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Pat Smith, Don Albrecht, Jeff Bullington, Cristi MacWaters, Teresa Negrucci , Rusty Scott

2.c. Pursue the exploration of electronic books, in all aspects, including licensing, patron access, and printing capabilities. Pat Smith, Don Albrecht, Jeff Bullington, Cristi MacWaters, Teresa Negrucci , Rusty Scott. Analysis: Benefits of E-Books. Increases availability & access to content

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Pat Smith, Don Albrecht, Jeff Bullington, Cristi MacWaters, Teresa Negrucci , Rusty Scott

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  1. 2.c. Pursue the exploration of electronic books, in all aspects, including licensing, patron access, and printing capabilities Pat Smith, Don Albrecht, Jeff Bullington, Cristi MacWaters, Teresa Negrucci, Rusty Scott

  2. Analysis: Benefits of E-Books • Increases availability & access to content • Simultaneous users • Elimination of theft • Patrons can access remotely • Saves space in building/no storage • Convenient access • Full text searching • Potential for mobility (handheld readers)

  3. Analysis: The E Book Landscape • Small % available electronically—15% of books that would have come on purchase plan=e • Publishers don’t publish simultaneously with print—average delay 5 months • Authentication issues—users must log on/extra step • DRM restrictions for sharing via ILL • Many platforms/many formats

  4. Analysis: CSU Landscape • Over 108,000 e books in library catalog (LC) • Many packages: Springer, Safari, NetLibrary, Gale, Knovel, Oxford Online Reference, etc. • 3 multipublisher platforms: Ebrary, NetLibrary, and EBL (almost signed) • We order individual titles in e; replace lost books in e; order reference titles in e • We load free/open access e books

  5. Operationalization/Priorities • High: CSUL is working with e vendors. Will add EBL records into catalog for selected publishers • High: Alliance working with EBL and other e vendors to get discounts/share titles purchased by Alliance members • Low/Medium: Print on Demand—Espresso Machine, Springer model • Potential revenue stream for bookstore or library • High: TF on E book publicity established and working on FAQ’s, other publicity

  6. Operationalization/Priorities • High: Increase access to additional e books via citation linker (SFX) (underway) • Medium: additional exploration for new e book products, including e texts & library/bookstore role • Medium: additional exploration into Print on Demand via Espresso Machine in cooperation with Alliance.

  7. Pondering the future: e book market still unpredictable • Publishers not uniformly responsive to new models and simultaneous publishing • Will there be a simpler model combining multiple platforms/predictable pricing/standard licensing/standard formats? • User interfaces need work/Authentication simplified via Shibboleth?

  8. Questions • Will users accept e books in all disciplines? * How do we support/help users? • What new workflows needed? • Will POD be used? Espresso machines? Effect on ILL? • What impact will reader devices have, will there be a standard? • Will the library have a role with e-textbooks? Or with Bookstore?

  9. *One really good article • Foster, Gavin, and Eric Remy. “E-Books for Academe: a Study from Gettysburg College” (Research Bulletin, #21). Boulder, CO: EDUCAUSE Center for Applied Research, 2009. • http://www.educause.edu/ecar

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