Flemisch Libraries E-booklicense Model

NAPLE E-book seminar

Milan 13 MayJohan.delaure@bibnet.be

Flanders

6,5 mil. inhabitants300 public libraries

2 > 250.00014 >40.000 <120.00072 >20.000 <40.000200 <20.000

40% Flemish publ.60% Dutch publ. 16 mil. euro annual budget bookcollection

1. Getting YES from publishers

1. Public investment in a shared distribution platform.2. Options for preservation and digitalisation.3. Promote (e-) reading (borrowers = buyers)4. Budget (10 %)5. First offer: “single user copies” and 26 loans

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Problems with the 26 models

1. No simultaneous access2. Buying ‘whole book copies’ as a minimum is required3. Libraries are not local anymore when it is about digital services4. Web presentation becomes volatileArtificial thresholds will evaporate

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Second round of negociations

1. Pilot (only 1 year)2. Start with limited collection (200 +

100 titles)3. User-oriented presentation (no

catalogue)4. Build experience5. Build trust6. Aspects of Dutch model

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For the end-user

1. Inside the library: unlimited consulting and reading 2. Register for e-reading at the library desk (+ contribution)3. 5 loans subscriptions4. Online reading or offline in an App on tablets5. Contribution fee is decision of local library

For the publisher

1. 1 agency for all libraries – 1 invoice2. 1 base license (handling / intra muros):

1x tot 10x price of a copy3. Loan fee: 0…0,12…0,37…0,50 euro excl. TVA4. Minimal package:

from 0…26…800 loans5. Publisher makes first proposal of titles6. Publisher has emergency exit per title

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For the library

1. Sufficient libraries need to join2. Minimum fee implies loan packages

for 0,5 % of the serviced population(3,72% of the adult loaners with address inside the community)

3. Minimum fee implies 2 euro/loan (or more if unsufficient librairies join)

4. Above minimum: 0,6 euro/loan.5. Option to ask end users for a

contribution.

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2. Getting YES from libraries

1. Pilot or Perish : libraries without digital offering? 2. Promote (e-) reading <-> marketing3. Extra in times of budget cuts: cost <-> innovation4. Local library infrastructure upgrading

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The e-book lending process / modules

Web

• Presentation on local website• Widget platform

SSO

• OAuth infrastructure• Library Admin pages

Rules

• Loan management• Logging & reporting

Reader

• Delivery• Online reader + App

E-books in the library

Milano, 13 May 2013

Johan.delaure@bibnet.be