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E-Book Platforms for Academic Libraries

Audrey Powers
Pre-conference Organizer
Introductions & Overview
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Technical Aspects & Business Models
Lending Platforms
Aggregator Platforms
Commercial Publisher Platforms
University Press Platforms
E-Books:
Too Much Is Not Enough

Trey Shelton

Amy Buhler Tara Cataldo
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LAY OF THE LAND
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DRM
Grade

A

B

C

D

Definition
Grades of 36 E-Book Platforms

• Chapters/sections and/or whole book can be
printed/downloaded with no restrictions
D
• A+ for No 11%
interlibrary loan restrictions
• Chapters/sections can be printed/downloaded with
some restrictions
• C
Multiuser accessible
• 22%
Interlibrary loan restricted
A

What is it?

• Print restrictions of 21-60 pages or segments
53%
• Single user access/Multiuser access disabled when
whole book is checked out
B
• Interlibrary loan restricted
14%
• Print restrictions of 20 pages or less
• No downloading
• Single user access only
• Interlibrary loan restricted
Format Options
HTML
EPUB3

PDF
Aggregator vs. Publisher
Aggregators
Publishers
Pro
Pro
Single interface
One Point of Contact
One license

Con
Con
More restrictive DRM
Multiple licenses contracts
Differing publisher

One vendor
No/less restrictive DRM

Loss of content
Multiple addendums

One Point of Contact
Price
Multiple licensing models

Price
Multiple interfaces

More user features

Mediated acquisitions
One-time purchase
Subscription based access
Business Models
• Perpetual vs. subscribed
• Package vs. title-by-title
• License Models

• Patron/Demand Driven Acquisitions
USER FEATURES
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User Features Checklist
Full-text searching

Highlights search terms
Create bookshelf
Create bookmarks and notes

Print notes
Automatic citations
Mobile accessibility
Printing/Downloading
Whole book downloading/loans
User Features:
Access
• Browser compatibility
• Mobile access
• Accessibility features
• Searching
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User Features:
Bookshelves
Searching & Interactive Tools

• Bookmarks
• Notes
• Citing
• Printing/downloading
ADMIN FEATURES

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Admin Features Checklist
Acquistitions & PDA Management
Admin Alerts

Authentication Method Management
Institutional Branding
Manage Download/Loan Period
Manage User Accounts
(free) MARC Records
Correct & Current KB Metadata
Discovery Service Indexing
Usage Reports
Title Lists
Admin Features: Acquisitions
• Selecting and Ordering Titles
• Managing PDA
• Turning Alerts On & Off
Admin Features:
Platform Customization
• Authentication Methods
• Institutional Branding
• Loan periods

• Patron accounts
Admin Features:
Access & Discoverability
• MARC
• ERM/Link Resolver Knowledge Base
• Discovery Services
Admin Features:
Getting Data
• Usage Reports
• Title Lists
• Patron Data
Ideal E-Book Platform

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Contact Info
• Trey Shelton
tshelton@ufl.edu

• Amy Buhler
abuhler@ufl.edu

• Tara Cataldo
ttobin@ufl.edu
E-Book Lending Platforms
John Novak
UNLV Libraries
john.novak@unlv.edu
Outline of Presentation
• What is an E-Book lending platform?
• Detail major E-Book lending platforms for
academic libraries
• Issues and challenges
• Why/how academic library would license one
• What the future holds
What is an E-Book
lending platform?

• E-Books from multiple publishers one can check
out
• Dealing with an aggregator, not a publisher
Photo from flickr by fishbrain.randy@sbcglobal.net
Characteristics of
E-Book LPs
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Read in a variety of electronic environments
Offline versions
DRM
One book, one user model
Options for libraries (limit check outs, hold
queues, multiple copies)
• Marc Records provided at cost
Further Characteristics
• Popular and user-friendly
• Assistive screen reader technologies
• Blurred lines – similarities to aggregators
– Multiple publishers
– Mobile devices platforms
– Exploring checkout-based distribution systems
Big Six/Five Publishers

• State Library of Kansas FB page
– https://www.facebook.com/thebig6ebooks
E-Book LP Players
Axis 360
• Baker & Taylor
• Content: Over 400,000 E-Books
• Won accessibility award from National
Federation for the Blind.
• Mobile Apps: Blio/Axis Reader
• Formats: PDF, epub, .xps (Blio)
• Other digital media – contains audiobooks,
working towards video and music.
3M Cloud Library
• Cloud based delivery of content. Allows
library to transfer their E-Book license to new
platform.
• Content: Over 300,000 E-Books
• Format: PDF, epub
• Reader: 3M Cloud Library app
• Other digital media: none
Freading
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Pay-per-use system
Content: 50,000 E-Books
Format: PDF, epub
Reader: Freading app
Multimedia: Related to Freegal Music and
Freegal Movies and Television
Overdrive
• One of the first E-Book lending platforms,
largest number of academic library customers
• Content: More than 1 million ebooks
• Formats: ePub, PDF, Kindle (only one)
• Reader: Overdrive Media Console
• Multimedia: Audiobooks, Music, Videos
LexisNexis Digital Library

• Working with legal community for decades
• Partnered with Overdrive to provide customized legal
content
• Content: 1,800 LN titles, plus access to Overdrive catalog
• Further blurring the lines between aggregator and
E-Book LP
Challenges and Issues
• Leased E-Book model
– Preservation of cultural heritage in question
– ILL difficult
– DRM has access issues

• Patron preference
– Not all books available in their preferred format or ereader
– E-book content

• Lack of leverage to negotiate
• Pricing
Pricing Continued

• Douglas County Library in Colorado
– Publishing monthly reports comparing E-Book prices
from Overdrive and 3M with amazon.com costs
– Difference of $32.35 per book
– http://www.americanlibrariesmagazine.org/sites/ame
ricanlibrariesmagazine.org/files/DCLPriceReportSept1
2.pdf
E-Book LPs limitations
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Printing limited, if available at all
New technology = more training
Content popular, but limited
To avoid duplication of content, takes a lot of
work with your print book vendor
• Lending platforms not cross-searchable
• Public and alumni access – can be set by
library, but at a cost
E-Book LPs
in Academic Libraries
• Support leisure, popular reading collection.
Analogous to McNaughton plans
• Substitute E-Book reader lending programs
– Easier to maintain
– Cost-effective

• Support juvenile literature program
• Audiobooks/Streaming Video
Criteria for Choosing an E-Book LP
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Content and availability
Administrative and hosting fees
API integration
E-reader apps
Exhaustive list of criteria: Mirela Roncevic’s EBook Platforms for Libraries
The Future
• Public Libraries
• Advocacy Groups
– ALA’s Digital Content Working Group
– ReadersFirst

• Douglas County Library model
– Library as distributor and publisher
– OdiloTID
– Califa, Enki

• LexisNexis model, other business models
• Big Six Publishers
Bibliography
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Blogs & Websites
– The Digital Reader (blog): http://www.the-digital-reader.com/
– No Shelf Required (blog): http://www.libraries.wright.edu/noshelfrequired/
– “Digital Content Working Group: Charge.”ala.org. Accessed July 3, 2013.
http://www.ala.org/groups/committees/special/ala-dcwg
– “ReadersFirst.” ReadersFirst.org. http://readersfirst.org/
– State Library of Kansas. The Big 6 – eBooks in Libraries.
https://www.facebook.com/thebig6ebooks

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Readings
– Douglas County Libraries. “Douglas County Libraries Report: Pricing Comparison as of July 1
2013.” Last modified July 1, 2013. http://evoke.cvlsites.org/files/2013/07/DCL-PricingComparison-7-1-13.pdf
– Roncevic, Mirela. E-book Platforms for Libraries. Library Technology Reports 49, no. 3,
(Chicago: ALA TechSource, 2013).
– Thomas, Lisa Carlucci. “Making Sense of Change: E-books, Access and the Academic Library.”
No Shelf Required 2: Use and Management of Electronic Books. Edited by Sue Polanka
(Chicago: American Library Association, 2012), 61-70.
Thank You!
John Novak
john.novak@unlv.edu
E-Book Aggregator Platforms

Charleston Conference
November 6, 2013

Deborah Lenares
Wellesley College
Overview
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Aggregators: definition, players
History
Business models
Publisher relations
Benefits and challenges
When is an aggregator the right choice?
How to choose an aggregator
Definition
• E-Book provider that offers books from
multiple publishers
Other aggregators
• Reference
• Computing, Business, Engineering
• Small general collections
• Others
History

1971

1999

2001

2004

2010

2013
Business models
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Subscription collections
Purchased collections
Title level purchasing
Patron driven acquisition
Publisher relations
• Benefits and challenges for publishers
• Balancing conflicting expectations
• Trends in publisher relationships
Benefits and challenges
Challenges
• More restrictive
DRM
• Duplication
• Management of
customized
collections
• Portico LOCKSS

Benefits
• Purchasing options
• Unified platform
• Format availability
• Simplified management
• Not in Portico, LOCKSS
When is an aggregator the right
choice?
• Preferred business model
• Preferred platform
• Preferred DRM
How to choose an aggregator
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Define your priorities
Compare the catalogs
Test the usability of the platforms
Look for integration with your current systems
Comparison spreadsheet
http://tinyurl.com/ebookaggregators
Thank You!
Commercial Publisher
E-Book Platforms
Cris Ferguson
cferguson13@murraystate.edu
Murray State University Libraries
Defining Commercial Publishers
• E-Book provider whose platform contains
primarily its own published content
• Does not include University Presses or
publishers that host third-party content
Gale
o Safari
o

Roncevic, Mirela. 2013. “E-book Platforms for Libraries.” Library Technology Reports 49, no. 3: 1-44.
Commercial Publishers
Benefits and Challenges
• Multiple users per
book
• Downloads do not
expire
• MARC records often
provided
• More favorable
pricing

• Each publisher has
its own platform
• Multiple license
agreements
• Quality of MARC
records
Assessing Commercial Publisher Platforms

Content is King Usability is Queen / Daniel Waisberg / CC BY-NC-SA
Platform Content
• Number of titles
available
• Subject areas covered
• Embargo on
publication of
electronic version
Number of Titles
140,000

Publication
Embargo
Print and eBooks are
released around the
same time.

388 Reference Titles, eBooks are released 6
2377 Monographs weeks after the print.

40,000

Print released first.
eBook released within a
year of the print.

11,800

eBooks are generally
available before the
print is released.
Platform Functionality
• In what ways, if any, does the platform utilize
DRM restrictions?

Used with permission.
Platform Functionality

•To what degree is the E-Book content
compatibile with eReaders, tablets, other
devices?

Used with permission.
Single, Crosssearchable
platform?

Full
Downlo eBook
ad to downloa
d?
device?
Pricing Models
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Title-by-title purchase
Purchase of titles in collections / packages
Subscriptions to packages
Demand-Driven Acquisition (DDA, PDA)
Package Pricing Considerations
• What is the average cost per title?
• How are the titles grouped into collections?
• Year of publication
• Subject

• How much duplication is there with print?
• How many titles will actually be used?
DDA: Elsevier’s Evidence-Based Selection
• Pay an up-front fee to gain access to
a wide range of E-Books on
ScienceDirect for 12 months
• After 12 months, you pick which
titles to keep
• Decisions about which E-Books to
acquire are upon actual use of titles

Chan, Gayle. 2012. “A sustainable e-book purchase model: A successful partnership.”
Library Connect 10, no. 2: 5. http://libraryconnect.elsevier.com/articles/assessmentsoutcomes/2012-07/sustainable-e-book-purchase-model.
Interactive Content: the Jove Model
• Visualized experiments
• Peer-reviewed content
• In-house production
Setting the bar: Children’s E-Books
Interactive Academic E-Books
• Primarily textbooks
• Incorporate video and audio
Challenges of Interactivity
• How do we ensure compatibility across
devices and platforms?
• Will special software be necessary?
• Who is responsible for the creation and
curation of interactive content?
• How will interactive content affect pricing?
• What about DRM?
The Future of (Academic?) E-Books
Al Gore’s
Our Choice,
published
by Push
Pop Press

http://pushpoppress.com/ourchoice/
•Questions?
•Comments?

Cris Ferguson
Director of Technical Services
Murray State University Libraries
cferguson13@murraystate.edu
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University Press eBook Platforms
• Project MUSE
– Johns Hopkins University Press

• University Press Scholarship Online
– Oxford University Press

• JSTOR eBooks
– Ithaka

• University Publishing Online
– Cambridge University Press

• BiblioVault
– University of Chicago Press

• eDuke Books Scholarly Collection
– Duke University Press
Project MUSE
• http://muse.jhu.edu
• Founded in 1995
• Launched ebooks in
2012
• Hosts over 20,000
books on behalf of
the University Press
Content Consortia
• 292,060 articles and
591,370 chapters by
206 publishers
Project MUSE
• Very clean faceted
search
• Filter results by
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Access
Content type
Research area
Author
Publisher
Journal
Language
Date range
Project MUSE
• Clean book landing
page
• TOC with chapter
summaries
• Search full text
within the book
• Book metadata
• Citation formatting
pop-up
• Related content
recommendations
University Press Scholarship Online
• http://www.universitypressscholarship.com
• Oxford University
Press founded in 1586
• Launched ebooks in
2003 (Oxford
Scholarship Online)
• Hosts 14,000 books
on behalf of 14
university press
publishers
University Press Scholarship Online
• Browse by subject
emphasis
• Search Results filtered
by
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Publisher
Subject collection
Access
Recency
Date range

• Search within results
• Pop-up summaries
including key words
University Press Scholarship Online
• Clean book landing
page
• University Press
publisher branding
• TOC with chapter
summaries, adjustable
display
• Search full text within
the book
• Search across all OUP
content via Oxford
Index
JSTOR Books
• http://books.jsto
r.org
• Founded in 1995
• Launched ebooks
in 2012
• Hosts over
15,000 books on
behalf of 30
university press
publishers
JSTOR Books
• Search across books
and journals
• Tabbed filtering by
content type
• Sort by relevance or
date (old to new/new
to old)
• Search within current
results
• Citation management
export & alerting
JSTOR Books
• Clean book landing
page
• Citation tools
• TOC with chapter
summaries
• OpenURL linking
University Publishing Online
• http://universitypublishingonline.org
Cambridge
Books Online
• Clean book landing page
• Search term highlighting
• Chapter level summaries
available
• PDF contents
• Citation tools & alerts
BiblioVault
• http://www.bibliovault.org

• University of
Chicago Press
• Repository
storing files &
metadata
• 30,000+ books
on behalf of 90+
university press
publishers
• B to B (Not B to
C)
eDuke Books
Scholarly
Collection
• http://read.dukeupre
ss.edu/
• Integrated across 40
journals and 1500+
books
• Emphasis on the
Reader & ease of use
Observations
• University Press platforms are young
– Designs still evolving
– Content format varies widely, from PDF, XML, ePub and
reader formats

• Most $$ still comes from print sales
• Amazon is still the single biggest sales channel
• eBook hosting platforms are often viewed as sales
channels, the more availability the better
– Leads to books being available on multiple platforms
– Creates challenges for Librarians, who may not want to
purchase the same books from several different collections

• Integrated content (books with journals) creates
greater utility for the Reader
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Offthe shelfe bookforacademiclibrarians

  • 1. Off-the-Shelf E-Book Platforms for Academic Libraries Audrey Powers Pre-conference Organizer
  • 2. Introductions & Overview • • • • • Technical Aspects & Business Models Lending Platforms Aggregator Platforms Commercial Publisher Platforms University Press Platforms
  • 3. E-Books: Too Much Is Not Enough Trey Shelton Amy Buhler Tara Cataldo
  • 4. Audience Participation Choose your poison • to 37607 • @poll_______ • via PollEv.com
  • 6. LAY OF THE LAND http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Texel_Landscape.jpg
  • 7. DRM Grade A B C D Definition Grades of 36 E-Book Platforms • Chapters/sections and/or whole book can be printed/downloaded with no restrictions D • A+ for No 11% interlibrary loan restrictions • Chapters/sections can be printed/downloaded with some restrictions • C Multiuser accessible • 22% Interlibrary loan restricted A What is it? • Print restrictions of 21-60 pages or segments 53% • Single user access/Multiuser access disabled when whole book is checked out B • Interlibrary loan restricted 14% • Print restrictions of 20 pages or less • No downloading • Single user access only • Interlibrary loan restricted
  • 9. Aggregator vs. Publisher Aggregators Publishers Pro Pro Single interface One Point of Contact One license Con Con More restrictive DRM Multiple licenses contracts Differing publisher One vendor No/less restrictive DRM Loss of content Multiple addendums One Point of Contact Price Multiple licensing models Price Multiple interfaces More user features Mediated acquisitions One-time purchase Subscription based access
  • 10. Business Models • Perpetual vs. subscribed • Package vs. title-by-title • License Models • Patron/Demand Driven Acquisitions
  • 13. User Features Checklist Full-text searching Highlights search terms Create bookshelf Create bookmarks and notes Print notes Automatic citations Mobile accessibility Printing/Downloading Whole book downloading/loans
  • 14. User Features: Access • Browser compatibility • Mobile access • Accessibility features
  • 15. • Searching • User Features: Bookshelves Searching & Interactive Tools • Bookmarks • Notes • Citing • Printing/downloading
  • 18. Admin Features Checklist Acquistitions & PDA Management Admin Alerts Authentication Method Management Institutional Branding Manage Download/Loan Period Manage User Accounts (free) MARC Records Correct & Current KB Metadata Discovery Service Indexing Usage Reports Title Lists
  • 19. Admin Features: Acquisitions • Selecting and Ordering Titles • Managing PDA • Turning Alerts On & Off
  • 20. Admin Features: Platform Customization • Authentication Methods • Institutional Branding • Loan periods • Patron accounts
  • 21. Admin Features: Access & Discoverability • MARC • ERM/Link Resolver Knowledge Base • Discovery Services
  • 22. Admin Features: Getting Data • Usage Reports • Title Lists • Patron Data
  • 25. Contact Info • Trey Shelton tshelton@ufl.edu • Amy Buhler abuhler@ufl.edu • Tara Cataldo ttobin@ufl.edu
  • 26. E-Book Lending Platforms John Novak UNLV Libraries john.novak@unlv.edu
  • 27. Outline of Presentation • What is an E-Book lending platform? • Detail major E-Book lending platforms for academic libraries • Issues and challenges • Why/how academic library would license one • What the future holds
  • 28. What is an E-Book lending platform? • E-Books from multiple publishers one can check out • Dealing with an aggregator, not a publisher Photo from flickr by fishbrain.randy@sbcglobal.net
  • 29. Characteristics of E-Book LPs • • • • • Read in a variety of electronic environments Offline versions DRM One book, one user model Options for libraries (limit check outs, hold queues, multiple copies) • Marc Records provided at cost
  • 30. Further Characteristics • Popular and user-friendly • Assistive screen reader technologies • Blurred lines – similarities to aggregators – Multiple publishers – Mobile devices platforms – Exploring checkout-based distribution systems
  • 31. Big Six/Five Publishers • State Library of Kansas FB page – https://www.facebook.com/thebig6ebooks
  • 33. Axis 360 • Baker & Taylor • Content: Over 400,000 E-Books • Won accessibility award from National Federation for the Blind. • Mobile Apps: Blio/Axis Reader • Formats: PDF, epub, .xps (Blio) • Other digital media – contains audiobooks, working towards video and music.
  • 34. 3M Cloud Library • Cloud based delivery of content. Allows library to transfer their E-Book license to new platform. • Content: Over 300,000 E-Books • Format: PDF, epub • Reader: 3M Cloud Library app • Other digital media: none
  • 35. Freading • • • • • Pay-per-use system Content: 50,000 E-Books Format: PDF, epub Reader: Freading app Multimedia: Related to Freegal Music and Freegal Movies and Television
  • 36. Overdrive • One of the first E-Book lending platforms, largest number of academic library customers • Content: More than 1 million ebooks • Formats: ePub, PDF, Kindle (only one) • Reader: Overdrive Media Console • Multimedia: Audiobooks, Music, Videos
  • 37. LexisNexis Digital Library • Working with legal community for decades • Partnered with Overdrive to provide customized legal content • Content: 1,800 LN titles, plus access to Overdrive catalog • Further blurring the lines between aggregator and E-Book LP
  • 38. Challenges and Issues • Leased E-Book model – Preservation of cultural heritage in question – ILL difficult – DRM has access issues • Patron preference – Not all books available in their preferred format or ereader – E-book content • Lack of leverage to negotiate • Pricing
  • 39. Pricing Continued • Douglas County Library in Colorado – Publishing monthly reports comparing E-Book prices from Overdrive and 3M with amazon.com costs – Difference of $32.35 per book – http://www.americanlibrariesmagazine.org/sites/ame ricanlibrariesmagazine.org/files/DCLPriceReportSept1 2.pdf
  • 40. E-Book LPs limitations • • • • Printing limited, if available at all New technology = more training Content popular, but limited To avoid duplication of content, takes a lot of work with your print book vendor • Lending platforms not cross-searchable • Public and alumni access – can be set by library, but at a cost
  • 41. E-Book LPs in Academic Libraries • Support leisure, popular reading collection. Analogous to McNaughton plans • Substitute E-Book reader lending programs – Easier to maintain – Cost-effective • Support juvenile literature program • Audiobooks/Streaming Video
  • 42. Criteria for Choosing an E-Book LP • • • • • Content and availability Administrative and hosting fees API integration E-reader apps Exhaustive list of criteria: Mirela Roncevic’s EBook Platforms for Libraries
  • 43. The Future • Public Libraries • Advocacy Groups – ALA’s Digital Content Working Group – ReadersFirst • Douglas County Library model – Library as distributor and publisher – OdiloTID – Califa, Enki • LexisNexis model, other business models • Big Six Publishers
  • 44. Bibliography • Blogs & Websites – The Digital Reader (blog): http://www.the-digital-reader.com/ – No Shelf Required (blog): http://www.libraries.wright.edu/noshelfrequired/ – “Digital Content Working Group: Charge.”ala.org. Accessed July 3, 2013. http://www.ala.org/groups/committees/special/ala-dcwg – “ReadersFirst.” ReadersFirst.org. http://readersfirst.org/ – State Library of Kansas. The Big 6 – eBooks in Libraries. https://www.facebook.com/thebig6ebooks • Readings – Douglas County Libraries. “Douglas County Libraries Report: Pricing Comparison as of July 1 2013.” Last modified July 1, 2013. http://evoke.cvlsites.org/files/2013/07/DCL-PricingComparison-7-1-13.pdf – Roncevic, Mirela. E-book Platforms for Libraries. Library Technology Reports 49, no. 3, (Chicago: ALA TechSource, 2013). – Thomas, Lisa Carlucci. “Making Sense of Change: E-books, Access and the Academic Library.” No Shelf Required 2: Use and Management of Electronic Books. Edited by Sue Polanka (Chicago: American Library Association, 2012), 61-70.
  • 46. E-Book Aggregator Platforms Charleston Conference November 6, 2013 Deborah Lenares Wellesley College
  • 47. Overview • • • • • • • Aggregators: definition, players History Business models Publisher relations Benefits and challenges When is an aggregator the right choice? How to choose an aggregator
  • 48. Definition • E-Book provider that offers books from multiple publishers
  • 49. Other aggregators • Reference • Computing, Business, Engineering • Small general collections • Others
  • 51. Business models • • • • Subscription collections Purchased collections Title level purchasing Patron driven acquisition
  • 52. Publisher relations • Benefits and challenges for publishers • Balancing conflicting expectations • Trends in publisher relationships
  • 53. Benefits and challenges Challenges • More restrictive DRM • Duplication • Management of customized collections • Portico LOCKSS Benefits • Purchasing options • Unified platform • Format availability • Simplified management • Not in Portico, LOCKSS
  • 54. When is an aggregator the right choice? • Preferred business model • Preferred platform • Preferred DRM
  • 55. How to choose an aggregator • • • • • Define your priorities Compare the catalogs Test the usability of the platforms Look for integration with your current systems Comparison spreadsheet http://tinyurl.com/ebookaggregators
  • 57. Commercial Publisher E-Book Platforms Cris Ferguson cferguson13@murraystate.edu Murray State University Libraries
  • 58. Defining Commercial Publishers • E-Book provider whose platform contains primarily its own published content • Does not include University Presses or publishers that host third-party content Gale o Safari o Roncevic, Mirela. 2013. “E-book Platforms for Libraries.” Library Technology Reports 49, no. 3: 1-44.
  • 60. Benefits and Challenges • Multiple users per book • Downloads do not expire • MARC records often provided • More favorable pricing • Each publisher has its own platform • Multiple license agreements • Quality of MARC records
  • 61. Assessing Commercial Publisher Platforms Content is King Usability is Queen / Daniel Waisberg / CC BY-NC-SA
  • 62. Platform Content • Number of titles available • Subject areas covered • Embargo on publication of electronic version
  • 63. Number of Titles 140,000 Publication Embargo Print and eBooks are released around the same time. 388 Reference Titles, eBooks are released 6 2377 Monographs weeks after the print. 40,000 Print released first. eBook released within a year of the print. 11,800 eBooks are generally available before the print is released.
  • 64. Platform Functionality • In what ways, if any, does the platform utilize DRM restrictions? Used with permission.
  • 65. Platform Functionality •To what degree is the E-Book content compatibile with eReaders, tablets, other devices? Used with permission.
  • 67. Pricing Models • • • • Title-by-title purchase Purchase of titles in collections / packages Subscriptions to packages Demand-Driven Acquisition (DDA, PDA)
  • 68. Package Pricing Considerations • What is the average cost per title? • How are the titles grouped into collections? • Year of publication • Subject • How much duplication is there with print? • How many titles will actually be used?
  • 69. DDA: Elsevier’s Evidence-Based Selection • Pay an up-front fee to gain access to a wide range of E-Books on ScienceDirect for 12 months • After 12 months, you pick which titles to keep • Decisions about which E-Books to acquire are upon actual use of titles Chan, Gayle. 2012. “A sustainable e-book purchase model: A successful partnership.” Library Connect 10, no. 2: 5. http://libraryconnect.elsevier.com/articles/assessmentsoutcomes/2012-07/sustainable-e-book-purchase-model.
  • 70. Interactive Content: the Jove Model • Visualized experiments • Peer-reviewed content • In-house production
  • 71. Setting the bar: Children’s E-Books
  • 72. Interactive Academic E-Books • Primarily textbooks • Incorporate video and audio
  • 73. Challenges of Interactivity • How do we ensure compatibility across devices and platforms? • Will special software be necessary? • Who is responsible for the creation and curation of interactive content? • How will interactive content affect pricing? • What about DRM?
  • 74. The Future of (Academic?) E-Books Al Gore’s Our Choice, published by Push Pop Press http://pushpoppress.com/ourchoice/
  • 75. •Questions? •Comments? Cris Ferguson Director of Technical Services Murray State University Libraries cferguson13@murraystate.edu
  • 77. University Press eBook Platforms • Project MUSE – Johns Hopkins University Press • University Press Scholarship Online – Oxford University Press • JSTOR eBooks – Ithaka • University Publishing Online – Cambridge University Press • BiblioVault – University of Chicago Press • eDuke Books Scholarly Collection – Duke University Press
  • 78. Project MUSE • http://muse.jhu.edu • Founded in 1995 • Launched ebooks in 2012 • Hosts over 20,000 books on behalf of the University Press Content Consortia • 292,060 articles and 591,370 chapters by 206 publishers
  • 79. Project MUSE • Very clean faceted search • Filter results by – – – – – – – – Access Content type Research area Author Publisher Journal Language Date range
  • 80. Project MUSE • Clean book landing page • TOC with chapter summaries • Search full text within the book • Book metadata • Citation formatting pop-up • Related content recommendations
  • 81. University Press Scholarship Online • http://www.universitypressscholarship.com • Oxford University Press founded in 1586 • Launched ebooks in 2003 (Oxford Scholarship Online) • Hosts 14,000 books on behalf of 14 university press publishers
  • 82. University Press Scholarship Online • Browse by subject emphasis • Search Results filtered by – – – – – Publisher Subject collection Access Recency Date range • Search within results • Pop-up summaries including key words
  • 83. University Press Scholarship Online • Clean book landing page • University Press publisher branding • TOC with chapter summaries, adjustable display • Search full text within the book • Search across all OUP content via Oxford Index
  • 84. JSTOR Books • http://books.jsto r.org • Founded in 1995 • Launched ebooks in 2012 • Hosts over 15,000 books on behalf of 30 university press publishers
  • 85. JSTOR Books • Search across books and journals • Tabbed filtering by content type • Sort by relevance or date (old to new/new to old) • Search within current results • Citation management export & alerting
  • 86. JSTOR Books • Clean book landing page • Citation tools • TOC with chapter summaries • OpenURL linking
  • 87. University Publishing Online • http://universitypublishingonline.org
  • 88. Cambridge Books Online • Clean book landing page • Search term highlighting • Chapter level summaries available • PDF contents • Citation tools & alerts
  • 89. BiblioVault • http://www.bibliovault.org • University of Chicago Press • Repository storing files & metadata • 30,000+ books on behalf of 90+ university press publishers • B to B (Not B to C)
  • 90. eDuke Books Scholarly Collection • http://read.dukeupre ss.edu/ • Integrated across 40 journals and 1500+ books • Emphasis on the Reader & ease of use
  • 91. Observations • University Press platforms are young – Designs still evolving – Content format varies widely, from PDF, XML, ePub and reader formats • Most $$ still comes from print sales • Amazon is still the single biggest sales channel • eBook hosting platforms are often viewed as sales channels, the more availability the better – Leads to books being available on multiple platforms – Creates challenges for Librarians, who may not want to purchase the same books from several different collections • Integrated content (books with journals) creates greater utility for the Reader
  • 93. Please stay to meet the presenters