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for Academic Libraries Ian Hames, VP International Sales

for Academic Libraries Ian Hames, VP International Sales. Agenda. Objective: Company overview Business models and products Subscription Purchase E-publishing Key features and benefits Our partner in India. Company Overview. eBook and technology provider

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for Academic Libraries Ian Hames, VP International Sales

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  1. for Academic LibrariesIan Hames, VP International Sales

  2. Agenda • Objective: Company overview • Business models and products • Subscription • Purchase • E-publishing • Key features and benefits • Our partner in India

  3. Company Overview • eBook and technology provider • More than 1,400 library customers worldwide, serving over 12.5 million end-users • Aggregating eBooks from >300 publishers • Founded in 1999 • Headquartered in Palo Alto, USA

  4. Today is our 10th Anniversary!

  5. Business Models and Products • Subscribe to pre-selected or custom eBook databases • Purchase individual titles • Mix and match subscription and purchased titles • License ebrary’s technology for your own digital content

  6. Academic Complete Business & Economics Community College Computers & IT Education Engineering & Technology History & Political Science Humanities Interdisciplinary & Area Studies Language, Literature & Linguistics Law, International Relations & Public Policy Life Sciences Medical Nursing & Allied Health Physical Sciences Psychology & Social Work Religion, Philosophy & Classics Sociology & Anthropology Publisher Databases Datamonitor D&B International Business Reports IGI Global InfoSci-Books Other Databases Community College Public Library Complete Online Sheet Music Pre-selected Subscription Databases • Simultaneous, multi-user access • Affordable, FTE-based pricing • Grow at no additional cost throughout the subscription term >2,500 titles per year • Seamlessly integrate with OPACs and other online resources

  7. Purchase (Perpetual Access) • Growing selection of > 100,000 titles • Many not available in any other ebrary product • Front-list from many leading publishers • Span all academic subject areas • Starter Packs, publisher-specific collections and other discounted packages available • No check-out period • Buy access for any number of users • List price for single-user • 150% of list price for unlimited multi-user • Order directly through • Seamlessly integrate with subscription databases and your own content in the ebrary system

  8. Some of our publisher partners • New York University Press (NYU Press) • Oxford University Press (UK and USA) • Palgrave Macmillan (US and UK) • Princeton University Press • Random House, Inc. • Rutgers University Press • SAGE Publications • Springer • Stanford University Press • Taylor & Francis Group • Temple University Press • University of California Press • University of Chicago Press • University of Iowa Press • University of Nebraska Press • University of Toronto Press • Walter de Gruyter • The World Bank • Yale University Press • Blackwell Publishing • Brookings Institution Press • Cambridge University Press • Columbia University Press • Continuum • Cornell University Press • Elsevier • Facts on File • Greenwood Press • Guilford Press • Harvard University Press • Humana Press • John Wiley & Sons • Johns Hopkins University Press • Manchester University Press • McGill-Queens University Press • McGraw-Hill Book Companies • MIT Press • National Academies Press

  9. Distribution platform for theses and dissertations, yearbooks, newsletters, and other digitization projects Available as a hosted service or licensed software toolkit that runs on your servers, behind your firewall PDF-based A choice of Readers Integrates with other ebrary products, library resources, and information on the web Automatically builds databases out of PDF files Available in Delivered using the same easy-to-use and familiar ebrary interface Customers include Ontario Council of University Libraries (OCUL), BYU, Stanford, The Citadel, SWOSU, Tartu University, Duke University etc. ebrary’s E-publishing System

  10. Choice of ebrary Readers – provides all of ebrary’s rich functionality. Plug-in or Java-based ebrary QuickView for instant document viewing in a browser. No downloads or installations required! ebrary InfoTools– customizable set of utilities that provides contextual linking and integrate multiple resources 24x7 access including Remote Multiple search and navigation options Chapter ranking of search results Personal bookshelves – automatically store links to highlights, annotations, and more. Organize with customizable folders Highlighting and annotating Transform text to hyperlinks Automatic citations with URL hyperlinks back to the source Text-to-speech Free on-demand MARC records Reporting toolsand usage statistics Comprehensive support and training Key Features and Benefits

  11. Copying & paste with automatic citations

  12. Text-to-speech - Prof. Tareen’s wish

  13. Customization • Define – searches online dictionaries • Explain – searches online encyclopedias • Translate – translates selected phrases, sentences and paragraphs into different languages including Hindi • Search Library – searches the library’s card catalog and/or other databases to which the library subscribes or owns • Search Web – searches Internet search engines • And more

  14. Thank you! • New Delhi • Kolkata • Ahmedabad • Mumbai • Bangalore • balani@igroupnet.com

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