Levine-Clark, Michael, "eBook Aggregators: What Do Libraries Want?" Selling to Libraries: The New E-Book Aggregation Options, Invited Panelist, Association of American University Presses Annual Meeting, Baltimore, June 3, 2011.

1. eBook Aggregators: What Do Libraries Want? Michael Levine-Clark University of Denver AAUP Annual Meeting June 3, 2011

3. Flexibility Content Platform DRM Pricing Workflow integration

4. Content Full availability All titles All aggregators All pricing models Simultaneous E/P Clear expectations

5. Platform Too many bells and whistles Are unnecessary Confuse the user No special downloads Functional with any ereader Functional with any browser Integration (when relevant) with journal platform Fewer platforms

6. Digital Rights Management Perpetual access = ownership Less is better, but publishers need some control No limitations On device On use Limitations on sharing

7. Pricing Flexibility! Title-by-title or package Purchase or subscription Demand-Driven Acquisition (DDA) Short-term lease ILL Component of DDA

8. Pricing Ability to acquire E/P bundle, even retroactively Consortial options Must recognize traditional spending patterns Should work across aggregators

9. Integration with Print Workflow Approval vendor(s) Deduplication Bundling Billing

10. Thank You Michael Levine-Clark Collections Librarian University of Denver michael.levine-clark@du.edu