A presentation delivered by eBooks Project Manager Caren Milloy at the RSC SE Learning resources forum at Highbury College Portsmouth, November 07th 2007

1. Promoting and Embedding E-books

2. Caren Milloy E-books Project Manager JISC Collections [email_address] www.jiscebooksproject.org

13. Licensing 2 blank 1 7 2 6 1 5 4 4 18 3 17 2 28 1 No. of responses Compliance with the distributed searching standard Z39.50 is: 1 blank 0 7 1 6 0 5 5 4 13 3 15 2 38 1 No. of responses Compliance with the Open URL standard is: 5 blank 2 7 2 6 0 5 3 4 17 3 18 2 26 1 No. of responses Compliance with W3C Double-A (priority 2) is: 1 blank 1 7 1 6 0 5 2 4 5 3 11 2 52 1 No. of responses Compliance with the Disability Discrimination Act Standards is:

14. Licensing 0 blank 1 7 1 6 0 5 5 4 21 3 13 2 32 1 No. of responses Allowing users to electronically save parts of the e-books is: 1 blank 1 7 0 6 0 5 0 4 5 3 15 2 51 1 No. of responses Allowing users to provide access to the e-books via links direct from the VLE/MLE is: 0 blank 1 7 3 6 0 5 6 4 27 3 17 2 19 1 No. of responses Allowing users to incorporate parts of the e-books but not the whole e-book into a VLE/MLE is: 0 blank 2 7 0 6 1 5 0 4 4 3 16 2 50 1 No. of responses Allowing users to print out copies of parts of the e-books is:

20. Challenges Librarians have to promote to a wide range of users, subject areas, skill sets and currently publishers and aggregators are trying to push the one size fits all approach. Also, the lack of interoperable standards is preventing embedding in the VLE and Library management systems. Poor understanding by publishers and library staff of each other’s needs Lack of awareness by academic staff of e-books fuelled by difficulties in engaging staff in training, negative perceptions of e-books and lack of ownership of reading lists. Low awareness in HEIs of the relevance and value of e-books Confusion about publishers and aggregators offerings – no easy process for discovering what e-books are available Ignorance in the HE sector about what e-books are available Issues to address as identified in the Promoting and Embedding Workshop Issue to address as identified in the Feasibility Study

21. Challenges cont… Confusion over variety of pricing models and lack of models that allow flexibility required to meet needs Pricing models for e-books are not appropriate Licensing models are too restrictive to encourage use of e-books – simultaneous users, printing, linking…not meeting needs of users Publishers are not making the right textbooks available electronically on the right terms Content of e-books is not relevant to UK HE courses combined with reluctance to make available new editions online The available e-books are not up to date or relevant to UK users Lack of critical mass of e-textbooks means that students don’t see e-books that directly meet their course needs and therefore do not use them Too few e-textbooks and core monographs are available Confusion over the differences in platforms, platform functionality, access to the platforms Complexity of some access routes to publishers’ or aggregators’ platforms deters users

22. What drives eBooks usage? [Ebrary survey]

23. How do patrons find eBooks? [Ebrary survey]