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Integrating eBooks and eReaders into Your Library: Part 1 (April 2012)
1. Purchasing E-books for your
Library
Sue
Polanka
Wright
State No Shelf
University Required®
Libraries
2. Libraries who offer eBooks
72% 94% 33%
Public Academic School
82% 95% 44%
Public Academic School
3. Topics of Conversation
Business Models
Licensing and Access
Publishers, Aggregators & Wholesalers
Consortial Purchasing
Downloadable Options
Host your own eBooks
Evaluating Vendors & Budgeting
4. Business Models & Licensing
One Book-One User/Checkout
Perpetual Access
Multi-User or Unlimited Use
Subscriptions Access or
build a
Patron Driven collection?
Short-Term Loan
Open Access Ongoing
Fees?
Free
5. Patron Driven Acquisition (PDA)
Guaranteed use of purchased content
Libraries select titles
MARC records in catalog
Use of book triggers purchase
Various trigger/price points
Publishers and aggregators offer
See also: Patron Driven Acquisitions, DeGruyter, 2011
6. Short Term Loan
Based on PDA
1, 2, 3, 7, 14, 30 day loans
Access only - Nothing owned
ILL alternative
Access more content for same cost
Accountability – You spent how much on what?
7. Open Access eBooks
Unglue.it
Directory of Open
Access Books (DOAB)
Pinter plan
See also: Eric Hellman’s Open Access chapter in LTR and
Frances Pinter interview on No Shelf Required
8. Sampling of Free eBook sites
For all For Children/YA
DailyLit Big Universe
Free Literature Book Glutton
Google Books Children’s Books Online
HathiTrust Children’s Literature Bookshelf
Internet Archive Classic Reader
In-library lending program
Fiction.us
Many Books
International Children’s Digital
Project Gutenberg Library (need account)
Scribd Magic Keys
World Public Library
9. Free - In Library Lending
Internet Archive
Hosted on OpenLibrary.org
Pool of 200K ebooks
1000+ member libraries
20th Century titles
Donate one book to the program to join
See eBook Buzz column in ONLINE Magazine, March/April issue
11. eBook Access Levels
Perpetual Access Subscription
Files sent to library
Perpetual Access
Fees paid up front
Locally
Public Hosted
Short
Domain Limits
Term
On
Loan or
Circulation
Rentals
Perpetual Access
Perpetual Access Ongoing Fees
Open
Access No Fees
Locally
Hosted
DRM
12. Rights and Licenses
Right of First Sale in US
US Copyright Law provides for Interlibrary Loan
Licenses take away these rights
Lease not own digital content
13. Layers of Content Control
DMCA
DRM
License
Agreements
Copyright
Physical
Adapted from Mary Minow presentation, http://bit.ly/pVvxMj
14. Think you own that eBook?
…non-exclusive right to view, use, and display
such Digital Content an unlimited number of
times
Digital Content is licensed, not sold, to you by
the Content Provider.
Text from Kindle Terms of Use
15. When you buy a downloadable book from us,
what you are buying is the right to use that
book in the way we explain below for your
own personal, non-commercial use only
Text from Pottermore Terms of Use
16. Libraries don’t own them either
Licensed Content
“Access licensed content”
Nothing contained in the agreement shall be construed as
granting the end user any ownership rights in or to the
licensed content
Text from eBook aggregator license
17. Purchasing eBooks
See Library Technology Reports, Nov/Dec issue
The No Shelf Required Guide to E-Book Purchasing
18. Buying from Publishers
+’s
Get content direct
More stable title list
One platform
Search across content formats
Features enhance content
Target to your audience
More room for negotiations
19. Buying from Publishers
-’s
Multiple license agreements,
one for each publisher
Lots of E-management
Multiple platforms
Not an option for most trade
titles
20. Publishers won’t sell to libraries
Penguin
Macmillan
Simon & Schuster
Hachette
Brilliance Audio
Image from librarianinblack.net
21. Buying from Aggregators
+’s
Many publishers, one platform
One license agreement
Integrated into distribution
systems and approval plans
Discovery
Improves visibility of smaller
publishers & collections
CD services offered
22. Buying from Aggregators
-’s
Many publishers, one platform Not all publisher content
available
One license agreement
Delays in release or embargoes
Integrated into distribution
systems and approval plans Pricing/licensing established by
publishers, not much room for
Discovery negotiation
Improves visibility of smaller Limits on size of consortia?
publishers & collections
Minimum purchase
CD services offered requirements?
23. EBL Dawson Mackin
eBooks on Follett
Era
EBSCOhost
Knovel
ebrary GVRL
Books
Credo
24x7
Safari
Ingram Baker&
MyiLibrary Taylor 3M
OverDrive Freading
24. University Press Consortia
UPO
Cambridge
Books at
JSTOR
UPCC
UPSO
Oxford
See also, eBook Buzz column in ONLINE magazine, Jan/Feb 2012
25. Buying from Wholesalers
+’s
Many publishers or aggregators
Single or multiple titles
Print or E titles
Billing/licensing/shipping
Approval plans
E-preferred status
Single library or consortia
26. Buying from Wholesalers
+’s -’s
Many publishers or aggregators Not all publisher content
available
Single or multiple titles
Delays in release or embargoes
Print or E titles
Billing/licensing/shipping Pricing/licensing established by
publishers, not much room for
Approval plans negotiation
E-preferred status
Single library or consortia
31. OverDrive
700,000 titles; 1000 publishers + Pottermore
Ebooks/audiobooks/videos
Lease with maintenance/hosting fees
Format choices + Kindle
Patron-driven acquisition options
Sample chapters
Some DRM free, simultaneous user content
32. Baker & Taylor + Axis 360 + blio
105,000 ebook titles
Axis 360 Digital Library
Lowest cost of entry
Real time availability of titles
Cloud based delivery
blio ereader software
EPUB/PDF downloads soon
33. 3M Cloud Library
100,000 ebook titles; 40 publishers
Purchase with rights to move content
Year by year commitment
Manage content in the cloud
Photo courtesy of Eric Hellman
eReaders for checkout
Discovery station
Photos from 3M
34. Freading
20,000 ebook titles
Pay per use
Nothing Owned
No access fees
Buy same content multiple times
$.50 - $2.00 a loan
Meet high demands at lower cost
37. Locally Own/Manage Content
+’s
Purchase content files
direct from publisher or
author
Control Interface
We are the aggregator
Self-preservation
No DRM - kinda
38. Locally Own/Manage Content
+’s -’s
Purchase content files IT/Programming staff
direct from publisher or
author Technology/servers
Control Interface We are the vendor
We are the aggregator Upkeep costs
Self-preservation Not all publishers will play
No DRM – kinda
39. Evaluating Vendors
Find your content first
Business Models available
Level of access desired
User Interface features
DRM/restrictions
Statistics/Use Data
Support
Evaluation Matrix - bit.ly/f0z7UP or bit.ly/mY8Azy
41. Budgeting
What is the best practice?
Reallocate existing funds
List Cost vs. Discount vs. List+
Weigh costs of purchase vs. subscribe
Look for sustainable models
Short-term Loan vs. ILL
Access Fees and ongoing costs?
Start with pilot projects
42. Budget Projections
Public Libraries
Current 3-4%, projecting 8.8% by 2016
Academic Libraries
Current 8.7%, projecting 19.1% by 2016
School libraries
Current 2-3%, projecting 8% by 2016
Source: Library Journal Survey of eBook Penetration and Use, 2011