6. LAY OF THE LAND
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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
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
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
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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
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
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.
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
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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
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
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.
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
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/
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
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
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