebook for other owned ebrary titles\
INFOTOOLS MENU InfoTools menu either at the top or by right click
PRICING Annual platform fee up to $1500 (5% of title price) Minimum Platform Fee is $250 Single User Titles ~ generally hardback price Multiple User Titles ~ 50% extra of hardback price No supplier discount on e books