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Supporting Further and Higher Education
Shaping a strategy for e-books
The JISC E-Books Working GroupLouise Edwards
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Outline
• What is an e-book?
• What’s happening in the e-book industry?
• What does it mean for us?
• National e-book strategy in the UK
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E-book devices
GoReader
Gemstar Franklin
Palm
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The e-book industry• Phase 1 (Late 1990s to late 2000)
– Entrepreneurial activity in the US• New digitisation companies• New aggregators e.g. NetLibrary, Questia, Ebrary
• Phase 2 (Late 2000 to Late 2001)– Funding dries up– Lower than expected sales
• Phase 3 (Late 2001 onwards)– Consolidation– New players and products
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New economics/new packaging
• Financial transactions– outright purchase – subscriptions – other short-term leasing– pay-per-output
• Content delivery– ‘complete’ individual e-books – subject bundles – chapters; sub-sections
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Main supply issues for librarians
• Availability of electronic format
• Quality of material
• Distribution
• Pricing models
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And now to the UK…
• Meet the JISC team
• Our e-book purchases so far
• Shaping a strategy
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JISC collecting areas
• e-Books
• Geospatial data
• Primary research data
• Moving pictures and sound
• Images
• Learning materials
• Archives/special collections
• Journals
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JISC E-Books Working Group
• Mission: to provide leadership in establishing a strategy for the develop of electronic books for the benefit of the academic community– Monitor and influence e-book industry– Acquire content for HE and FE sectors– Achieve a sustainable economic model– Promote content exploitation– Understand impact on institutions, libraries and
users– Advise on content creation
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JISC content acquisition programme
• Current activity– Early English Books Online (EEBO)– Wiley reference works– Portfolio of major general reference products
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Oxford Reference Online/xreferplus
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Britannica Online
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JISC strategic studies
• Market mapping
• Economics of e-textbooks
• A vision for e-textbooks
• Exploitation of free e-books
• Access to e-books
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Market research exercise
• For each discipline:– Seek consensus on essential titles for electronic
collection– Agree on top 5 publishers
• Core questions:– Key challenges in managing print collection?– Does going electronic provide the answer?– Where would you prioritise your e-book acquisition?– What are your preferred economic models?
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Initial feedback
• Priority on high demand books and distance/part-time learners
• More content for our money
• Ease of access
• Collection management tools
• Multi-user model licence
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Current marketing actions
• need to consult community extensively– e-book community established
• market research to map UK requirements
• Joint marketing plans with publishers and suppliers
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Conclusions
• Collection development plan for 2002/03– Core reference works– Critical mass of material for UK HE/FE
• Strategic development of e-books
• Marketing plan for e-books
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