4. A monograph available in electronic form PC screen, PDA, stand alone reading device, tablet, mobile phone … Available via link, or downloaded PDF, EPUB, AZW (Kindle), TEI, text, XML…
5. 2011 Aptara e-book publishers survey Available from http://www.aptaracorp.com/resources/
6. 2011 Aptara e-book publishers survey Available from http://www.aptaracorp.com/resources/
8. Between Publishers and Library Needs http://assets.bizjournals.com/cms_media/images/ebookuniversel.png?site=techflash.com
9. Various vendor business models and acquisition methods Collections offered by vendors/publishers via various platforms: subscription (e.g.ebrary) – ~80% single purchase (e.g. netLibrary) combination of these two (e.g. Safari) patron driven acquisition (e.g. EBL) Individual books from publishers Free e-monographs (e.g. Law Commission publications, Project Gutenberg)
12. MARC records Not all vendors and publishers provide MARC records Libraries have MARC records for 72.5% of their e-books (Library use of ebooks, 2011 edition) MARC updates are not timely Quality of MARC records varies significantly
13. Importance of library catalogues AU SpringerLink usage and MARC records: 2007 – Springer 2008 – Improved Springer 2009 – OCLC
14. … and, a few more issues … Communication Vendors, publishers do not advise on ceased or superseded titles No communication between publishers of free books and libraries Some publishers do not see libraries as customers at all Statistics of usage are provided only by some vendors/publishers, and in various ways
16. How can we find out if e-books are worth it? User surveys Statistical data gathered locally from library systems Statistical data provided by vendors and publishers
17. When are e-books used? AU netLibrary and ebrary usage since first purchased
18. Are e-books used for reference or for reading? AU Safari statistics of usage, 2004-2010
23. Libraries as publishers Make available unique material Digitisation as preservation Early New Zealand Books, project done at the University of Auckland Library http://www.enzb.auckland.ac.nz
24. Offering new experience to librarians and library users Full text searches – librarians can search collections more comprehensively and mine considerably more information than ever before Customizability of text size and the ability to convert text to audio - for visually impaired Hyperlinks – fast access to referenced material Users can use library collections when and where they need
25. PDA use by Healthcare Professionals in the USA TerenaSolomons,Beam me up! Supporting PDAs (Personal Digital Assistants) in medical libraries – new technology or just another format? http://www.vala.org.au/vala2004/2004pdfs/57Solom.PDF All doctors have PDAs with necessary literature Libraries are responsible for collection development and management, loading PDAs, training, developing web pages.
