eBooks in School Libraries

eBooks in School LibrariesCAIS Workshop

eBook PollAre ebooks part of your school library collection?Does your school own the ebooks in the school collection?Have you created a LibGuide or other tool to educate students in the use of the school library ebook collection/collections?

Types of eBooks, Types of Accesse-books eBooks ebooks

Integrated Library System (ILS) Managed

Alexandria Library System ILS

Vendor Managed Access-- Follett, Mackin, Baker and Taylor, Ingram

Baker & Taylor Axis 360 Platform

Aggregator Managed – EBSCO, Mackin

Publisher ManagedInfobase Publishing includes: Facts On File, Chelsea House

Single Purchase Direct From Publisher -- Rosen, Infobase Publishing, Salem,

Scholastic, Britannica

Select Titles via Bundler -- Gale GVRL, EBSCO, ProQuest ebrary, Humanities ebooks (ACLS-HEB)

Elementary Subscription Bundler

Gale Virtual Reference Library (GVRL)

Public Library and School Library Cooperation—OverDrive, Access 360, 3M Cloud

Library

Device Circulation/Access

Purchase devices to access the library ebook collectionCirculation policy for devicesAccess for visually impaired and learning disabled students

Circulating Devices -- Nook, Kindle, Sony. Kobo, Tablet, iPod/MP3

Devices and Technological Factors

BYOD Student provided device 1:1 School provided device Device-neutral access (open & read book from school catalog link or app on a laptop, desktop or device)

Ebook Circulation/Access Systems

Vendor and Publisher Managed Circulation (MARC record to ebook and site) – Follett, Access 360 OverDriveILS Managed Circulation through SIP 2 -- Salem, Infobase, Mackin, Aggregator Managed Access – Patron Driven Access (PDA) EBSCO, Ingram, Mackin, Purchase on Demand (POD) -- Kindle, Nook, iBook, vendors

iBookstore

$$$$ Budgetary Factors $$$$

Lease vs. subscription, ‘capital improvement’ vs. ‘ongoing maintenance’ PDA (Purchase Demand Access) title on jobber site purchase if enough interest Future Planning -- based on changes in publishing and technologyHosting Fees

Ebook CriteriaDevice/Access – how do you access your book and what do you read it onManagement - how do you make it work (platform, circulation)Selection – what vendor do you use to find ebooksOwnership? – Do you lease or are you subscribing to a collectionAcquisition – lease, rent, carry titles

with option to lease

Contemplations

DRM—Digital Rights Management Ethics (legality of lending, privacy) Publishers and Costs (“Friction”)

Contemplating Justice, Supreme Court Building

Fast Changing Landscape

Ownership and DRMChanging Models of Library Collection DevelopmentPatron Interface/Readers AdvisoryChanging world of ILL

Some ebook SitesACLS Humanities eBooks http://www.humanitiesebook.org/

Baker and Taylor http://www.btol.com/

Britannica http://info.eb.com/html/ebooks.html

EBSCO http://www2.ebsco.com/en-us/ProductsServices/ebooks/Pages/index.aspx

Follett http://www.aboutfollettebooks.com/follettshelf.cfm

Gale http://www.gale.cengage.com/servlet/GvrlMS?msg=ma

Infobase Publishing http://www.infobasepublishing.com/Booklanding.aspx?eBooks=1&Filter=Subject

Mackin http://www.mackin.com/eServices/main.aspx

Overdrive http://www.overdrive.com/

Proquest ebrary http://www.proquest.com/en-US/products/brands/pl_ebrary.shtml

Questiia (GALE) http://www.questia.com/

Random House www.randomhouse.biz/booksellers/pdfs/eBooksLibraryTOS1210.pdf

Rosen http://www.rosenpublishing.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=48

Simon and Schuster www.simonandschuster.com/about/terms_of_use

Ebook BlogsALA’s "The Digital Shift" (http://www.thedigitalshift.com/)

Buffy Hamilton’s “The Unquiet Librarian” (http://theunquietlibrarian.wordpress.com)

Colorado Virtual Libraries “Evoke: Creating the Future of Library E-content” (http://evoke.cvlsites.org/.)

Steve Matthew’s “Twenty First Century Library Blog” (http://21stcenturylibrary.com)

Price, Gary. "LJ INFOdocket." (http://www.infodocket.com/)

Sue Polanka’s "No Shelf Required” (http://www.libraries.wright.edu/noshelfrequired/)

Publisher’s Weekly’s "PWxyz. (http://blogs.publishersweekly.com/blogs/PWxyz/)

Teleread News and Views on E-books, Libraries, Publishing (http://www.teleread.com)

CBS’ ZDNet Technology News. (http://www.zdnet.com)

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